Galway United have travelled here for an absorbing fight versus the hosts Athlone Town. Read up on the match with this in-depth First Division preview!
- Athlone Town is in the worst form (0-0-3)
- Galway United have the most points (6) away in First Division
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Athlone Town form and stats
The overall First Division statistics at home this season for Athlone Town are 0-0-2 (wins-draws-losses). With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Athlone Town to get some points in this home game.
Athlone's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 2-3 versus Cobh Ramblers (placed 6th).
A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Wexford Youths.Athlone Town has scored 4 goals so far and conceded 8 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Galway United form and stats
Galway United, who have the most points (6) away in First Division, are on a winning streak away after three games, as mentioned below. A maximum 6 points in the bag from 2 travels in the First Division. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Galway United, as they have won on their previous two travels.
Galway won their last game, 2-1 versus Treaty United played at home.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Bray Wanderers with the score of 3-1.4 goals so far away for Galway United, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - three - five (Athlone Town wins - draws - Galway United wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Walsh 3 goals |  G. McAuley 2 goals | S. Kenny 1 goals |
Athlone Town missing players
Galway United missing players
| Athlone Town | Galway United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 10 | 8 | 5 | Conceded | C | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 75% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 75% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 75% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4.7 | 3 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | 5 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 6 | 4.8 |
| 2 | 2.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.5 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6.7 | 5 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 3.5 | 6.5 |
| 3.3 | 2.5 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.5 | 2.8 |
| 50% | 80% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 80% | 73% |
| 8.3 | 7 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5 | 11.5 | 9.5 |
| 6 | 5 | 7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.5 | 3 |
- Athlone Town is in the worst form (0-0-3)
- Galway United have the most points (6) away in First Division
| Athlone Town | Last season | Galway United | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 27 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 29 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 7 | 15 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 32 | 17 | Scored | S | 17 | 39 | ||
| 43 | 21 | Conceded | C | 13 | 26 | ||
| 93% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 86% | ||
| 70% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 57% | 59% | ||
| 56% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 45% | ||
| 30% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 28% | ||
| 15% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | ||
| 56% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 21% | 38% | ||
| 26% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 57% | 48% | ||
| 26% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 28% | ||
| 5.3 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 6.5 | ||
| 6 | 5.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.3 | ||
| 2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 10.6 | 11.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 10.4 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.8 | ||
| 28% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 27% | ||
| 11.5 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.2 | 7 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 2.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cork City | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 10 |
| 2 | Galway United | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | Waterford United | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | Wexford Youths | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -3 | 6 |
| 5 | Treaty United | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | Cobh Ramblers | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 7 | Bray Wanderers | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -8 | 3 |
| 8 | Longford Town | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 9 | Athlone Town | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -5 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Shelbourne | 27 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 49 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 27 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 26 | 57 |
| 2 | Galway United | 27 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 39 | 25 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 51 |
| 3 | UCD | 27 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 55 | 38 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 22 | 17 | 46 |
| 4 | Treaty United | 27 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 36 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 42 |
| 5 | Bray Wanderers | 27 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 36 | 31 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 5 | 37 |
| 6 | Cork City | 27 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 37 | 28 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 33 |
| 7 | Athlone Town | 27 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 32 | 43 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 22 | -11 | 33 |
| 8 | Cobh Ramblers | 27 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 25 | 46 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 26 | -21 | 28 |
| 9 | Cabinteely | 27 | 8 | 1 | 18 | 26 | 47 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 17 | 23 | -21 | 25 |
| 10 | Wexford Youths | 27 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 29 | 56 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 30 | -27 | 21 |
