It's time for Athlone Town - Kerry! Never mind the highs and lows so far, this fixture could be awesome!
- Athlone Town have the most matches over the total-line (9) in First Division
- Kerry have the fewest scored goals (9) in First Division
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Athlone Town form and stats
3-1-2 (win-draw-lost) are the First Division numbers at home for Athlone Town so far this season. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Athlone after consecutive victories at their own ground.
Athlone Town faced defeat in their previous match, away at Treaty United (1-2). The host team have an in-form goalscorer in Pierrot, having found the net in four consecutive games.
Before that match, a win away at Finn Harps.The Athlone fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 11 goals in 6 league matches. Athlone Town have conceded 7 in these home matches.
Kerry form and stats
The visitors, who have the fewest scored goals (9) in First Division, are W0-D0-L7 on the road this term. That's in the First Division. Bitter travels for Kerry as they have lost seven games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Bray Wanderers match.
This fixture can not go any worse than the last one, the home loss versus Longford Town with 2-3 on the scoreboard.
Prior to that match, the Kerry manager Dennehy faced defeat when travelling to Cobh Ramblers and losing 1-4.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Kerry as they have only managed to score 4 times from 7 away games in the league. Kerry can't defend away. 25 goals have been scored by the opposition in 7 matches, an average of more than three per game. You might want to look at the total goal statistics, which can be found on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The latest registered meeting featuring both these contenders is the Kerry - Athlone Town 0-1 played previously this season.
Top Goalscorers
  F. Pierrot 10 goals | V. Dolia 4 goals |  R. Kelliher 4 goals |
Athlone Town missing players
Kerry missing players
| Athlone Town | Kerry | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| 23 | 11 | 6 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 19 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 7 | 25 | 37 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 77% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 85% |
| 69% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 71% | 54% |
| 46% | 50% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 57% | 46% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 29% | 31% |
| 54% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 57% | 62% |
| 23% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 23% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 43% | 38% |
| 3.2 | 3.3 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.3 | 4 |
| 5.2 | 4.5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 7.9 | 6.3 |
| 2.6 | 2.7 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.1 | 2.9 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9.4 | 11 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 6.7 | 5.8 |
| 4.2 | 4.3 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.6 | 2.4 |
| 43% | 42% | 55% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 22% | 29% |
| 8.9 | 8.2 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.5 | 14.3 | 12.2 |
| 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 7 | 6 |
- Athlone Town have scored more than double the goals of Kerry.
- Athlone Town have the fewest matches under the total-line (4) in First Division
- Athlone Town have the most matches over the total-line (9) in First Division
- Athlone Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Kerry have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Kerry have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Kerry have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Kerry have lost all their away matches so far.
- Kerry have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Kerry have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in First Division
- Kerry have the fewest clean sheets (0) in First Division
- Kerry have the fewest points (0) away in First Division
- Kerry have the fewest points from losing position (0) in First Division
- Kerry have the fewest scored goals (4) away in First Division
- Kerry have the fewest scored goals (9) in First Division
- Kerry have the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in First Division
- Kerry have the most conceded goals (25) away in First Division
- Kerry have the most conceded goals (37) in First Division
- Kerry have the most conceded goals in the first half (18) in First Division
- Kerry have the most conceded goals in the second half (19) in First Division
- Kerry have the the worst goal difference (-21) away in First Division
- Kerry have the the worst goal difference (-28) in First Division
- Kerry have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Kerry haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Kerry is in the worst form (0-1-5)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Galway United | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 30 | 36 |
| 2 | Waterford United | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 26 |
| 3 | Cobh Ramblers | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 21 |
| 4 | Athlone Town | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 19 |
| 5 | Bray Wanderers | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | -6 | 17 |
| 6 | Treaty United | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -1 | 16 |
| 7 | Wexford Youths | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -7 | 15 |
| 8 | Longford Town | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -2 | 14 |
| 9 | Finn Harps | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 15 | -11 | 14 |
| 10 | Kerry | 13 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 25 | -28 | 2 |
