Athlone Town have delivered 3 home victories so far this season, Longford Town have won 2 away. Who boosts their standings after this one?
- Athlone Town have the most matches over the total-line (12) in First Division
- Longford Town have the fewest scored goals in the second half (6) in First Division
Athlone Town and Longford Town should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Athlone Town form and stats
3 victories, 1 draw and 3 defeats. That’s what Athlone Town have to build on here at Athlone Town Stadium in the First Division.
The supporters are hoping that Athlone Town will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-3 away loss in the match against Galway United (placed 1st).
Before that, Athlone Town played out a draw 2-2 when visiting Cobh Ramblers.Goal fest? Nobody knows about this one, but we do know that 8 of the 10 most recent league matches with this team has contained three or more goals.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Athlone Town, as the First Division home game vs Bray Wanderers is only three days away.
The Athlone fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 13 goals in 7 league matches. 10 goals have been conceded.
Longford Town form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their First Division travels is 2 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Longford Town are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
The Longford goalkeeper Jack Brady is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 195 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Longford Town's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Waterford United that finished 0-0.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Wexford Youths with the score of 3-0.Longford Town are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 10 matches.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The First Division trip to Cobh Ramblers.
Longford are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 10 away goals from 7 games (in the league). 8 goals have been conceded by Longford Town in these games.
Head 2 Head
Athlone Town and Longford Town have played each other before this season: Longford Town - Athlone 1-3. Last ten meetings involving these squads: Athlone Town won two, Longford Town triumphed in seven and we saw one draw. eight games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with under 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  F. Pierrot 12 goals | V. Dolia 5 goals |  J. Giurgi 5 goals |
Athlone Town missing players
Longford Town missing players
| Athlone Town | Longford Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 16 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 28 | 13 | 8 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 16 |
| 27 | 10 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 8 | 18 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 81% |
| 81% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 62% |
| 75% | 71% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 43% | 38% |
| 56% | 57% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 29% | 19% |
| 19% | 14% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 29% | 12% |
| 62% | 57% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 57% | 44% |
| 19% | 29% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 38% |
| 19% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 38% |
| 3.9 | 4.7 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 5.5 | 4 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 6.1 | 5.6 |
| 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | 2.3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10.6 | 13.6 | 18.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 7.3 | 7.4 |
| 4.4 | 5.4 | 7.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3 | 2.8 |
| 39% | 34% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 48% | 36% |
| 9.2 | 7.7 | 5.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7 | 9.1 | 10.1 |
| 4.6 | 4.1 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.4 | 4.1 |
- Athlone Town have the fewest matches under the total-line (4) in First Division
- Athlone Town have the most matches over the total-line (12) in First Division
- Athlone Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Longford Town have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Longford Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Longford Town have the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in First Division
- Longford Town have the fewest scored goals in the second half (6) in First Division
- Longford Town have the most matches under the total-line (10) in First Division
| 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 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 37 | 45 |
| 2 | Waterford United | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 38 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 24 | 33 |
| 3 | Bray Wanderers | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 13 | -2 | 24 |
| 4 | Cobh Ramblers | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 23 |
| 5 | Athlone Town | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 28 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 1 | 20 |
| 6 | Treaty United | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 8 | -4 | 19 |
| 7 | Longford Town | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | -2 | 18 |
| 8 | Wexford Youths | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 | -6 | 18 |
| 9 | Finn Harps | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 17 | -14 | 17 |
| 10 | Kerry | 16 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 47 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 27 | -35 | 5 |
