Athlone Town are counting on their home advantage to aid them to do well in this fixture against Longford Town. Who triumphs at Athlone Town Stadium?
- Athlone Town have the most conceded goals (31) in First Division
- Longford Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
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
Athlone Town's struggle is real here at Athlone Town Stadium with only 2 points collected from 7 First Division games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 0-2-5. All in all it has been a very rough period for Athlone Town who hasn’t won a league-game in their last 13 attempts. Their previous win was against Waterford United, 83 days ago.
Athlone played out a surprising defeat 1-2 against Cork City in their previous outing, also played at home. The defeat against Cork City was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored four minutes into stoppage time (by Bolger).
Heartbreak before that as Athlone Town lost 0-1 at Waterford United's place.Athlone Town has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. Athlone are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (17 from 7 played).
Longford Town form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their First Division travels is 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Longford Town are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Molloy and Verdon scored in Longford Town's previous match, the home game against Wexford Youths that ended 2-1. The end of the last match, against Wexford Youths, was very satisfying as Verdon scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Galway United's place.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Longford manager Cronin as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Treaty United.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Longford Town have scored 7 goals in 5 league games away. Longford have conceded 8 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
These opponents have met earlier this season: Longford Town - Athlone Town 2-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: zero - one - nine (Athlone Town wins - draws - Longford Town wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Craven 4 goals | S. Verdon 4 goals |  G. McAuley 3 goals |
Athlone Town missing players
Longford Town missing players
| Athlone Town | Longford Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | 8 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 31 | 17 | 4 | Conceded | C | 1 | 8 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 62% | 71% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 60% | 50% |
| 31% | 29% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 8% |
| 31% | 29% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 8% |
| 69% | 86% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 42% |
| 31% | 14% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 25% |
| 4.8 | 4.4 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3 | 4.9 |
| 5.7 | 5.4 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.8 | 4.8 |
| 1.7 | 2.4 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.8 | 1.9 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7.8 | 7.4 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 5.6 | 9 |
| 3.9 | 3.1 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 2.4 | 3.8 |
| 24% | 36% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 58% | 36% |
| 12.9 | 11 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 9.2 | 8.2 |
| 6 | 5 | 5.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 3.6 | 3.8 |
- All of Athlone Town's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Longford Town's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Athlone Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Athlone Town have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Athlone Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Athlone Town have the fewest clean sheets (0) in First Division
- Athlone Town have the fewest matches under the total-line (1) in First Division
- Athlone Town have the fewest points (2) at home in First Division
- Athlone Town have the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in First Division
- Athlone Town have the most conceded goals (31) in First Division
- Athlone Town have the most conceded goals in the second half (19) in First Division
- Athlone Town have the the worst goal difference (-19) in First Division
- Athlone Town have yet to win a game.
- Athlone Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Athlone Town is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- Longford Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Longford Town have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Longford Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 26 | 35 |
| 2 | Galway United | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 32 |
| 3 | Waterford United | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 23 |
| 4 | Longford Town | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 21 |
| 5 | Treaty United | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -1 | 16 |
| 6 | Wexford Youths | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | -6 | 15 |
| 7 | Bray Wanderers | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -13 | 12 |
| 8 | Cobh Ramblers | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -16 | 8 |
| 9 | Athlone Town | 13 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 14 | -19 | 2 |
