Athlone Town have some lost ground to recover from their 8th spot, and the first chance is vs Longford Town. Read more!
- Athlone Town have the fewest scored goals in the first half (12) in First Division
- Longford Town is in the best form (4-2-0) in First Division
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Athlone Town form and stats
Athlone Town's struggle is real here at Athlone Town Stadium with only 11 points collected from 14 First Division games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-2-9. Athlone Town has recorded two wins in a row here at Athlone Town Stadium, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
Athlone Town are returning here after visiting Cobh Ramblers and winning with a 3-1 scoreline. Oluwa, Connolly and Hickey scored the goal(s).
Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Wexford Youths.If you like betting on "both teams to score": A review of the 12 latest league matches shows that 9 of them had at least one goal from each team.
Athlone Town have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Athlone Town Stadium with 22 goals in 14 league matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Athlone with 31 goals conceded in these matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Longford Town form and stats
Playing away, Longford Town have won 6 games, drawn 3 and suffered 4 defeats in the First Division this season.
Longford Town played 1-1 against Treaty United in their previous match.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Cork City that ended 2-2.After this away game Longford return home for a First Division game against Waterford United. That game is only three sleeps after this.
The travelling fans enjoy Longford Town's attacking play in away games, having scored 21 goals in 13 league matches away. Longford Town have conceded 19 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The teams have faced each other already this season, with the result Longford Town - Athlone Town 1-3 logged in the official records. Head-to-head statistics (for the previous ten meetings): Athlone won one game, zero matches ended with a tie and Longford Town managed nine wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / three.
Top Goalscorers
  T. Oluwya 8 goals |  S. Verdon 8 goals |  J. Adeyemo 5 goals |
Athlone Town missing players
Longford Town missing players
| Athlone Town | Longford Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 28 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 21 | 9 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 35 | 22 | 5 | Scored | S | 9 | 21 | 39 |
| 66 | 31 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 19 | 32 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 89% |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | 86% |
| 71% | 71% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 77% | 54% |
| 39% | 36% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 23% | 14% |
| 25% | 29% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 15% | 7% |
| 68% | 79% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 62% | 54% |
| 7% | 14% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 23% | 36% |
| 25% | 7% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 23% | 21% |
| 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 4.2 | 5.2 |
| 5.4 | 5.1 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.6 | 4.8 |
| 1.9 | 2.5 | 3.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8.7 | 9 | 8.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.7 | 8.5 | 9.8 |
| 4.2 | 4.4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 3.3 | 4 |
| 29% | 35% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 53% | 49% | 35% |
| 12.4 | 12 | 12.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.3 | 10.5 | 9.8 |
| 5.8 | 5.4 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4 | 4.2 |
- All of Athlone Town's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Athlone Town have the fewest matches under the total-line (4) in First Division
- Athlone Town have the fewest points from losing position (1) in First Division
- Athlone Town have the fewest scored goals in the first half (12) in First Division
- Athlone Town have the most conceded goals in the first half (28) in First Division
- Athlone Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Longford Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Longford Town have the most points from losing position (17) in First Division
- Longford Town have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Longford Town is in the best form (4-2-0) 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 | Cork City | 29 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 59 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 10 | 40 | 64 |
| 2 | Galway United | 28 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 51 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 13 | 28 | 57 |
| 3 | Waterford United | 28 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 58 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 38 | 15 | 28 | 52 |
| 4 | Longford Town | 28 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 39 | 32 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 47 |
| 5 | Treaty United | 29 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 36 | 37 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 15 | -1 | 43 |
| 6 | Wexford Youths | 28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 39 | 45 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 27 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 18 | -6 | 33 |
| 7 | Bray Wanderers | 29 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 27 | 51 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 34 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 17 | -24 | 27 |
| 8 | Athlone Town | 28 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 35 | 66 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 13 | 35 | -31 | 17 |
| 9 | Cobh Ramblers | 29 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 29 | 70 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 38 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 32 | -41 | 14 |
