Athlone Town vs Shelbourne betting preview

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Competition: Republic of Ireland First Division
Date: Fri 19.July
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Athlone Town Stadium (5000 seats)

Struggling Athlone Town will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Shelbourne in the upcoming league round. It’s 8th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

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.

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Athlone Town form and stats

Athlone Town's struggle is real here at Athlone Town Stadium with only 9 points collected from 10 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly 2-3-5.

Athlone Town lost their last game at Cobh Ramblers after a 1-2 scoreline. Ahead of that match, Athlone Town won a home game hosting Wexford Youths (3-1).

Athlone Town has scored 14 goals at home this season, in 10 matches. Athlone Town are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (24 from 10 played).

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Shelbourne form and stats

As the visiting team Shelbourne, who have the fewest conceded goals (14) in First Division, have produced an overall stat of 6-1-3 so far. Shelbourne has been amazing away for a time now, winning four in a row on their travels. The last time they went home with a point loss was against Cabinteely.

There were no winners in Shelbourne's previous match, a First Division home game that ended 1-1 vs Cabinteely. Preceding that game was the away victory against Galway United with the score of 3-0.

Shelbourne are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 10 games. It's not easy to score on Shelbourne as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Shelbourne - Athlone Town 2-1 entered in the official records. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 0 Athlone Town victories, 1 draw and 9 Shelbourne wins. 9 of these games ended with three goals or more, 1 match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

D. Williams
8 goals
R. Brennan
5 goals

Athlone Town missing players

Shelbourne missing players

Athlone Town Shelbourne
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs low Away Total
20 10 2 Played 4 10 20
4 2 0 Won 3 6 14
4 3 0 Drew 0 1 2
12 5 2 Lost 1 3 4
24 14 3 Scored 9 13 31
43 24 6 Conceded 5 8 14
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 90% 95%
85% 90% 50% Over 1.5 100% 60% 65%
55% 60% 50% Over 2.5 100% 40% 45%
45% 60% 50% Over 3.5 25% 10% 10%
25% 30% 50% Over 4.5 25% 10% 10%
60% 60% 50% BTTS 75% 30% 35%
10% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 25% 50% 55%
30% 40% 50% Failed To Score 0% 30% 15%
 
4.5 4.5 3 Corners For (avg) 5.8 4.8 5
4.9 4.2 6 Corners Against (avg) 4.2 4.1 4.8
1.4 1.2 1.5 Yellow Cards (avg) 2.2 2 1.6
3 3 1 Red Cards 1 1 1
Key stats this season:
  • Athlone Town have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Athlone Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Athlone Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Shelbourne have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

Athlone Town
All First Division League Cup Club Friendlies Leinster Senior Cup FAI Cup
All Home Away
08-06-19 FD Drogheda United 4 - 2 Athlone Town
14-06-19 FD Athlone Town 2 - 2 Cabinteely
28-06-19 FD Galway United 1 - 1 Athlone Town
05-07-19 FD Athlone Town 3 - 1 Wexford Youths
13-07-19 FD Cobh Ramblers 2 - 1 Athlone Town
19-07-19 FD Athlone Town 18:45 Shelbourne
26-07-19 FD Bray Wanderers 18:45 Athlone Town
02-08-19 FD Athlone Town 18:45 Longford Town
11-08-19 FAI Longford Town - Athlone Town
16-08-19 FD Limerick 18:45 Athlone Town
Shelbourne
All First Division League Cup Club Friendlies Leinster Senior Cup FAI Cup
All Home Away
14-06-19 FD Shelbourne 2 - 1 Drogheda United
28-06-19 FD Limerick 0 - 1 Shelbourne
01-07-19 CF Shelbourne 0 - 7 Hearts
05-07-19 FD Galway United 0 - 3 Shelbourne
12-07-19 FD Shelbourne 1 - 1 Cabinteely
19-07-19 FD Athlone Town 18:45 Shelbourne
26-07-19 FD Shelbourne 18:45 Wexford Youths
03-08-19 FD Cobh Ramblers 18:00 Shelbourne
11-08-19 FAI Bohemians - Shelbourne
17-08-19 FD Longford Town 18:30 Shelbourne

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Shelbourne 20 14 2 4 31 14 10 8 1 1 18 6 10 6 1 3 13 8 17 44
2 Longford Town 20 12 3 5 26 15 10 9 0 1 17 4 10 3 3 4 9 11 11 39
3 Drogheda United 20 12 2 6 42 27 10 7 1 2 22 12 10 5 1 4 20 15 15 38
4 Cabinteely 20 10 6 4 28 24 10 5 2 3 13 16 10 5 4 1 15 8 4 36
5 Limerick 20 9 5 6 22 18 10 6 3 1 13 5 10 3 2 5 9 13 4 32
6 Bray Wanderers 20 10 1 9 25 18 10 7 1 2 15 8 10 3 0 7 10 10 7 31
7 Cobh Ramblers 20 6 4 10 26 33 10 5 1 4 16 13 10 1 3 6 10 20 -7 22
8 Athlone Town 20 4 4 12 24 43 10 2 3 5 14 24 10 2 1 7 10 19 -19 16
9 Galway United 20 4 3 13 20 28 10 2 2 6 8 13 10 2 1 7 12 15 -8 15
10 Wexford Youths 20 2 4 14 16 40 10 2 3 5 9 14 10 0 1 9 7 26 -24 10

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