Athlone Town v Waterford United preview: Visitors can prove cut above

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Competition: Republic of Ireland First Division
Competition: Fri 10.March
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Athlone Town Stadium (6500 seats)

Athlone Town prepare to fight against Waterford United in this First Division fixture. Everything you need to learn about the game is located right here!

Insights:
  • Athlone Town have the most scored goals (6) in First Division
  • Waterford United have the the best goal difference (+3) away in First Division

Athlone Town and Waterford United 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.

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Athlone Town form and stats

Athlone Town have only played one First Division game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 4 wins, 3 draws and 9 defeats from 16 matches.

In their previous game, the manager Lennon led his Athlone to a defeat away at Wexford Youths. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Athlone Town Stadium.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Finn Harps in a game that was won 3-1.

Early season league goal statistics from Athlone Town's 1 home game: {3 goals}, 1 conceded.

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Waterford United form and stats

A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the First Division, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 10 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats from 16 matches.

Home advantage was not enough for Waterford United in their previous game as they lost hosting Galway United, 0-1.

Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Longford Town.

It's early days yet, but Waterford United has scored 3 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

The 4 most recent matches involving these two teams have all finished as Waterford United victories. Surely both teams are aware of this.

Top Goalscorers

Waterford UnitedW. Aouachria
W. Aouachria
3 goals
Athlone TownF. Pierrot
F. Pierrot
2 goals
Athlone TownJ. Campion-Hinds
J. Campion-Hinds
2 goals

Athlone Town missing players

Waterford United missing players

Athlone Town Waterford United
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 1 1 3
2 1 0 Won W 1 1 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
6 3 0 Scored S 3 3 4
5 1 0 Conceded C 0 0 2
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 67%
100% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 33%
67% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
67% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 100% 33%
33% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 33%
 
3.3 4 0 Corners for (avg) C F 7 7 8
3.3 4 0 Corners against (avg) C A 8 8 4.3
3 3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1 2.3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.3 11 0 Shots (avg) S ( 12 12 7
3.3 3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 7 3.3
60% 100% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 43% 40%
 
6.3 2 0 Shots against (avg) S A 3 3 4
2.7 2 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1 1 1.7
Key stats in First Division this season:
  • Athlone Town have the most points from losing position (3) in First Division
  • Athlone Town have the most scored goals (6) in First Division
  • Athlone Town have the most scored goals in the second half (5) in First Division
  • Waterford United have the the best goal difference (+3) away in First Division
Athlone Town Last season Waterford United
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
32 16   Played P   18 35
7 4   Won W   12 22
3 3   Drew D   3 5
22 9   Lost L   3 8
44 27   Scored S   47 80
75 35   Conceded C   17 38
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 97%
97% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   89% 83%
75% 75%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   78% 74%
44% 44%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   44% 40%
28% 31%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   28% 23%
72% 81%   BTTS BTTS   50% 57%
6% 12%   Clean Sheets C S   39% 34%
22% 6%   Failed to Score F T   17% 11%
 
4.4 4.2   Corners for (avg) C F   4.6 4.9
5.4 4.9   Corners against (avg) C A   4.4 4.5
1.9 2.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 2.4
6 4   Red cards R C   3 6
 
8.4 8.6   Shots (avg) S (   11.2 10.6
4.2 4.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.2 4.7
33% 39%   Goal Efficiency G E   51% 48%
 
11.9 11.1   Shots against (avg) S A   8.3 7.5
5.7 5.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.3 3.4

  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 3 3 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 3 1 3 9
2 Bray Wanderers 3 2 1 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 3 7
3 Cobh Ramblers 3 2 1 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 2 0 3 7
4 Athlone Town 3 2 0 1 6 5 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 3 4 1 6
5 Waterford United 3 1 1 1 4 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 4
6 Wexford Youths 3 1 0 2 4 5 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 3
7 Longford Town 3 0 2 1 2 4 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 2
8 Treaty United 3 0 1 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 -2 1
9 Finn Harps 3 0 1 2 3 6 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 -3 1
10 Kerry 3 0 1 2 2 6 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 -4 1
Last season 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 32 20 8 4 63 22 16 8 6 2 27 9 16 12 2 2 36 13 41 68
2 Waterford United 32 20 4 8 70 34 16 10 1 5 30 18 16 10 3 3 40 16 36 64
3 Galway United 32 17 9 6 56 29 16 8 5 3 26 15 16 9 4 3 30 14 27 60
4 Longford Town 32 14 10 8 49 41 16 7 5 4 19 15 16 7 5 4 30 26 8 52
5 Treaty United 32 11 11 10 37 43 16 7 4 5 22 25 16 4 7 5 15 18 -6 44
6 Wexford Youths 32 10 11 11 45 47 16 5 5 6 22 29 16 5 6 5 23 18 -2 41
7 Bray Wanderers 32 6 9 17 30 62 16 2 4 10 14 39 16 4 5 7 16 23 -32 27
8 Athlone Town 32 7 3 22 44 75 16 4 3 9 27 35 16 3 0 13 17 40 -31 24
9 Cobh Ramblers 32 4 5 23 37 78 16 2 2 12 17 42 16 2 3 11 20 36 -41 17

Read more about First Division

The League of Ireland First Divsion, also known as the SSE Aitricity League First Division, is the second level division of football in the Republic of Ireland. It runs a summer league from February to October with ten teams. Each plays each other three times for a total of 27 fixtures to set the final league table.