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Competition: Republic of Ireland First Division
Competition: Fri 18.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Athlone Town Stadium (6500 seats)

Athlone Town battle Waterford United for honour and sporting success.

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Athlone Town form and stats

The previous season, Athlone Town's league stats were 9 wins, 6 draws and 12 losses, producing 7th spot in the First Division. During these 27 matches they scored 32 goals and gave away 43. Appearing at their own stadium in the last season Athlone Town delivered 5-1-7 (win-draw-lost) with 17 goals and 21 conceded.

Athlone have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and four practice matches played. These training games have ended with 0 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Athlone Town scored 5 goals and let in 10 goals during these four games.

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Waterford United form and stats

The last season was not a pleasant experience for Waterford United as they could not accumulate enough points to survive. After only 12 victories from 36 games, relegation was a fact. Waterford United's manager Bircham are hoping to lead the team right back to Premier Division at the first attempt.

Just as the home team, Waterford have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 2 Waterford United wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.

Head 2 Head

Stats for the previous ten meetings between these two sides are: one win for Athlone Town, two draws and seven wins for Waterford United. Over 2,5 goals: nine times; under 2,5 goals: one game.

Athlone Town missing players

Waterford United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Athlone Town Waterford United
Total Home vs Statistics Stat vs Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Athlone Town Last season Waterford United
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
27 13   Played P   18 36
9 5   Won W   6 12
6 1   Drew D   2 6
12 7   Lost L   10 18
32 17   Scored S   16 36
43 21   Conceded C   27 56
93% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 97%
70% 85%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   78% 69%
56% 69%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   56% 53%
30% 31%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   6% 19%
15% 15%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 11%
56% 62%   BTTS BTTS   50% 50%
26% 23%   Clean Sheets C S   6% 17%
26% 23%   Failed to Score F T   44% 36%
 
5.3 4.8   Corners for (avg) C F   3 3.1
6 5.6   Corners against (avg) C A   5.9 5.3
2 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.9 2.5
1 1   Red cards R C   5 7
 
10.6 11.7   Shots (avg) S (   5.6 6.5
4.2 4.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.4 2.9
28% 27%   Goal Efficiency G E   39% 37%
 
11.5 11   Shots against (avg) S A   11.1 9.7
4.7 4.3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.1 3.9

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 Shelbourne 27 16 9 2 49 23 14 8 6 0 27 12 13 8 3 2 22 11 26 57
2 Galway United 27 15 6 6 39 25 14 8 4 2 22 12 13 7 2 4 17 13 14 51
3 UCD 27 13 7 7 55 38 14 8 4 2 30 16 13 5 3 5 25 22 17 46
4 Treaty United 27 11 9 7 36 27 13 6 5 2 16 11 14 5 4 5 20 16 9 42
5 Bray Wanderers 27 9 10 8 36 31 13 5 4 4 16 11 14 4 6 4 20 20 5 37
6 Cork City 27 8 9 10 37 28 14 6 3 5 28 17 13 2 6 5 9 11 9 33
7 Athlone Town 27 9 6 12 32 43 13 5 1 7 17 21 14 4 5 5 15 22 -11 33
8 Cobh Ramblers 27 8 4 15 25 46 13 4 2 7 10 20 14 4 2 8 15 26 -21 28
9 Cabinteely 27 8 1 18 26 47 14 3 1 10 9 24 13 5 0 8 17 23 -21 25
10 Wexford Youths 27 6 3 18 29 56 13 4 2 7 19 26 14 2 1 11 10 30 -27 21
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 Shamrock Rovers 36 24 6 6 59 28 18 12 5 1 32 13 18 12 1 5 27 15 31 78
2 St Patrick's 36 18 8 10 56 42 18 12 2 4 30 18 18 6 6 6 26 24 14 62
3 Sligo Rovers 36 16 9 11 43 32 18 8 5 5 24 13 18 8 4 6 19 19 11 57
4 Derry City 36 14 12 10 49 42 18 6 8 4 26 20 18 8 4 6 23 22 7 54
5 Bohemians 36 14 10 12 60 46 18 9 4 5 38 22 18 5 6 7 22 24 14 52
6 Dundalk 36 13 9 14 44 46 18 9 2 7 24 22 18 4 7 7 20 24 -2 48
7 Drogheda United 36 12 8 16 45 43 18 7 4 7 22 17 18 5 4 9 23 26 2 44
8 Finn Harps 36 11 11 14 44 52 18 5 6 7 23 22 18 6 5 7 21 30 -8 44
9 Waterford United 36 12 6 18 36 56 18 6 4 8 20 29 18 6 2 10 16 27 -20 42
10 Longford Town 36 2 9 25 22 71 18 2 4 12 11 32 18 0 5 13 11 39 -49 15

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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.