Betting preview: Athlone Town vs Wexford Youths should be interesting

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Competition: Republic of Ireland First Division
Competition: Fri 28.April
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Athlone Town Stadium (6500 seats)

Athlone Town have enginereed 2 home triumphs up until now, Wexford Youths have won 1 away. Which team betters their records in this one?

Insights:
  • Athlone Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Wexford Youths have the most matches over the total-line (7) in First Division

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Athlone Town and Wexford Youths.

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Athlone Town form and stats

Athlone Town have collected 7 points from their First Division home games so far after 2-1-2. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Athlone Town after consecutive victories at their own ground.

Athlone's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Wexford Youths (placed 7th). The home side are looking to build on that result.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Waterford United (3-4).

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Athlone Town have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 9 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 1 and lost 4.

A decent goal production from Athlone Town in their home games so far, with 8 goals from 5 league matches. 7 goals have been conceded.

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Wexford Youths form and stats

Playing away, Wexford Youths have won 1 game, drawn 1 and suffered 2 defeats in the First Division this season.

There might be some fixture complaints from Wexford as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, 0-2 against Athlone Town.

Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Finn Harps.

Wexford Youths are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 5 away goals from 4 games (in the league). As for defending, Wexford Youths rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 6 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The teams have met each other before in this season, with the result Wexford Youths - Athlone 3-0 registered in the official records. Last ten meetings with these squads: Athlone Town won four, Wexford Youths triumphed in five and we saw one draw. seven games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Athlone TownF. Pierrot
F. Pierrot
4 goals
Wexford YouthsA. Dobbs
A. Dobbs
4 goals
Athlone TownV. Dolia
V. Dolia
3 goals

Athlone Town missing players

Wexford Youths missing players

Athlone Town Wexford Youths
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
11 6 1 Played P 2 5 11
5 3 0 Won W 0 1 3
1 1 1 Drew D 1 1 2
5 2 0 Lost L 1 3 6
17 10 2 Scored S 1 5 11
16 7 2 Conceded C 2 8 18
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 80% 91%
73% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 80% 82%
55% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 60% 64%
45% 50% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 18%
9% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 9%
45% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 60% 45%
27% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 20% 18%
27% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 40% 45%
 
3.4 3.3 4 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 4 5.6
4.4 4 4 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4 5.5
2.5 2.3 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 2.8 2.2
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.1 9.8 8 Shots (avg) S ( 10 8 7.6
3.9 3.8 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.6 2.8
40% 43% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 28% 35%
 
8.3 7.7 7 Shots against (avg) S A 9 9 9
4 3.8 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.8 3.7
Key stats in First Division this season:
  • Athlone Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Wexford Youths have the fewest matches under the total-line (3) in First Division
  • Wexford Youths have the most matches over the total-line (7) in First Division
  • Wexford Youths have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  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 10 10 0 0 33 4 4 4 0 0 17 1 6 6 0 0 16 3 29 30
2 Waterford United 10 7 2 1 26 10 6 3 2 1 15 8 4 4 0 0 11 2 16 23
3 Bray Wanderers 10 4 4 2 13 15 4 3 1 0 7 3 6 1 3 2 6 12 -2 16
4 Cobh Ramblers 10 4 3 3 13 12 5 2 1 2 6 8 5 2 2 1 7 4 1 15
5 Athlone Town 10 4 1 5 15 16 5 2 1 2 8 7 5 2 0 3 7 9 -1 13
6 Finn Harps 10 3 4 3 11 16 5 1 3 1 6 5 5 2 1 2 5 11 -5 13
7 Wexford Youths 10 3 2 5 11 16 6 2 1 3 6 10 4 1 1 2 5 6 -5 11
8 Longford Town 10 1 4 5 8 12 6 1 2 3 5 7 4 0 2 2 3 5 -4 7
9 Treaty United 10 1 4 5 9 18 4 1 0 3 4 10 6 0 4 2 5 8 -9 7
10 Kerry 10 0 2 8 6 26 5 0 2 3 3 9 5 0 0 5 3 17 -20 2

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.