First Division: The mid-table spots highlight the path Bray Wanderers and Athlone Town have been on so far. Both sides are up for it; bring it on!
- Bray Wanderers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Athlone Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
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!
Bray Wanderers form and stats
When playing at home in the First Division, Bray Wanderers have managed 5 wins, 3 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 11 games.
Feeney was the last player to score a league goal for Bray Wanderers and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Bray Wanderers haven't scored in 355 minutes.
Wanderers lost their last game at Galway United (placed 1st) after a 0-3 scoreline.
Before that one, a nice away victory at Cockhill Celtic. A FAI Cup game. The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Bray Wanderers's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 5 games, won 2 matches, drawn 2 and lost 1.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the First Division game versus Longford Town in only three days. This game is also played here at Carlisle Grounds.
Bray Wanderers are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 11 games. On the other hand, Bray Wanderers have conceded 16 goals.
Athlone Town form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their First Division travels is 5 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Athlone, as they have won on their previous two travels.
Athlone Town delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Waterford United (placed 2nd) in their previous game.
A defeat, in the FAI Cup away at Derry City, earlier. Looking at the earlier recent performances of Athlone Town when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 4 matches with the visitors losing 3 times, drawing 1 and winning 0 games.
After this away game Athlone Town return home for a First Division game against Finn Harps. That game is only three sleeps after this.
The travelling fans enjoy Athlone's attacking play in away games, having scored 20 goals in 11 league matches away. Athlone Town's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 18 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
The latest archived meeting between these sides is the Athlone Town - Bray Wanderers 3-1 played not long ago this season. Previous ten meetings between these squads: Bray Wanderers won five, Athlone Town were winners in three and we saw two draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with under 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  F. Pierrot 15 goals |  B. Feeney 8 goals |
Bray Wanderers missing players
Athlone Town missing players
| Bray Wanderers | Athlone Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 24 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 28 | 16 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 20 | 40 |
| 39 | 16 | 5 | Conceded | C | 4 | 18 | 36 |
| 92% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 82% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 73% | 75% |
| 54% | 64% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 73% | 62% |
| 33% | 36% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 55% | 50% |
| 12% | 18% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 27% | 21% |
| 58% | 55% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 64% | 58% |
| 25% | 27% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 18% | 21% |
| 25% | 27% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 18% | 21% |
| 5.5 | 5.4 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 3.5 | 4.1 |
| 3.7 | 3.1 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1.5 | 5.9 | 5 |
| 2.8 | 3.1 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| 6 | 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9.7 | 9.4 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 8.3 | 10.5 |
| 3.9 | 3.7 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.7 | 4.4 |
| 30% | 39% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 49% | 38% |
| 8.1 | 6.9 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 9.9 | 8.9 |
| 3.6 | 3.5 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.7 | 4.3 |
- Athlone Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Athlone Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Bray Wanderers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| 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 | 24 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 63 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 54 | 65 |
| 2 | Waterford United | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 63 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 7 | 43 | 47 |
| 3 | Cobh Ramblers | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 37 | 33 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 4 | 39 |
| 4 | Athlone Town | 24 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 40 | 36 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 4 | 33 |
| 5 | Wexford Youths | 24 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 29 | 35 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 14 | -6 | 31 |
| 6 | Bray Wanderers | 24 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 28 | 39 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 23 | -11 | 30 |
| 7 | Finn Harps | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 27 | 50 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 32 | -23 | 28 |
| 8 | Treaty United | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 28 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 18 | -10 | 27 |
| 9 | Longford Town | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 32 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -8 | 25 |
| 10 | Kerry | 24 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 65 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 32 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 33 | -47 | 6 |
