Bray Wanderers vs Athlone Town: Soccer betting preview

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Competition: Republic of Ireland First Division
Date: Fri 26.July
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Carlisle Grounds (3500 seats)

With their 16 point advantage in the league table, Bray Wanderers fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Athlone Town.

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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Bray Wanderers form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Carlisle Grounds as Bray Wanderers have scored 15 goals to get 22 points from 10 games. The overall stats are 7-1-2 (wins-draws-losses). The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Carlisle Grounds.

Bray Wanderers manager G. Cronin and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Galway United in the First Division. Before that, Bray Wanderers had a home game versus Limerick which ended with a victory 1-0.

Bray Wanderers have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Carlisle Grounds with 15 goals in 10 matches. Bray Wanderers are not conceding a lot of goals here at Carlisle Grounds, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 10 matches.

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Athlone Town form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Athlone Town, who have the most conceded goals (45) in First Division, so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-7 (win-draw-lose).

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a First Division home defeat versus Shelbourne with 1-2 on the scoreboard. A 1-2 defeat away at Cobh Ramblers before that.

Athlone Town have scored 10 goals on their travels this season, 10 away games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Athlone Town have conceded 19 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Athlone Town - Bray Wanderers 0-5 earlier this season. As for the last six games between these two teams, there's 2 Bray Wanderers victories, 3 draws and 1 Athlone Town win. 2 of these games ended with three goals or more, 4 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

D. Williams
8 goals
D. McGlade
7 goals
D. Daly
4 goals

Bray Wanderers missing players

Athlone Town missing players

Bray Wanderers Athlone Town
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
21 10 3 Played 2 10 21
10 7 3 Won 0 2 4
2 1 0 Drew 0 1 4
9 2 0 Lost 2 7 13
27 15 5 Scored 2 10 25
20 8 2 Conceded 5 19 45
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 100% 100%
57% 60% 67% Over 1.5 100% 80% 86%
38% 40% 67% Over 2.5 50% 50% 57%
19% 20% 0% Over 3.5 50% 30% 43%
10% 10% 0% Over 4.5 50% 20% 24%
33% 50% 67% BTTS 50% 60% 62%
29% 30% 33% Clean Sheets 0% 20% 10%
38% 20% 0% Failed To Score 50% 20% 29%
 
5.4 6 8 Corners For (avg) 4 4.4 4.3
3.7 3.9 3.3 Corners Against (avg) 8 5.6 4.9
1.8 2.3 3 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.5 1.5 1.3
1 1 0 Red Cards 0 0 3
Key stats this season:
  • Athlone Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Bray Wanderers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Bray Wanderers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Bray Wanderers
All Premier Division First Division League Cup Club Friendlies Leinster Senior Cup FAI Cup Challenge Cup
All Home Away
14-06-19 FD Bray Wanderers 3 - 2 Longford Town
28-06-19 FD Drogheda United 1 - 0 Bray Wanderers
05-07-19 FD Cabinteely 2 - 1 Bray Wanderers
12-07-19 FD Bray Wanderers 1 - 0 Limerick
19-07-19 FD Galway United 2 - 2 Bray Wanderers
26-07-19 FD Bray Wanderers 18:45 Athlone Town
02-08-19 FD Wexford Youths 18:45 Bray Wanderers
11-08-19 FAI St Patrick's - Bray Wanderers
16-08-19 FD Bray Wanderers 18:45 Cobh Ramblers
30-08-19 FD Shelbourne 18:45 Bray Wanderers
Athlone Town
All First Division League Cup Club Friendlies Leinster Senior Cup FAI Cup
All Home Away
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 1 - 2 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
30-08-19 FD Athlone Town 18:45 Drogheda United

  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 21 15 2 4 33 15 10 8 1 1 18 6 11 7 1 3 15 9 18 47
2 Drogheda United 21 13 2 6 46 28 10 7 1 2 22 12 11 6 1 4 24 16 18 41
3 Longford Town 21 12 3 6 26 17 10 9 0 1 17 4 11 3 3 5 9 13 9 39
4 Cabinteely 21 11 6 4 30 24 11 6 2 3 15 16 10 5 4 1 15 8 6 39
5 Bray Wanderers 21 10 2 9 27 20 10 7 1 2 15 8 11 3 1 7 12 12 7 32
6 Limerick 21 9 5 7 23 22 11 6 3 2 14 9 10 3 2 5 9 13 1 32
7 Cobh Ramblers 20 6 4 10 26 33 10 5 1 4 16 13 10 1 3 6 10 20 -7 22
8 Galway United 21 4 4 13 22 30 11 2 3 6 10 15 10 2 1 7 12 15 -8 16
9 Athlone Town 21 4 4 13 25 45 11 2 3 6 15 26 10 2 1 7 10 19 -20 16
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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