First Division: Bray Wanderers expected to win home game versus Athlone Town

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Competition: Republic of Ireland First Division
Competition: Fri 27.May
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Carlisle Grounds (3250 seats)

First Division: We're looking at an absorbing and crucial game between Bray Wanderers and Athlone Town at Carlisle Grounds. This duo need points like a fish needs water!

Insights:
  • Bray Wanderers have the fewest scored goals (11) in First Division
  • Athlone Town have the most conceded goals (36) in First Division

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!

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Bray Wanderers form and stats

Bray Wanderers's results here at Carlisle Grounds in the First Division have been very modest with 0 victories, 3 draws and 4 defeats. All in all it has been a very rough period for Bray Wanderers who hasn’t won a league-game in their last ten attempts. Their previous win was against Cobh Ramblers, 69 days ago.

Wanderers travelled for their previous game, a trip to Treaty United that ended 2-2.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Waterford United (1-4).

Bray Wanderers aren't scoring a lot here at Carlisle Grounds in the league, with only 4 goals from 7 games. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Bray Wanderers with 16 goals conceded in these matches.

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Athlone Town form and stats

Playing away, Athlone Town have won 0 games, drawn 0 and suffered 7 defeats in the First Division this season. Athlone are desperate to end a 15-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Waterford United fixture.

Athlone Town are travelling again after losing away to Galway United in their previous match (0-3).

A loss against Longford Town was the result prior to that, in a home game.

The visitors have scored 4 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Athlone have conceded 17 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

These sides faced each other previously this campaign: Athlone Town - Bray Wanderers 1-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Bray Wanderers victories, three draws and three Athlone Town wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Bray WanderersK. Byrne
K. Byrne
3 goals
WanderersP. Fox
P. Fox
2 goals

Bray Wanderers missing players

Athlone Town missing players

Bray Wanderers Athlone Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
15 7 1 Played P 1 7 15
2 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
7 3 1 Drew D 0 0 2
6 4 0 Lost L 1 7 13
11 4 1 Scored S 2 4 13
24 16 1 Conceded C 3 17 36
80% 71% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 71% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 93%
40% 57% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 57% 67%
27% 43% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 29% 27%
13% 29% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 29% 27%
53% 57% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 43% 67%
27% 29% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
40% 43% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 57% 33%
 
4.1 4.1 3 Corners for (avg) C F 2 5.1 4.5
5.1 4.3 6 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.9 5.5
2.2 2.4 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1 1.9
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 5
 
8.4 10 14 Shots (avg) S ( 6 7.9 7.6
3.5 4.1 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 4.3 3.7
21% 14% 12% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 13% 23%
 
9.7 9.3 13 Shots against (avg) S A 19 15.1 12.8
4.3 4.9 7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8 7.1 6
Key stats in First Division this season:
  • Athlone Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Athlone Town have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Athlone Town have lost all their away matches so far.
  • Athlone Town have the fewest clean sheets (0) in First Division
  • Athlone Town have the fewest matches under the total-line (1) in First Division
  • Athlone Town have the fewest points (0) away in First Division
  • Athlone Town have the fewest points from losing position (1) in First Division
  • Athlone Town have the fewest scored goals (4) away in First Division
  • Athlone Town have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in First Division
  • Athlone Town have the most conceded goals (36) in First Division
  • Athlone Town have the most conceded goals in the second half (22) in First Division
  • Athlone Town have the most dropped points from leading position (11) in First Division
  • Athlone Town have the the worst goal difference (-13) away in First Division
  • Athlone Town have the the worst goal difference (-23) in First Division
  • Athlone Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Athlone Town is in the worst form (0-0-6)
  • Bray Wanderers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Bray Wanderers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Bray Wanderers have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in First Division
  • Bray Wanderers have the fewest scored goals (11) in First Division
  • Bray Wanderers have the fewest scored goals (4) at home in First Division
  • Bray Wanderers have the fewest scored goals in the second half (6) in First Division
  • Bray Wanderers have the most matches under the total-line (9) in First Division
  • Bray Wanderers have the the worst goal difference (-12) at home in First Division
  • Bray Wanderers have yet to win a game 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 15 12 2 1 32 10 7 5 2 0 13 4 8 7 0 1 19 6 22 38
2 Cork City 15 11 3 1 34 8 8 5 2 1 16 4 7 6 1 0 18 4 26 36
3 Waterford United 15 9 2 4 31 16 7 4 1 2 10 7 8 5 1 2 21 9 15 29
4 Longford Town 15 7 4 4 18 16 8 4 2 2 9 7 7 3 2 2 9 9 2 25
5 Treaty United 15 4 7 4 19 20 8 3 3 2 12 13 7 1 4 2 7 7 -1 19
6 Wexford Youths 16 4 4 8 19 29 8 2 1 5 8 19 8 2 3 3 11 10 -10 16
7 Bray Wanderers 15 2 7 6 11 24 7 0 3 4 4 16 8 2 4 2 7 8 -13 13
8 Cobh Ramblers 15 2 3 10 17 35 7 1 1 5 7 17 8 1 2 5 10 18 -18 9
9 Athlone Town 15 0 2 13 13 36 8 0 2 6 9 19 7 0 0 7 4 17 -23 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.