Very important clash in the bottom section of the First Division, with both Cobh Ramblers and Athlone Town experiencing more worry than joy. This game is a classic "six-pointer" with the home side at 9th and the away side in 8th spot.
- Cobh Ramblers have the most conceded goals (67) in First Division
- Athlone Town have the fewest scored goals in the first half (10) in First Division
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.
Cobh Ramblers form and stats
Cobh Ramblers's results here at St. Coleman's Park in the First Division have been very modest with 2 victories, 2 draws and 10 defeats. When Cobh Ramblers hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Bray Wanderers and Cobh Ramblers), they have won 1 of 2 matches!
The spoils were shared in Ramblers's previous game, also at home. Visiting Galway United (placed 2nd) travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Treaty United (0-1).The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Cobh Ramblers handle that role? We have found 4 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
The manager Keegan will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Cork City in only three days.
Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as Cobh Ramblers have allowed the opposition to score 35 goals here at St. Coleman's Park. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Athlone Town form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Athlone Town so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 1-0-12 (win-draw-lose). Athlone seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Athlone Town won their last game, 2-0 versus Wexford Youths played at home.
Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Bray Wanderers's place.Athlone Town are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 1 draw and 4 defeats. From a total of 6 matches.
Observe that 12 of this club's 15 latest league matches have ended with three goals or more.
The visitors have scored 10 goals from 13 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that Athlone Town concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own.
Head 2 Head
Ramblers and Athlone Town have played each other already this season: Athlone Town - Cobh Ramblers 5-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Cobh Ramblers victories, two draws and three Athlone Town wins. Over/under statistics; eight of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less. The games between these teams sometimes lean towards being ill-tempered, having seen 6 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  T. Oluwya 7 goals |  C. Drinan 5 goals | B. Whitmarsh 5 goals |
Cobh Ramblers missing players
Athlone Town missing players
| Cobh Ramblers | Athlone Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 13 | 27 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 20 | 10 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 12 | 21 |
| 28 | 14 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 10 | 32 |
| 67 | 35 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 34 | 65 |
| 96% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 82% | 86% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | 96% |
| 61% | 71% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 69% | 70% |
| 50% | 57% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 38% | 37% |
| 32% | 36% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 23% | 26% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 54% | 67% |
| 4% | 7% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 46% | 26% |
| 3.6 | 4.2 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 4.6 | 4.3 |
| 5 | 3.1 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.8 | 5.4 |
| 2.4 | 2.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.2 | 1.9 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 7.4 | 8.4 | 7.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.5 | 8.2 | 8.6 |
| 3.2 | 3.3 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 3.8 | 4.1 |
| 31% | 30% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 20% | 29% |
| 11 | 10.8 | 6.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 13.2 | 12.6 |
| 5 | 4.6 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 6.6 | 6 |
- 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 away matches.
- Athlone Town have the fewest matches under the total-line (4) in First Division
- Athlone Town have the fewest points (3) away in First Division
- Athlone Town have the fewest points from losing position (1) in First Division
- Athlone Town have the fewest scored goals (10) away in First Division
- Athlone Town have the fewest scored goals in the first half (10) in First Division
- Athlone Town have the most conceded goals (34) away in First Division
- Athlone Town have the most conceded goals in the first half (28) in First Division
- Athlone Town have the the worst goal difference (-24) away in First Division
- Athlone Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Cobh Ramblers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Cobh Ramblers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Cobh Ramblers have the fewest clean sheets (1) in First Division
- Cobh Ramblers have the fewest points (8) at home in First Division
- Cobh Ramblers have the most conceded goals (35) at home in First Division
- Cobh Ramblers have the most conceded goals (67) in First Division
- Cobh Ramblers have the most conceded goals in the second half (43) in First Division
- Cobh Ramblers have the most dropped points from leading position (20) in First Division
- Cobh Ramblers have the the worst goal difference (-21) at home in First Division
- Cobh Ramblers have the the worst goal difference (-39) in First Division
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cork City | 28 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 58 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 8 | 41 | 64 |
| 2 | Galway United | 27 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 49 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 13 | 27 | 54 |
| 3 | Waterford United | 27 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 55 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 15 | 25 | 49 |
| 4 | Longford Town | 27 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 38 | 31 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 46 |
| 5 | Treaty United | 28 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 35 | 36 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 14 | -1 | 42 |
| 6 | Wexford Youths | 28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 39 | 45 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 27 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 18 | -6 | 33 |
| 7 | Bray Wanderers | 28 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 27 | 48 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 31 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 17 | -21 | 27 |
| 8 | Athlone Town | 27 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 32 | 65 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 34 | -33 | 14 |
| 9 | Cobh Ramblers | 28 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 28 | 67 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 35 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 32 | -39 | 14 |
