Cork City are banking on their home fans to aid them to win this fixture with Athlone Town. Who will win at Turner's Cross?
- Cork City have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in First Division
Both crews have had plentiful rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's wish for an active game!
Cork City form and stats
Cork City have collected 12 points from their First Division home games so far after 3-3-4.
The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus St Patrick's (after extra-time, 1-4 on penalties) in the FAI Cup last time out and are looking for a win here.
2-2 away at Cabinteely before that.Cork have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Turner's Cross with 18 goals in 10 league matches. Cork have conceded 14 in these home matches.
Athlone Town form and stats
Playing away, Athlone Town have won 3 games, drawn 3 and suffered 4 defeats in the First Division this season.
Athlone are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the First Division against Galway United (placed 2nd).
Prior to that match, the Athlone manager P. Doolin faced defeat when travelling to UCD and losing 0-6.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Athlone playing away, we found three games. Results were one away win, one draw and one home win.
Athlone have scored 11 goals on their travels this season, from 10 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Athlone have conceded 17 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
This was the end result when the contenders played each other previously this season; Athlone Town - Cork 0-2. Cork-Athlone Town H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Cork City seven wins, Athlone Town one win, two draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
C. Murphy 9 goals | S. Barnes 5 goals | B. Whitmarsh 4 goals |
Cork City missing players
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Cork City | Athlone Town | ||||||
Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
20 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 7 |
7 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 4 |
8 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 9 |
27 | 18 | 4 | Scored | S | 5 | 11 | 25 |
24 | 14 | 5 | Conceded | C | 4 | 17 | 33 |
85% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 90% | 90% |
70% | 90% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 50% | 65% |
50% | 60% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | 60% |
35% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 30% | 35% |
15% | 20% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 20% | 20% |
50% | 60% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 40% | 50% |
30% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 30% | 30% |
35% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 40% | 30% |
5.3 | 5.2 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.8 | 5.3 |
4.7 | 3.5 | 1.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 6.3 | 6 |
2 | 2.5 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 2.6 | 2.2 |
2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
10.3 | 11.4 | 16.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 9.9 | 10.6 |
4 | 5 | 8.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 3.6 | 4.2 |
33% | 36% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 31% | 30% |
- Cork City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Cork City have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in First Division
- Cork City haven’t played a single 0-0 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 | Shelbourne | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 38 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 19 | 43 |
2 | Galway United | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 35 |
3 | UCD | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 40 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 15 | 33 |
4 | Bray Wanderers | 20 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 28 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 33 |
5 | Treaty United | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 33 |
6 | Athlone Town | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 17 | -8 | 25 |
7 | Cork City | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 27 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 22 |
8 | Cabinteely | 20 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 20 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 15 | -12 | 22 |
9 | Cobh Ramblers | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 35 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 18 | -18 | 19 |
10 | Wexford Youths | 20 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 42 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 20 | -25 | 9 |