First Division preview: Can Cork City edge out victory against Athlone Town?

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Competition: Republic of Ireland First Division
Competition: Fri 03.September
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Turner's Cross (7365 seats)

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?

Insights:
  • 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!

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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.

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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

Cork CityC. Murphy
C. Murphy
9 goals
Athlone TownS. Barnes
S. Barnes
5 goals
CorkB. Whitmarsh
B. Whitmarsh
4 goals

Cork City missing players

Athlone Town missing players

Cork City Athlone Town
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low 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%
Key stats in First Division this season:
  • 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

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.