Cork City oppose Athlone Town for praise and football prosperity.
- Cork City have the most scored goals (14) in First Division
- Athlone Town have the fewest scored goals in the first half (1) in First Division
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Cork City form and stats
Cork City have secured 6 points from their first three home games in the First Division. A decent catch, still with room for improvement. Two home wins in a row for Cork City bring valid hopes of a third.
Cork are confident in defense, having played 414 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Cork City are returning here after visiting Treaty United and winning with a 4-0 scoreline. Häkkinen, Coffey and Bargary (2) scored the goal(s).
Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Waterford United.Cork City are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 4 goals in 3 games. Defensively Cork City have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (1 in 3 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Athlone Town form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the First Division ended in defeat. Last season Athlone Town had these away match statistics: Played 14; won 4, drew 5 and lost 5. It's looking increasingly bleak for Athlone who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Waterford United was the last time a defeat was avoided.
Home advantage was not enough for Athlone Town in their previous game as they lost hosting Galway United, 1-2.
Preceding that, the 2-3 home loss versus Cobh Ramblers.The home team is given a winning chance of about 80 percent by the betting public. This does not leave much hope for the visitors, but some teams enjoy the outsider role and perform well in it. Looking at similar away games for Athlone Town we find nine games. Results are one Athlone Town win, one draw and seven defeats.
It's early days yet, but Athlone Town has scored 1 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: eight - one - one (Cork wins - draws - Athlone Town wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Coffey 3 goals | C. Bargary 2 goals |  C. Murphy 2 goals |
Cork City missing players
Athlone Town missing players
| Cork City | Athlone Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 14 | 4 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 67% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 7.8 | 9.3 | 14 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 8 | 4.8 |
| 4.5 | 3.7 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 5.5 |
| 1.7 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10.5 | 12 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10 | 7 |
| 4.7 | 3.7 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 3.8 |
| 50% | 36% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 20% | 40% |
| 6 | 4.3 | 4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 11 | 8.5 |
| 2.5 | 2.3 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 8 | 5.5 |
- Athlone Town have the fewest points (0) away in First Division
- Athlone Town have the fewest scored goals (1) away in First Division
- Athlone Town have the fewest scored goals in the first half (1) in First Division
- Athlone Town is in the worst form (0-0-4)
- Cork City have the fewest conceded goals (1) in First Division
- Cork City have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in First Division
- Cork City have the most clean sheets (2) at home in First Division
- Cork City have the most clean sheets (5) in First Division
- Cork City have the most scored goals (14) in First Division
- Cork City have the the best goal difference (+13) in First Division
- Cork City have the the best goal difference (+3) at home 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 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 13 |
| 2 | Galway United | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 3 | Waterford United | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | Wexford Youths | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -6 | 6 |
| 5 | Bray Wanderers | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -7 | 6 |
| 6 | Longford Town | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Treaty United | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 8 | Cobh Ramblers | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 4 |
| 9 | Athlone Town | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -6 | 0 |
