Galway United will hope their home comforts are enough to get a result from this difficult encounter with high-flying Athlone Town.
- Galway United have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Athlone Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
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.
Galway United form and stats
When playing at home in the First Division, Galway United have managed 1 win, 3 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 5 games.
Galway faced defeat in their previous match, away at Shelbourne (0-4). As you see from the result above, Galway United suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Cork City that finished 1-1.The Galway fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 5 in 5 matches. Galway have conceded 5 in these home matches.
Athlone Town form and stats
Playing away, Athlone Town have won 2 games, drawn 1 and suffered 2 defeats in the First Division this season. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Athlone are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Athlone's previous game was their home loss versus UCD (2-3). A huge disappointment for Athlone in their last match (vs UCD). Leading 2-0 the victory seemed almost certain, but a fascinating collapse turned everything around and in the end all was lost in a 2-3 defeat. Athlone Town were so close to getting something from the game against UCD, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal two minutes into overtime.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Cobh Ramblers.The visiting Athlone Town have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 5 goals from 5 games. Athlone have conceded 5 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Athlone Town - Galway 3-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Galway United six wins, three draws and Athlone Town one victory. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Keating 4 goals | P. Cunningham 3 goals |  J. Doona 3 goals |
Galway United missing players
Athlone Town missing players
| Galway United | Athlone Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 14 | 5 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 16 |
| 13 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 90% | 80% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 60% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 40% | 70% |
| 60% | 40% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 70% |
| 40% | 20% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 30% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 50% | 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 60% |
| 40% | 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 20% | 20% |
| 20% | 20% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 20% |
| 7.4 | 7 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 5.6 | 5.6 |
| 4.4 | 3.2 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 6.8 | 6.2 |
| 2.9 | 3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.4 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.1 | 11.2 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 9 | 11.6 |
| 5.8 | 6 | 8.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.6 | 5.1 |
| 21% | 17% | 12% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 28% | 31% |
- Athlone Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Galway United have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded 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 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 24 |
| 2 | UCD | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 13 | 19 |
| 3 | Athlone Town | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | Treaty United | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 16 |
| 5 | Cabinteely | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -8 | 15 |
| 6 | Bray Wanderers | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 14 |
| 7 | Galway United | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 13 |
| 8 | Cork City | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 9 | Cobh Ramblers | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -10 | 8 |
| 10 | Wexford Youths | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 11 | -18 | 3 |