There's seemingly a pronounced gulf in performance between these teams based on the league table so far, with Galway United in front of Athlone Town by 33 points.
- Galway United is in the best form (6-0-0) in First Division
- Athlone Town is in the worst form (0-1-5)
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
Galway United have performed here at Eamonn Deacy Park this season with 4 wins from 6 First Division matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 0. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Galway has won six games in a row. The Wexford Youths match was the last time out without a victory.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Conor Kearns not having conceded a league goal in 298 minutes.
Happy days for Galway United in their previous game, a fixture away at Wexford Youths (placed 6th) that ended with a 4-0 victory. As mentioned above, Galway "killed" Wexford Youths in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Cobh Ramblers and winning 4-0.The Galway United fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 10 goals in 6 league matches. Galway United have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Athlone Town form and stats
Playing away, Athlone Town, who have the fewest clean sheets (0) in First Division, have won 0 games, drawn 0 and suffered 6 defeats in the First Division this season. The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Athlone Town, who have now gone 14 games without a victory. The Waterford United game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since.
Home advantage was not enough for Athlone in their previous game as they lost hosting Longford Town, 1-2.
The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Cork City.With the hosts stated as having a victory chance of around 80% by the bookies, any favourable result for the guesting team would be an eye-opener. Checking previous matches with similar odds and Athlone Town playing away, we found 10 results. The numbers from these were 1 away win, 1 draw and 8 defeats. The visitors lost 8 of these fixtures by at least two goals.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Athlone Town as they have only managed to score 4 times from 6 away games in the league. The Athlone manager Lennon has some worries about the defense as 14 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Athlone Town - Galway United 1-2 was the scoreline in these teams' previous head-to-head fixture, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Galway five wins, three draws and Athlone Town two victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Walsh 8 goals | D. Hurley 4 goals | M. Suárez Arbelo 3 goals |
Galway United missing players
Athlone Town missing players
| Galway United | Athlone Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 11 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 29 | 10 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 5 | 14 | 33 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 79% | 83% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 83% | 93% |
| 57% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 64% |
| 36% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 29% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 33% | 29% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 71% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 29% |
| 4.7 | 4.8 | 8.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.3 | 4.6 |
| 3.8 | 3.2 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6 | 5.6 |
| 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 0.8 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 8.6 | 6.8 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 8.3 | 7.8 |
| 4.1 | 3.3 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.8 | 3.9 |
| 51% | 50% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 9% | 14% | 24% |
| 6 | 3.7 | 2.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 15.2 | 12.6 |
| 2.4 | 1.3 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 7.2 | 5.9 |
- 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 matches.
- Athlone Town have lost all their away matches so far.
- Athlone Town have the fewest clean sheets (0) in First Division
- Athlone Town have the fewest matches under the total-line (1) in First Division
- Athlone Town have the fewest points (0) away in First Division
- Athlone Town have the fewest scored goals (4) away in First Division
- Athlone Town have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in First Division
- Athlone Town have the most dropped points from leading position (11) in First Division
- Athlone Town have the the worst goal difference (-10) away in First Division
- Athlone Town have the the worst goal difference (-20) in First Division
- Athlone Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Athlone Town is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- Galway United have not yet lost a game at home.
- Galway United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Galway United have scored in all their matches so far.
- Galway United have scored more than double the goals of Athlone Town.
- Galway United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Galway United is in the best form (6-0-0) 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 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 26 | 35 |
| 2 | Galway United | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 19 | 35 |
| 3 | Waterford United | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 12 | 26 |
| 4 | Longford Town | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 25 |
| 5 | Treaty United | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -1 | 18 |
| 6 | Wexford Youths | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | -10 | 15 |
| 7 | Bray Wanderers | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -13 | 13 |
| 8 | Cobh Ramblers | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -18 | 8 |
| 9 | Athlone Town | 14 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 33 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 14 | -20 | 2 |
