The new season is about to kick off and the fans are tingling with excitement. It’s all to play for as Galway United welcome Athlone Town for the opening game at Eamonn Deacy Park. Read on!
Galway United form and stats
It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Galway United, who have participated in four training matches. Galway United have won 1 of these, drawn 1 and were beaten in 2 games.
Last season, Galway United's league statistics were 7 wins, 5 draws and 15 losses, resulting in a 8th position in the First Division. Over these 27 matches they scored 36 goals and conceded 42. Playing at home last season Galway United managed 4-3-7 (win-draw-lost) with 21 goals and 21 conceded.
Athlone Town form and stats
Athlone Town played three friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 0 victories, 0 draws and 3 defeats. In these three matches Athlone Town scored 1 and conceded 9 goals.
Let's have a look at how Athlone Town performed last season in the First Division: They landed a 9th position in the league table after playing out 4 victories, 6 draws and 17 defeats. In total they scored 30 and conceded 61 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 2 and lost 9 with 12/26 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's eight Galway United victories, two draws and zero Athlone Town wins. Over/under statistics; nine of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.Galway United missing players
Athlone Town missing players
| Galway United | Athlone Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
|
Statistics | Stat | vs
|
Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Galway United | Last season | Athlone Town | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 27 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 27 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Lost | L | 9 | 17 | ||
| 36 | 21 | Scored | S | 12 | 30 | ||
| 42 | 21 | Conceded | C | 26 | 61 | ||
| 93% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 74% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 89% | ||
| 67% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 59% | ||
| 33% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 44% | ||
| 11% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 22% | ||
| 48% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 63% | ||
| 22% | 14% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 7% | ||
| 37% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 30% | ||
| 4.6 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.4 | ||
| 5.7 | 5.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 5.3 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.3 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 4 | ||
| 283 | 163 | Total Shots | T S | 114 | 265 | ||
| 106 | 56 | Shots on Target | S O | 44 | 105 | ||
| 31% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 29% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Athlone Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Bray Wanderers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Cabinteely | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Cobh Ramblers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Drogheda United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Galway United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Longford Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Shamrock Rovers II | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | UCD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Wexford Youths | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 27 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 50 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 11 | 31 | 60 |
| 2 | Drogheda United | 27 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 59 | 36 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 21 | 23 | 51 |
| 3 | Longford Town | 27 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 41 | 23 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 18 | 51 |
| 4 | Cabinteely | 27 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 39 | 28 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 50 |
| 5 | Bray Wanderers | 27 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 44 | 26 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 14 | 18 | 46 |
| 6 | Limerick | 27 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 33 | 41 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 26 | -8 | 36 |
| 7 | Cobh Ramblers | 27 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 38 | 51 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 33 | -13 | 31 |
| 8 | Galway United | 27 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 36 | 42 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 21 | -6 | 26 |
| 9 | Athlone Town | 27 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 30 | 61 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 35 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 26 | -31 | 18 |
| 10 | Wexford Youths | 27 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 65 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 42 | -43 | 11 |