All you need to know about the Galway United - Athlone Town game:

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Competition: Republic of Ireland First Division
Competition: Fri 21.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Eamonn Deacy Park (4284 seats)

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!

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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.

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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 top Statistics Stat vs mid 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

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.