The visiting Athlone Town team should be favourites at Kerry, as the away side own a 20 point lead from their 18 league games this season.
- Kerry have the fewest scored goals (12) in First Division
- Athlone Town have the most matches over the total-line (13) in First Division
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Kerry form and stats
Kerry's results here at Mount Hawk Park in the First Division have been very modest with 0 victories, 2 draws and 7 defeats. With nine home First Division games in a row without a win, the Kerry fans could feel they are not getting value for their money.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 379 minutes without scoring a league goal. Kelliher was the last player to find the net.
Kerry experienced a slightly shocking defeat 0-6 against Waterford United in their previous outing, also played in front of their own fans. Kerry were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
Before that, Kerry played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Finn Harps.Kerry aren't scoring a lot here at Mount Hawk Park in the league, with only {5 goals} from 9 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. As for conceded goals, Kerry's unpleasant statistic is 26 goals surrendered. It's worth mentioning that 14 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches. When Kerry hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Finn Harps, Treaty United and Longford Town), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.
Athlone Town form and stats
The visitors are W3-D1-L5 on the road this term. That's in the First Division.
Impressive finishing from Lennon, Connolly and Campion-Hinds secured the home win 3-1 against Bray Wanderers in their previous game.
A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Longford Town.Observe that 8 of this side's 10 latest league matches have ended with at least three goals.
Athlone are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 15 times in 9 away games so far. Athlone Town struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 17 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Here's the end result when the teams played each other earlier this season; Athlone Town - Kerry 2-3. Head-2-head stats last two meetings: one - zero - one (Kerry wins - draws - Athlone Town wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less. Kelliher likes to face Athlone Town and have scored 2 goals in these games.
Top Goalscorers
  F. Pierrot 13 goals |  R. Kelliher 6 goals | V. Dolia 5 goals |
Kerry missing players
Athlone Town missing players
| Kerry | Athlone Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Scored | S | 8 | 15 | 32 |
| 53 | 26 | 10 | Conceded | C | 4 | 17 | 28 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 78% | 78% |
| 56% | 44% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 78% | 72% |
| 50% | 44% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 56% | 56% |
| 39% | 44% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 22% | 17% |
| 50% | 44% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 61% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 22% |
| 50% | 56% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 22% | 17% |
| 3.7 | 4.1 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
| 6.8 | 5.2 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.3 | 6.7 | 5.4 |
| 3 | 3.8 | 4.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5.3 | 4.2 | 5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 8.2 | 10.7 |
| 2.3 | 1.8 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.7 | 4.5 |
| 29% | 31% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 62% | 45% | 40% |
| 13.5 | 11.4 | 15.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.7 | 10.3 | 8.8 |
| 6.5 | 5.7 | 8.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.3 |
- Athlone Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Athlone Town have scored more than double the goals of Kerry.
- Athlone Town have the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in First Division
- Athlone Town have the most matches over the total-line (13) in First Division
- Athlone Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Kerry have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Kerry have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Kerry have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in First Division
- Kerry have the fewest clean sheets (1) in First Division
- Kerry have the fewest points (2) at home in First Division
- Kerry have the fewest points from losing position (0) in First Division
- Kerry have the fewest scored goals (12) in First Division
- Kerry have the fewest scored goals (5) at home in First Division
- Kerry have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in First Division
- Kerry have the most conceded goals (26) at home in First Division
- Kerry have the most conceded goals (53) in First Division
- Kerry have the most conceded goals in the first half (23) in First Division
- Kerry have the most conceded goals in the second half (30) in First Division
- Kerry have the the worst goal difference (-21) at home in First Division
- Kerry have the the worst goal difference (-41) in First Division
- Kerry have yet to win a game at home.
- Kerry haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Galway United | 18 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 51 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 43 | 49 |
| 2 | Waterford United | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 51 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 37 | 39 |
| 3 | Athlone Town | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 32 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 4 | 26 |
| 4 | Cobh Ramblers | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 26 |
| 5 | Bray Wanderers | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 16 | -4 | 25 |
| 6 | Wexford Youths | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | -5 | 22 |
| 7 | Treaty United | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 15 | -11 | 20 |
| 8 | Longford Town | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 10 | -4 | 18 |
| 9 | Finn Harps | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 23 | -20 | 18 |
| 10 | Kerry | 18 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 53 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 27 | -41 | 6 |
