First Division: Longford Town - Athlone Town preview and statistics

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Competition: Republic of Ireland First Division
Date: Sat 25.May
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: City Calling Stadium (6850 seats)

A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The home fans are optimistic that the difference between 3rd and 9th place in the table will show on the pitch.

Longford Town and Athlone Town should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Longford Town form and stats

The story so far for Longford Town, who have the fewest conceded goals (5) in First Division, at their home stadium (City Calling Stadium) is 4 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat.

In their previous game, the manager N. Fenn led his Longford Town to a defeat in the First Division match away at Galway United. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at City Calling Stadium. Preceding that match was the home game against Cabinteely that was lost 0-1.

Longford Town have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at City Calling Stadium with 8 goals in 5 matches. Defensively Longford Town have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game (1 in 5 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Athlone Town form and stats

There's been little loot from Athlone Town's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 6 away games. Athlone Town only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 0 draws. It's all red in the travel logs of Athlone Town, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a First Division home defeat versus Bray Wanderers with 0-5 on the scoreboard. A 1-2 defeat away at Shelbourne before that.

The visitors have scored 5 goals from 6 away games, an average of less than one per game. Athlone Town have conceded 9 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Athlone Town - Longford Town 0-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Longford Town won 8 games, 2 matches ended with a draw and Athlone Town has 0 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 7 / 3

Top Goalscorers

D. Williams
5 goals
P. Hopkins
4 goals
S. Verdon
3 goals

Longford Town missing players

Athlone Town missing players

Longford Town Athlone Town
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs top Away Total
12 5 0 Played 2 6 13
7 4 0 Won 0 2 3
3 0 0 Drew 0 0 1
2 1 0 Lost 2 4 9
14 8 0 Scored 3 5 13
5 1 0 Conceded 5 9 29
83% 100% 0% Over 0.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 60% 0% Over 1.5 100% 67% 77%
25% 20% 0% Over 2.5 100% 33% 46%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 50% 17% 38%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 50% 17% 31%
25% 0% 0% BTTS 100% 33% 38%
67% 80% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 33% 15%
25% 20% 0% Failed To Score 0% 33% 46%
 
6.2 5.6 0 Corners For (avg) 7 4.2 4.5
4.2 5.2 0 Corners Against (avg) 9 6.3 5.5
1.2 0.8 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 2.5 1.5 1.5
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 3
Key stats this season:
  • Athlone Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Athlone Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Longford Town have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Longford Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

Longford Town
All Premier Division First Division League Cup Club Friendlies FAI Cup
All Home Away
20-04-19 FD Cobh Ramblers 0 - 0 Longford Town
27-04-19 FD Longford Town 1 - 0 Limerick
03-05-19 FD Drogheda United 0 - 1 Longford Town
11-05-19 FD Longford Town 0 - 1 Cabinteely
17-05-19 FD Galway United 2 - 1 Longford Town
25-05-19 FD Longford Town 18:30 Athlone Town
31-05-19 FD Shelbourne 18:45 Longford Town
03-06-19 FD Longford Town 16:00 Galway United
08-06-19 FD Longford Town 18:30 Wexford Youths
14-06-19 FD Bray Wanderers 18:45 Longford Town
Athlone Town
All First Division League Cup Club Friendlies Leinster Senior Cup FAI Cup
All Home Away
19-04-19 FD Athlone Town 0 - 4 Galway United
26-04-19 FD Wexford Youths 2 - 0 Athlone Town
03-05-19 FD Athlone Town 1 - 1 Cobh Ramblers
10-05-19 FD Shelbourne 2 - 1 Athlone Town
17-05-19 FD Athlone Town 0 - 5 Bray Wanderers
25-05-19 FD Longford Town 18:30 Athlone Town
31-05-19 FD Athlone Town 18:45 Limerick
08-06-19 FD Drogheda United 18:45 Athlone Town
14-06-19 FD Athlone Town 18:45 Cabinteely
28-06-19 FD Galway United 18:45 Athlone Town

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Cabinteely 13 8 2 3 19 17 7 3 1 3 7 13 6 5 1 0 12 4 2 26
2 Shelbourne 13 8 1 4 21 12 6 5 0 1 13 4 7 3 1 3 8 8 9 25
3 Longford Town 12 7 3 2 14 5 5 4 0 1 8 1 7 3 3 1 6 4 9 24
4 Drogheda United 13 7 2 4 26 18 6 3 1 2 10 8 7 4 1 2 16 10 8 23
5 Limerick 13 6 3 4 15 13 6 3 3 0 7 2 7 3 0 4 8 11 2 21
6 Bray Wanderers 12 6 1 5 16 9 5 3 1 1 7 3 7 3 0 4 9 6 7 19
7 Galway United 11 4 0 7 15 13 7 2 0 5 7 9 4 2 0 2 8 4 2 12
8 Cobh Ramblers 13 3 3 7 17 23 7 2 1 4 11 11 6 1 2 3 6 12 -6 12
9 Athlone Town 13 3 1 9 13 29 7 1 1 5 8 20 6 2 0 4 5 9 -16 10
10 Wexford Youths 13 2 2 9 13 30 7 2 1 4 8 12 6 0 1 5 5 18 -17 8

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