The First Division league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. Longford Town and Athlone Town are placed 4th and 10th respectively.
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.
Longford Town form and stats
Only two First Division home games for Longford Town so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
Longford are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 249 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by S. Verdon).
The Longford fans got no joy from their last match, a First Division game also here at City Calling Stadium: A 0-2 defeat against Bray Wanderers (placed 5th). Before that, Longford Town played out a draw 0-0 when visiting UCD.
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Longford Town home games with this odds we find four games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in three wins, zero draws and one defeat. Looking at the victories, one match were won by at least two goals.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Longford as they are travelling to their away game against Cork City in the FAI Cup. That match is three days after this one.
Longford Town has scored 2 goals so far and conceded 2 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Athlone Town form and stats
The First Division season is young and Athlone Town, who have the most conceded goals (11) in First Division, have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 2 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 1 defeat so far.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Galway United (placed 8th) in their previous outing. The First Division match ended in a draw 2-2. A loss against Wexford Youths was the result prior to that, in a home game.
You'll want to know how Athlone managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found six similar matches resulting in one away win, one draw and four home wins.
Athlone Town have the goal stats of 4-5 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Longford eight wins, two draws and Athlone Town zero victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Manning 2 goals |  D. Meenan 2 goals |  A. Dervin 1 goals |
Longford Town missing players
Athlone Town missing players
| Longford Town | Athlone Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3.5 | 4 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 2.5 | 4.2 |
| 4.5 | 2 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 7.5 | 5.8 |
| 3.5 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | 15 | 15 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 5 | 30 |
| 8 | 4 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 38% | 50% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 400% | 60% |
- Athlone Town has the fewest matches under the total-line (0)
- Athlone Town has the most conceded goals (11)
- Athlone Town has the most conceded goals in the first half (5)
- Athlone Town has the most conceded goals in the second half (6)
- Athlone Town has the most matches over the total-line (4)
- Athlone Town is in the worst form (0-1-3)
- Longford Town has the fewest conceded goals (2)
- Longford Town has the fewest matches over the total-line (0)
| Longford Town | Last season | Athlone Town | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 29 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 27 | ||
| 16 | 10 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 9 | 17 | ||
| 42 | 23 | Scored | S | 12 | 30 | ||
| 24 | 9 | Conceded | C | 26 | 61 | ||
| 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 66% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 89% | ||
| 41% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 59% | ||
| 21% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 44% | ||
| 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 22% | ||
| 41% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 63% | ||
| 45% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 7% | ||
| 24% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 30% | ||
| 6.2 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.4 | ||
| 3.7 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 5.3 | ||
| 1.3 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.3 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 4 | ||
| 311 | 182 | Total Shots | T S | 114 | 265 | ||
| 142 | 84 | Shots on Target | S O | 44 | 105 | ||
| 30% | 27% | 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 | Cabinteely | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 2 | Drogheda United | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 3 | UCD | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 8 |
| 4 | Longford Town | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | Bray Wanderers | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | Wexford Youths | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | Cobh Ramblers | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 4 |
| 8 | Galway United | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 3 |
| 9 | Shamrock Rovers II | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 2 |
| 10 | Athlone Town | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -5 | 1 |
| 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 |