First Division: Longford Town expected to overcome Athlone Town

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Competition: Republic of Ireland First Division
Competition: Sat 18.February
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Bishopsgate Stadium (6850 seats)

The brand new season is about to begin and the regulars are tingling with anticipation. It’s all to play for as Longford Town welcome Athlone Town for the opening game at Bishopsgate Stadium. Read on!

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Longford Town form and stats

The previous season, Longford Town's league stats were 14 wins, 10 draws and 8 losses, resulting in 4th position in the First Division. During these 32 matches they scored {49 goals} and gave away 41. Playing at home in the previous season Longford Town generated 7-5-4 (win-draw-lost) with {19 goals} and 15 conceded.

With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Longford Town friendly games in pre-season: Longford Town played two friendlies, won 0, drew 0 and lost 2. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Longford Town scored {0 goals} and conceded 3 in these two games.

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Athlone Town form and stats

Let's have a look at how Athlone Town performed last season in the First Division: They landed a 8th position in the league table after playing out 7 victories, 3 draws and 22 defeats. In total they scored 44 and conceded {75 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 0 and lost 13 with 17/40 goals scored/conceded.

It's a day of discovery for Athlone Town as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Athlone Town have played two with the results W0-D0-L2 (win-draw-lost). In these games Athlone Town has scored {2 goals} and conceded 5 times.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Longford eight wins, one draw and Athlone Town one victory. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Longford Town missing players

Athlone Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Longford Town Athlone Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low 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 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Longford Town Last season Athlone Town
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   16 32
14 7   Won W   3 7
11 6   Drew D   0 3
9 4   Lost L   13 22
51 21   Scored S   17 44
46 17   Conceded C   40 75
91% 88%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
88% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   94% 97%
62% 41%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   75% 75%
24% 12%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   44% 44%
12% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   25% 28%
59% 53%   BTTS BTTS   62% 72%
29% 41%   Clean Sheets C S   0% 6%
21% 18%   Failed to Score F T   38% 22%
 
4.9 6   Corners for (avg) C F   4.6 4.4
4.5 4.6   Corners against (avg) C A   5.9 5.4
2 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.6 1.9
2 0   Red cards R C   2 6
 
9.3 10.5   Shots (avg) S (   8.1 8.4
4.2 4.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.9 4.2
36% 27%   Goal Efficiency G E   27% 33%
 
9.4 9.2   Shots against (avg) S A   12.6 11.9
4.2 4.4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   6.2 5.7

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Waterford United 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
2 Cobh Ramblers 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
3 Galway United 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
4 Bray Wanderers 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
5 Finn Harps 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
6 Treaty United 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
7 Kerry 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
8 Wexford Youths 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
9 Longford Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Athlone Town 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 Cork City 32 20 8 4 63 22 16 8 6 2 27 9 16 12 2 2 36 13 41 68
2 Waterford United 32 20 4 8 70 34 16 10 1 5 30 18 16 10 3 3 40 16 36 64
3 Galway United 32 17 9 6 56 29 16 8 5 3 26 15 16 9 4 3 30 14 27 60
4 Longford Town 32 14 10 8 49 41 16 7 5 4 19 15 16 7 5 4 30 26 8 52
5 Treaty United 32 11 11 10 37 43 16 7 4 5 22 25 16 4 7 5 15 18 -6 44
6 Wexford Youths 32 10 11 11 45 47 16 5 5 6 22 29 16 5 6 5 23 18 -2 41
7 Bray Wanderers 32 6 9 17 30 62 16 2 4 10 14 39 16 4 5 7 16 23 -32 27
8 Athlone Town 32 7 3 22 44 75 16 4 3 9 27 35 16 3 0 13 17 40 -31 24
9 Cobh Ramblers 32 4 5 23 37 78 16 2 2 12 17 42 16 2 3 11 20 36 -41 17

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Waterford United 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
2 Cobh Ramblers 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
3 Galway United 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
4 Bray Wanderers 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
5 Finn Harps 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
6 Treaty United 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
7 Kerry 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
8 Wexford Youths 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
9 Longford Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Athlone Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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.