UCD fights Athlone Town in First Division battle

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Competition: Republic of Ireland First Division
Competition: Fri 26.March
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: UCD Bowl (3000 seats)

It's ground zero in First Division - the first game of the season. Read the full preview and see how UCD and Athlone Town did in their pre-season friendlies!

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UCD form and stats

UCD have prepared for this season with two friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these two matches are 0 victories, 1 draws and 1 losses. In these games, UCD have scored 3 goals and conceded 5 times.

Last season, UCD's league statistics were 9 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses, resulting in a 3rd position in the First Division. Over these 18 matches they scored 44 goals and conceded 29. Playing at home last season UCD managed 5-1-3 (win-draw-lost) with 21 goals and 12 conceded.

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Athlone Town form and stats

Athlone Town played one friendly in their break from official games, resulting in 0 victories, 0 draws and 1 defeat. In these one match Athlone scored 1 and conceded 3 goals.

Let's have a look at how Athlone Town performed last season in the First Division: They landed a 10th position in the league table after playing out 3 victories, 3 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 21 and conceded 43 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 2 and lost 5 with 11/16 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's nine UCD victories, zero draws and one Athlone Town win. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

UCD missing players

Athlone Town missing players

UCD Athlone Town
Total Home vs top 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%
UCD Last season Athlone Town
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
19 10   Played P   9 18
9 5   Won W   2 3
3 1   Drew D   2 3
7 4   Lost L   5 12
46 23   Scored S   11 21
32 15   Conceded C   16 43
95% 90%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
89% 80%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   89% 89%
79% 80%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   56% 72%
63% 60%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   44% 61%
37% 30%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 22%
63% 60%   BTTS BTTS   67% 67%
26% 30%   Clean Sheets C S   22% 11%
16% 20%   Failed to Score F T   11% 22%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
0.5 0.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   0.7 1.1
0 0   Red cards R C   0 2
 
2.3 0.9   Shots (avg) S (   1.7 6.2
1 0.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   0.9 2.3
259% 525%   Goal Efficiency G E   138% 46%

  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 Cork City 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 Shelbourne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 UCD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 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 Drogheda United 18 12 3 3 39 17 9 6 0 3 19 9 9 6 3 0 20 8 22 39
2 Bray Wanderers 18 12 2 4 30 13 9 6 1 2 14 3 9 6 1 2 16 10 17 38
3 UCD 18 9 3 6 44 29 9 5 1 3 21 12 9 4 2 3 23 17 15 30
4 Longford Town 18 9 2 7 26 23 9 4 1 4 14 15 9 5 1 3 12 8 3 29
5 Galway United 18 7 6 5 26 19 9 2 3 4 8 12 9 5 3 1 18 7 7 27
6 Cobh Ramblers 18 8 3 7 22 20 9 3 2 4 13 16 9 5 1 3 9 4 2 27
7 Cabinteely 18 8 2 8 22 33 9 3 1 5 8 17 9 5 1 3 14 16 -11 24
8 Shamrock Rovers II 18 4 3 11 21 28 9 2 2 5 11 16 9 2 1 6 10 12 -7 15
9 Wexford Youths 18 3 3 12 13 39 9 1 3 5 4 15 9 2 0 7 9 24 -26 13
10 Athlone Town 18 3 3 12 21 43 9 1 1 7 10 27 9 2 2 5 11 16 -22 12

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.