Waterford United are flying at 2nd, while Athlone Town are bringing up the rear 4 points behind in the standings. Will they cut the gap?
- Waterford United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Waterford United have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Athlone Town have scored away.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Waterford United form and stats
2-2-1 (win-draw-lost) are the First Division numbers at home for Waterford United so far this season. Waterford has recorded two wins in a row here at Waterford Regional Sports Centre, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
The Waterford United club members enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Kerry and win 1-0. Coughlin has scored in four games in a row. First-class!
A strong away win before that one, visiting Cobh Ramblers and winning 3-1.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Waterford United as they are travelling to their away game against Treaty United in the First Division. That match is three days after this one.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (11 in 5 games), Waterford United's attacking play is working.
Athlone Town form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their First Division travels is 2 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats.
Athlone won their last game, 2-0 versus Cobh Ramblers played at home.
Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Bray Wanderers's place.The home team is given a winning chance of about 80 percent by the betting public. This does not leave much hope for the visitors, but some teams enjoy the outsider role and perform well in it. Looking at similar away games for Athlone Town we find 8 games. Results are 2 Athlone Town wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats.
Athlone Town have conceded 5 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Waterford have won every one of the 5 latest duels against this opponent. Something to take note of?Athlone Town - Waterford United 0-1 was the scoreline in these sides' last H2H match, played this season.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Coughlin 5 goals | R. Idowu 3 goals | W. Aouachria 3 goals |
Waterford United missing players
Athlone Town missing players
| Waterford United | Athlone Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 18 | 11 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| 6 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 62% | 60% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 50% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 56% |
| 38% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 44% |
| 12% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 60% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 44% |
| 38% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 22% |
| 12% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 33% |
| 6.1 | 7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 3 | 3.6 |
| 4.6 | 4.2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9 | 4.5 | 4.3 |
| 3 | 3.4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.5 | 2.6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | 10.6 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 8.8 | 9.6 |
| 4.6 | 4.2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.8 | 3.7 |
| 49% | 52% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 27% | 36% |
| 6.4 | 4.8 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 8.2 | 8 |
| 2.9 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
- Athlone Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Waterford United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Waterford United have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Athlone Town have scored away.
- Waterford United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 26 | 27 |
| 2 | Waterford United | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 17 |
| 3 | Bray Wanderers | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | -2 | 15 |
| 4 | Cobh Ramblers | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 14 |
| 5 | Athlone Town | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
| 6 | Wexford Youths | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -4 | 11 |
| 7 | Finn Harps | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | -6 | 10 |
| 8 | Longford Town | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 6 |
| 9 | Treaty United | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -6 | 6 |
| 10 | Kerry | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 17 | -17 | 2 |
