This should be yet another appealing clash at Ferrycarrig Park in the First Division. Wexford Youths is in 9th position and welcome Athlone Town in 1st spot. Learn more about the match here!
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Wexford Youths form and stats
Wexford Youths's first First Division home game here at Ferrycarrig Park ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 5 wins, 5 draws and 6 defeats from 16 matches.
No payout for Wexford Youths in their previous match, an away game at Cobh Ramblers that ended in defeat 1-2.
Ahead of that match, Wexford Youths lost 0-3 at home to Waterford United.At Ferrycarrig Park, Wexford Youths has the goal stats of 0-3 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Athlone Town form and stats
Only one away game in the First Division so far for Athlone Town and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 3 victories, 0 draws and 13 losses from 16 travels.
Duffy, Campion-Hinds and Curtin scored in Athlone's previous match, the home game against Finn Harps that ended 3-1.
Prior to that result Athlone Town won their away game at Longford Town. The scoreline was 3-1.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Athlone Town playing away, we found 5 games. Results were 0 away wins, 2 draws and 3 home wins.
It's early days yet, but Athlone Town has scored 3 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head numbers (for the preceeding ten meetings): Wexford Youths won five games, one match ended in a draw and Athlone Town got four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / three.
Top Goalscorers
  F. Pierrot 2 goals | J. Campion-Hinds 2 goals |  A. Robinson 1 goals |
Wexford Youths missing players
Athlone Town missing players
| Wexford Youths | Athlone Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 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% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4.5 | 8 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6.5 | 7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 4.5 |
| 3.5 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7.5 | 3 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 60% | 75% |
| 10.5 | 12 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 10 | 6 |
| 6.5 | 7 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Wexford Youths | Last season | Athlone Town | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 32 | 16 | Played | P | 16 | 32 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Lost | L | 13 | 22 | ||
| 45 | 22 | Scored | S | 17 | 44 | ||
| 47 | 29 | Conceded | C | 40 | 75 | ||
| 91% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 81% | 81% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 94% | 97% | ||
| 59% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 75% | ||
| 34% | 44% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 44% | 44% | ||
| 12% | 19% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 28% | ||
| 59% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 72% | ||
| 19% | 6% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 6% | ||
| 31% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 22% | ||
| 5.5 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 4.4 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.9 | 5.4 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.9 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 9.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.1 | 8.4 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4.2 | ||
| 34% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 33% | ||
| 8.5 | 8.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.6 | 11.9 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.8 | 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 | Athlone Town | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Cobh Ramblers | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Bray Wanderers | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Galway United | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Waterford United | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | Longford Town | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 7 | Treaty United | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 8 | Finn Harps | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 9 | Wexford Youths | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 0 |
| 10 | Kerry | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -4 | 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 |
