Athlone Town vs Drogheda United match preview

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Competition: World Club Friendlies 3
Competition: Sat 29.January
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Athlone Town Stadium (6500 seats)

This is shaping up to be yet another entertaining clash at Athlone Town Stadium in the Club Friendlies 3. Athlone Town is in 1st place and host Drogheda United in 2nd position. Read about the game here!

There haven't been much to rest for the home side, as they performed in a Club Friendlies 3 fixture only three days earlier. Thankfully the previous game, versus Sligo Rovers, was also a home game here at Athlone Town Stadium. The away team is better rested.

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Athlone Town form and stats

Last season, Athlone Town's league results were 9 wins, 6 draws and 12 losses, results that produced 7th position in the Club Friendlies 3. During these 27 matches they scored 32 goals and gave away 43. Appearing as the host team in the last season Athlone Town generated 5-1-7 (win-draw-lost) with 17 goals and 21 conceded.

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Drogheda United form and stats

Let's have a look at how Drogheda United performed last season in the Club Friendlies 3: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 8 draws and 16 defeats. In total they scored 45 and conceded 43 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 4 and lost 9 with 23/26 goals scored/conceded.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Bray Wanderers in just three days.

Head 2 Head

Stats for the last ten meetings featuring these two teams are: one win for Athlone Town, one draw and eight wins for Drogheda United. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

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Total First Half Second Half
Athlone Town Drogheda United
Total Home vs Statistics Stat vs Away Total
1 1 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
1 1 0 Lost L 0 0 0
1 1 0 Scored S 0 0 1
2 2 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 100% 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%
100% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
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 3
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 1
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 8
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 2
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 50%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 12
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 1
Athlone Town Last season Drogheda United
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
27 13   Played P   18 36
9 5   Won W   5 12
6 1   Drew D   4 8
12 7   Lost L   9 16
32 17   Scored S   23 45
43 21   Conceded C   26 43
93% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 94%
70% 85%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   83% 69%
56% 69%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   56% 44%
30% 31%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   17% 19%
15% 15%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 11%
56% 62%   BTTS BTTS   50% 50%
26% 23%   Clean Sheets C S   22% 22%
26% 23%   Failed to Score F T   33% 33%
 
5.3 4.8   Corners for (avg) C F   3.3 3.6
6 5.6   Corners against (avg) C A   6.1 5.4
2 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.3 1.5
1 1   Red cards R C   3 4
 
10.6 11.7   Shots (avg) S (   5.4 7
4.2 4.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.4 2.9
28% 27%   Goal Efficiency G E   53% 42%
 
11.5 11   Shots against (avg) S A   9.9 9.7
4.7 4.3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.5 3.5

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 16 9 2 49 23 14 8 6 0 27 12 13 8 3 2 22 11 26 57
2 Galway United 27 15 6 6 39 25 14 8 4 2 22 12 13 7 2 4 17 13 14 51
3 UCD 27 13 7 7 55 38 14 8 4 2 30 16 13 5 3 5 25 22 17 46
4 Treaty United 27 11 9 7 36 27 13 6 5 2 16 11 14 5 4 5 20 16 9 42
5 Bray Wanderers 27 9 10 8 36 31 13 5 4 4 16 11 14 4 6 4 20 20 5 37
6 Cork City 27 8 9 10 37 28 14 6 3 5 28 17 13 2 6 5 9 11 9 33
7 Athlone Town 27 9 6 12 32 43 13 5 1 7 17 21 14 4 5 5 15 22 -11 33
8 Cobh Ramblers 27 8 4 15 25 46 13 4 2 7 10 20 14 4 2 8 15 26 -21 28
9 Cabinteely 27 8 1 18 26 47 14 3 1 10 9 24 13 5 0 8 17 23 -21 25
10 Wexford Youths 27 6 3 18 29 56 13 4 2 7 19 26 14 2 1 11 10 30 -27 21
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 Shamrock Rovers 36 24 6 6 59 28 18 12 5 1 32 13 18 12 1 5 27 15 31 78
2 St Patrick's 36 18 8 10 56 42 18 12 2 4 30 18 18 6 6 6 26 24 14 62
3 Sligo Rovers 36 16 9 11 43 32 18 8 5 5 24 13 18 8 4 6 19 19 11 57
4 Derry City 36 14 12 10 49 42 18 6 8 4 26 20 18 8 4 6 23 22 7 54
5 Bohemians 36 14 10 12 60 46 18 9 4 5 38 22 18 5 6 7 22 24 14 52
6 Dundalk 36 13 9 14 44 46 18 9 2 7 24 22 18 4 7 7 20 24 -2 48
7 Drogheda United 36 12 8 16 45 43 18 7 4 7 22 17 18 5 4 9 23 26 2 44
8 Finn Harps 36 11 11 14 44 52 18 5 6 7 23 22 18 6 5 7 21 30 -8 44
9 Waterford United 36 12 6 18 36 56 18 6 4 8 20 29 18 6 2 10 16 27 -20 42
10 Longford Town 36 2 9 25 22 71 18 2 4 12 11 32 18 0 5 13 11 39 -49 15

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