Athlone Town challenge Sligo Rovers for honour and success.
Athlone Town form and stats
It's the first season at a new level for Athlone Town as they were promoted from First Division last season. Happy days that were secured through 9 wins, 6 draws and 12 losses from 27 games. The team scored 17 goals at home last season and conceded 21. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Club Friendlies 3 game versus Drogheda United in only three days. This game is also played here at Athlone Town Stadium.
Sligo Rovers form and stats
A job perfectly done for Rovers last season as they secured promotion from Premier Division. With a grand total of 16 wins, 9 draws and 11 defeats the season objective was secured. Of these wins, 8 were in away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Athlone Town zero wins, three draws and Sligo Rovers seven victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.Athlone Town missing players
Sligo Rovers missing players
| Athlone Town | Sligo Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | 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 |
| Athlone Town | Last season | Sligo Rovers | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 27 | 13 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 8 | 16 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 9 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 32 | 17 | Scored | S | 19 | 43 | ||
| 43 | 21 | Conceded | C | 19 | 32 | ||
| 93% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 97% | ||
| 70% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 61% | 67% | ||
| 56% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 31% | ||
| 30% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 11% | ||
| 15% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 6% | 3% | ||
| 56% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 39% | 42% | ||
| 26% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 36% | ||
| 26% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 25% | ||
| 5.3 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.6 | ||
| 6 | 5.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.4 | ||
| 2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 10.6 | 11.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 9.2 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 3.9 | ||
| 28% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 29% | ||
| 11.5 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 8.8 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.2 | ||
| 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 |