Bray Wanderers face off with away side Athlone at Carlisle Grounds in the First Division match on Friday.
View all Bray Wanderers v Athlone tips, stats and our pre-match poll below - as well as up-to-date odds.
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Form Guide
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Bray Wanderers
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Bray Wanderers will be hoping to bounce back here following the 2-0 First Division losing effort in their last game against Cork City.
Ruairi Keating (6', 52') was the scorer for Cork City.
It’s been all too rare in recent games that Bray Wanderers have shown defensive steel. In fact, Bray Wanderers have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, shipping 11 goals in the process. Nonetheless, time will tell if that pattern shall be sustained here in this match.
Going into this encounter, Bray Wanderers are unbeaten in their last 11 league matches at home. It's been impressive.
Athlone
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In their last fixture, Athlone drew 1-1 in the First Division match with Finn Harps.
The stats don’t lie, and Athlone have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 games, seeing opposing sides hit 9 goals in total. In defence, Athlone have not been doing too well.
Looking at their past form shows that Athlone:
- have not beaten Bray Wanderers in games played away from home for the previous 9 matches in the league. A really bad run.
- haven’t won away from home in the past 4 league games.
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Head to head
Looking at their prior head to head meetings dating back to 04/04/2025 tells us that Bray Wanderers have won 5 of these & Athlone 1, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 0.
19 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 14 of them from The Seagulls and 5 for The Town. That’s an average goals per game of 3.17.
The last league fixture between these sides was First Division match day 11 on 17/04/2026 when it ended Athlone 2-1 Bray Wanderers.
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Prediction
In our view, Athlone have it in them to break down this Bray Wanderers outfit, however that possibly won’t quite be as many as the goals that they could concede.
We reckon that it will be a 2-1 advantage for Bray Wanderers at the end of this one. It really should be an interesting one.
Victor Martins,
01:00 29/06/2026
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
⚽️ Team Focus:
Bray Wanderers
Formed: 1942
Stadium: Carlisle Grounds (3,200)
Chairman: Tony Richardson
Manager: Ian Ryan
Competitions: First Division position 3, FAI Cup (Second Round)