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Athlone vs Longford Town Live Stream, Predictions
The First Division tie at Athlone Town Stadium on Friday sees hosts Athlone ready themselves for the challenge from opponents Longford Town.
Scroll down for all of our predictions, poll and stats for the Athlone v Longford Town game - as well as the best betting odds.
๐ Form Guide
Athlone
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Athlone wonโt want a repeat of their last result here after a 3-0 First Division defeat last time out to UCD.
Ciaran Behan (10'), Mikey Raggett (21') and Jake Doyle (90') scored for UCD.
Itโs not been often in recent games where Athlone have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. In fact, Athlone have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 games, giving up 12 goals during that time.
Longford Town
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Since a loss in their previous game against Cork City in First Division competition, Longford Town and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.
Evan McLaughlin (59') and Jack Doherty (76') scored for Cork City.
The stats tell the story, and Longford Town have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, with opponents netting 12 goals in all. At the back, Longford Town can certainly do much better. Letโs see if that trend will end up being continued on in this game.
Going into this encounter, Longford Town have not emerged victorious against Athlone when they have played them away from home in the previous 3 matches in the league.
โ๏ธ Head to head
A quick look at their past head to head meetings going back to 16/07/2022 shows that these encounters have not been kind to Longford Town. They have not been able to get any wins whatsoever while Athlone have been superior, beating them in 67% of those games played.
A combined total of 18 goals were yielded between them during those clashes, with 12 for The Town and 6 netted by The Town. The average goals per game has been 3.
The last league game between these clubs was First Division match day 36 on 20/10/2023 and the score finished Athlone 0-0 Longford Town.
๐๏ธ Team News: Longford Town
With a fully healthy group available to choose from, the Longford Town manager Stephen Henderson has no fitness concerns whatsoever coming into this game.
๐ญ Prediction
Weโre inclined to think that Longford Town will need to push hard to be putting a goal past this Athlone team who will likely score at least once to put them ahead.
Thatโs why our selection here is for a very competitive encounter with a 1-0 victory for Athlone at the end of this game.
Looking forward to this.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Renata Leite, 19:01 22/03/2024
โฝ๏ธ Team Focus:
Athlone
Formed: 1887
Stadium: Athlone Town Stadium (5,000)
Captain: Oisin Duffy
Chairman: John Hayden
Manager: Gordon Brett
Competitions: First Division position 6
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5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 13 | WDWWW |
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4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | LWWWD |
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5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | WDWLW |
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5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | WLLLW |
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4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 5 | DLDWD |
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5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 5 | WDLDL |
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4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 4 | DLWDL |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 3 | DLLWL |
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5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | -4 | 2 | LLLDD |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 | LDDLL |
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