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Athlone vs Longford Town Live Stream, Predictions
Longford Town make the trip to Athlone Town Stadium on Friday for the First Division tie with home team Athlone.
Scroll down to see all of the predictions, poll and statistics for Athlone v Longford Town - as well as the best betting odds.
📏 Form Guide
Athlone
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Athlone will be hoping for a better result after a 1-2 First Division defeat last time out to Cork City.
It has been seldom in recent times that Athlone have shown defensive steel. The facts show that Athlone have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 6 of their previous 6 clashes, shipping 12 goals in the process. That aside, it remains to be seen whether such a trend might persist here in this match.
Longford Town
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Longford Town come into this clash following a 2-1 First Division win with the downing of Wexford in their most recent game.
John Martin's Longford Town have seen their goal attempts be successful a total of 7 times throughout their most recent six matches. The overall goals that they have conceded during those same clashes comes to 8.
Going into this contest, Longford Town are without a win away from home in their last 2 matches in the league.
👥 Head to head
Delving into their past head to head meetings stretching back to 25/05/2019 reveals that these fixtures have not been kind to Athlone. They’ve not managed to come away with any wins whatsoever while Longford Town have just been too good for them, getting wins in 100 per cent of those ties.
Loads of goals were seen in those games, too - 22 overall which averages out at 3.67 goals per meeting.
🗞️ Team News: Longford Town
Due to a completely healthy squad available to choose from, the Longford Town boss John Martin has no fitness worries to speak of coming into this match.
💡 Prediction
We’re of the opinion that Athlone have it within them to find the net against this Longford Town lineup, but one goal probably shouldn’t be enough to avoid defeat.
We’re therefore expecting a narrow 1-2 victory for Longford Town after the 90. Hopefully this is a good one.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Lucas Pereira, 23:30 08/05/2022

⚽️ Team Focus:
Athlone
Formed: 1887
Stadium: Athlone Town Stadium (5,000)
Chairman: John Hayden
Manager: Adrian Carberry
Competitions: First Division position 9
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13 | 0 | 2 | 11 | -19 | 2 | DLLLL |
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