📏 Form Guide

Kerry

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Kerry won’t want a repeat of their last result here after a 2-1 First Division loss in their previous game against UCD.

Carl Lennox (59') was the scorer for UCD.

Fixtures featuring Kerry have usually been exciting affairs lately with high scoring being a real hallmark. Over their past 6 clashes, the sum of 22 goals have gone in for both teams combined (at an average of 3.67 goals per game) with 5 of them being chalked up by Kerry.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Kerry:

• haven't been defeated by Athlone in home games against them for the last 3 league games.
• are unbeaten in the league by Athlone in their previous 6 matches.
• are without a home win in the past 3 league matches.

Athlone

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Athlone will go into this match following a 2-1 First Division win vs Finn Harps in their most recent fixture.

Looking at their form, and Athlone have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, letting opponents get 8 goals overall. Defensively, Athlone have not been doing too well. Regardless, time will tell whether that trend shall continue on in this game or not.

👥 Head to head

An inspection of their past head to head meetings stretching back to 18/10/2024 shows that these fixtures have not been happy ones for Athlone. They have not been able to get themselves any wins at all whereas Kerry have simply been better than them, running out winners in 67 per cent of those games where they have faced each other.

A total of 16 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 13 from Kerry and 3 coming from The Town. That’s an average goals per game of 2.67.

The last league clash between the two was First Division match day 31 on 22/09/2025 which ended up with the score at Athlone 0-0 Kerry.

💭 Prediction

Here, we’re thinking that Athlone may not find it easy to hit the back of the net against this Kerry side who we think will score & stay on top.

Our tip is therefore for a very competitive game with a 1-0 winning margin for Kerry at full-time.

Looking forward to watching this one unfold.

Renata Leite, 19:18 20/02/2026