📊 Form Guide

Athlone

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Athlone will be hoping for a better result after a 0-2 First Division losing effort in their last game against UCD.

It has been all too rare in recent games that Athlone haven’t conceded. It will be a concern for them that Athlone have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 matches, giving up 12 goals in the process. That sort of trend might not be sustained into this next game, of course.

Longford Town

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In their last fixture, Longford Town drew 0-0 in the First Division tie with Treaty United.

In 5 of the previous six clashes involving Longford Town, a comparatively low number of goals have gone in between them and opposing sides. The overall average number of goals per game during that spell comes out as a meagre 1.33, with the number of goals averaged by The Town being 0.67.

Their prior results show that Longford Town:

• haven't been defeated by Athlone in games played away from home for the previous 2 matches in the league.
• have not won away from home in their last 4 matches in the league.

👥 Head to head

An examination of their most recent head to head meetings dating back to 12/07/2024 shows us that Athlone have won 1 of them and Longford Town 2, with the tally of draws being 3.

A combined sum of 19 goals were scored between them throughout the course of those matches, with 10 of them from The Town and 9 coming from The Town. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.17.

The last league game featuring these sides was First Division match day 36 on 17/10/2025 when the final score was Athlone 1-2 Longford Town.

💭 Prediction

Our thinking is that Longford Town and Athlone could both end up scoring in a what should be a good tussle with little between the two teams.

Shouldn’t be much in it, and a draw looks quite a realistic result. We’re therefore seeing a very close game with a 1-1 draw when the referee blows the full-time whistle.

Lucas Pereira, 03:04 06/04/2026