Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Athlone Town (6th, 44 pts) held a 19-point advantage over Finn Harps (10th, 25 pts). On the form table Athlone Town stood 1st over the last five rounds, despite being 6th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Finn Harps 0.91 scored and 2 conceded per game, Athlone Town 1.13 and 1.13, with the league averaging 1.37.
Finn Harps arrived off eight straight defeats. From the last five rounds, Finn Harps held 0 points of 15 and Athlone Town 9.
The sides have met 13 times in the GioScore results database: 4 wins for Finn Harps, 3 draws and 6 for Athlone Town, at 2.31 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 38% of meetings won.
Finn Park, capacity 7,500, hosted the game. The referee was G. Geraghty, with 30 matches in our database and 1.6 yellows per game on average. It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 0-1 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Athlone Town: Peter Grogan (52')
Key stats
Possession: Finn Harps 36% · Athlone Town 64% · Total shots: 5-11 · On target: 2-5 · Corners: 2-3