About Match
2 points and 3 places separate them: Athlone Town 7th with 40, Kerry 4th with 42. Athlone Town have been over-performing their table position on recent form: 1st in the league over the last five rounds against 7th overall. Against a league average of 1.36 goals per team per game, Athlone Town run at 1.03 scored and 1.13 conceded, Kerry at 1.3 and 1.17. A win here leaves Athlone Town on 43 points and up to 4th, overtaking Kerry, other results permitting.
Three consecutive wins precede this game for Athlone Town, having scored in 6 consecutive games.
The head-to-head ledger counts 15 games: 5 Athlone Town wins, 5 for Kerry, 5 draws, at 2.27 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 40% of meetings won. Goals have dried up lately: 1.2 per game across the last five meetings, against 2.27 across the full history.
Athlone Town Stadium in Athlone, capacity 2,500, hosts the game.