Match details. First Division, Regular Season - 36. Kick-off is Fri 16 Oct, 19:45 Lagos time. It is played at Bishopsgate, Longford.
What's at stake. Longford Town FC are 5th on 49 points after 35 games, 2 points behind Kerry, level on points with Cobh Ramblers. A win would take them above Kerry. Athlone Town AFC are 7th on 48 points after 35 games, 1 point behind Cobh Ramblers, 6 points clear of Wexford. A win would take them above Cobh Ramblers. Longford Town FC have nothing left to play for. Athlone Town AFC have nothing left to play for.
Form. Longford Town FC have won three, drawn three and lost four of their last ten, 1.2 points a game. Their last five, newest first: D D W W L. Athlone Town AFC have won six, drawn two and lost two of their last ten, 2.0 points a game. Their last five, newest first: L W D W D.
The numbers. Longford Town FC score 1.4 and concede 1.8 a game over their last ten, with one clean sheet and three games without a goal. Longford Town FC average 4.3 corners and 2.3 cards a game. Athlone Town AFC score 1.8 and concede 1.4 a game in their last five away, with two clean sheets. Athlone Town AFC average 5.1 corners and 2.3 cards a game.
Head to head. In the last ten meetings Longford Town FC have won two, drawn five and lost three. Four of the ten went over 2.5 goals and both teams scored in nine. In the last four, Longford Town FC won one, one was drawn and Athlone Town AFC won two. The last time they met, on 7 Aug 2026, it finished Longford Town FC 1-2 Athlone Town AFC.
Where it pulls both ways. On goals, their goals for and against point to an open game; their records put over 2.5 goals at 62%; six of the last ten meetings went under 2.5.
The read. No side to back. Nothing separates them clearly enough to back a side.
The bets. No bet on this one: too close to call. Leave: Longford Town FC or Over 2.5 Goals (no result call); Athlone Town AFC or Over 2.5 Goals (no result call); Longford Town FC or Both Teams Score (no result call). Predicted score: Longford Town FC 1-1 Athlone Town AFC (13% chance).
Every score's chance from both teams' checked games, never cut or rescaled. The lit square is the likeliest score that fits the read (the Model's table).