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Athlone Town — Kerry FC: 3:0, First Division

First Division
Athlone Town L14 Aug · Away Waterford · 1:2W21 Aug · Away Wexford · 2:0W28 Aug · Home Bray Wanderers · 2:1W4 Sep · Away Finn Harps · 1:0D11 Sep · Away UCD · 2:2W18 Sep · Home Kerry FC · 3:0
3:0
Finished

Kick-off was BST

Kerry FC L15 Aug · Away Sligo Rovers · 0:4D21 Aug · Home UCD · 1:1W28 Aug · Home Treaty United · 3:1W5 Sep · Away Longford Town · 1:0L11 Sep · Home Bray Wanderers · 0:1L18 Sep · Away Athlone Town · 0:3
Venue: Athlone Town Stadium City: Athlone

In the First Division game on 18 September 2026, Athlone Town beat Kerry FC 3:0. Match numbers: shots on target 9:1, corners 8:1.

Match report

Athlone Town beat Kerry 3-0 in the First Division regular season on Thursday evening. The hosts controlled proceedings from the first whistle and never looked in danger of losing that lead.

S. Brennan opened the scoring in the thirty-third minute. Healy came on for Kerry at half-time but the visitors could not find their feet. Hakkinen picked up a yellow card in the fiftieth minute and the visitors started to feel the pressure.

Cleary doubled the advantage seventy minutes in. Athlone then threw bodies forward with three substitutions in quick succession. Borden and McGrath came on together in the seventy-first minute before Grogan followed seconds later. By then the game was effectively over.

Cleary was taken off in the eighty-fifth minute having done his job. Perez and Keane both saw yellow cards in the closing stages as Kerry tried to keep things tight. The ninety-first minute brought a third goal. The scorer is not recorded in the data.

Athlone dominated the statistics. They had sixty-eight per cent possession and nine shots on target compared to Kerry's one. The visitors managed only one shot on target all day and that was from just five attempts.

Kerry remain fifth with forty-two points but the gap to leaders is closing. Athlone sit seventh on forty-one and now know they can catch up. The hosts extended their unbeaten run with this win.

Prepared from match data

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Match highlights Athlone Town — Kerry FC League of Ireland

Key numbers

Possession, % 68 – 32
Shots on target 9 – 1
Shots off target 4 – 2
Attacks 108 – 60

Match events

  1. 33' 1:0 Athlone Town Goal S. Brennan
  2. 46' 1:0 Kerry FC Substitution C. Healy off: L. Palmer
  3. 50' 1:0 Kerry FC Yellow card J. Hakkinen
  4. 70' 2:0 Athlone Town Goal C. Cleary
  5. 71' 2:0 Kerry FC Substitution V. Borden off: R. Keane
  6. 71' 2:0 Kerry FC Substitution S. McGrath off: C. Brosnan
  7. 74' 2:0 Athlone Town Substitution P. Grogan off: P. Ferry
  8. 78' 2:0 Kerry FC Yellow card R. Perez
  9. 85' 2:0 Athlone Town Substitution C. Cleary off: R. Lyons
  10. 87' 2:0 Kerry FC Yellow card R. Keane
  11. 90+1' 3:0 Athlone Town Goal

Statistics

68 Possession, % 32
9 Shots on target 1
4 Shots off target 2
108 Attacks 60
8 Corners 1
22 Free kicks 11
1 Offsides 4
0 Yellow cards 3
0 Red cards 0
12 Goal kicks 11
17 Throw-ins 11
All statistics
2 Blocked shots 0
0.60 Shot accuracy 0.33

The data source provides no per-player statistics for this match: only team totals are available.

Match prediction: Athlone Town — Kerry FC

Win: Athlone Town

Confidence 38%

Reasoning

  • Атлон Таун — 7. place, 41 points after 31 games (11 wins, 8 draws, 12 losses)
  • Керри — 5. place, 42 points after 31 games (11 wins, 9 draws, 11 losses)
  • Атлон Таун, last 5 games: 3 wins, 1 draws, 1 losses
  • Керри, last 5 games: 2 wins, 1 draws, 2 losses
  • Head-to-head: 16 games, Атлон Таун — 5, 5 draws, Керри — 6
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Athlone Town

L14 Aug · Away Waterford · 1:2W21 Aug · Away Wexford · 2:0W28 Aug · Home Bray Wanderers · 2:1W4 Sep · Away Finn Harps · 1:0D11 Sep · Away UCD · 2:2W18 Sep · Home Kerry FC · 3:0

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L15 Aug · Away Sligo Rovers · 0:4D21 Aug · Home UCD · 1:1W28 Aug · Home Treaty United · 3:1W5 Sep · Away Longford Town · 1:0L11 Sep · Home Bray Wanderers · 0:1L18 Sep · Away Athlone Town · 0:3

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