Men’s Match Preview: Bray Wanderers
Date: 23rd of August 2024
Kick-off: 7.45pm
Venue: Athlone Town Stadium
Here’s everything you need to know ahead of this much-anticipated match.
Athlone come into the game just two points shy of last year’s season total for points gained. Last time out Bray beat Athlone 1-0 and Athlone went on to pick up points in six of the seven fixtures.
Bray who are without a game last week will be rearing to go in this game to cement their playoff hopes this season.
Coming into the game AthloneTownAFC.ie spoke to manager Dario Castelo and he gave his thoughts on the fixture.
“We come into this game after getting a very important result in a difficult game in the cup. Everyone worked well together, we never gave up an this Friday, we have another difficult game where we know we must get a result to continue our great form this season.”
Team News
Athlone Town AFC have a couple of injury concerns, Enda Minogue is still returning to play gradually, and the exciting Jamar Campion Hinds is still struggling with injury.
Bray Wanderers FC arw without Defender Evan Osam is ruled out. Striker Cristian Magerusan, midfielder Shane Griffin, and defender Jamie Duggan are all rated doubtful.
Past Encounters
The first game this season finished 3-0 to Bray, Athlone were not at the races on that occasion. The home fixture for the town following that saw Athlone victorious on that winning 2-1 thanks to a Dean Ebbe brace. In June it was the Seagulls who took the spoils that to a Magerusan penalty which was the only goal of the game.
Key Players to Watch
For Athlone Town AFC, he’s finally here Peter McGregor arrived in style last week and will be looking to add to his debut goal last week.
Bray Wanderers Peter Grogan score in the first fixture and he has seven goals already this season which is an excellent return for young forward.
Match Tickets
Tickets for the game can be purchased by clicking here.
Adults €15 Concessions €10 Children €5
Live Coverage:
The game will be streamed live on LOITV at the below link. Individual match passes can be purchased for €5 or viewers can purchase a season pass which will give them access to all games across the League of Ireland.
ATHLONE TOWN V BRAY WANDERERS (loitv.ie)
Referee Team
Referee: Referee: Glen Geraghty
1st Assistant Referee: Darren Corcoran
2nd Assistant Referee: Dylan Redmond
4th Official: Eoghan O’Shea