Waterford FC 2-3 Athlone Town — Result, Statistics & Match Review — Ireland - FAI Cup, 16 Aug 2024

📅16/08/2024 · 🕒21:45 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 1-0 2nd Score 2-0
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Probability per market · Global + League + Team blend
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
56%
1.43
Draw
23%
4.19
Away
21%
5.79
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
50%
2.03
Over 2.5
50%
1.71
Both Teams to Score
Yes
48%
1.9
No
52%
1.81
Total Goals
0-1 Goal EV+ ✗
27%
3.77
2-3 Goals
36%
1.82
4-5 Goals
26%
3.23
6+ Goals
11%
11.2
Value flag · 0-1 Goal at 3.77 — our 27% vs market 21.3%. Did not land — edges play out over many matches, not one.
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
37%
1/2
6%
1/X
6%
X/1
10%
X/2
6%
X/X
12%
2/1
7%
2/2
10%
2/X
6%
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
55%
Home Win
65%
-10.0pp
23%
Draw
20%
+2.8pp
21%
Away Win
14%
+7.2pp
50%
Under 2.5
45%
+4.2pp
50%
Over 2.5
55%
-4.2pp
48%
BTTS Yes
49%
-1.0pp
52%
BTTS No
51%
+1.0pp
gold — our model green — our served pick grey — EU market (margin removed: each group sums to 100%)
Edge (pp): green = we see more probability than the market · gold = essentially even (±0.5pp) · red = we see less. The Decision above outranks any single row: the engine backs well-supported edges, not merely big ones.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Waterford FC EU Bookmakers 70%
Head to Head
AWAY Athlone Town EU Bookmakers 17%
-86% / -86% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations -26% / -26%
0.00/4.00 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 0.00/5.25
-100% / -66% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) -100% / -63%
54% Ball Possession 46%
17 Total Shots 11
7 Shots on Target 4
8 Corners 4
387 · 80% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 228 · 72%
Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area
Crosses
Yellow Cards
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Waterford FC
3W-2D-1L
AWAY Athlone Town
1.83 Avg Goals (FT) 1.33
64% Ball Possession 36%
12 Total Shots 9
6 Shots on Target 4
6 Corners 4
3 Yellow Cards 3
28.10.2023 Waterford FC Waterford FC 3-1 HT 0-0 Athlone Town Athlone Town İR1
24.10.2023 Athlone Town Athlone Town 1-1 HT 0-0 Waterford FC Waterford FC İR1
01.09.2023 Waterford FC Waterford FC 1-2 HT 1-2 Athlone Town Athlone Town İR1
28.07.2023 Athlone Town Athlone Town 1-1 HT 1-0 Waterford FC Waterford FC İR1
21.04.2023 Waterford FC Waterford FC 4-3 HT 4-0 Athlone Town Athlone Town İR1
10.03.2023 Athlone Town Athlone Town 0-1 HT 0-1 Waterford FC Waterford FC İR1
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Waterford FC
2-3
AWAY Athlone Town
56% Ball Possession 44%
17 Total Shots 17
6 Shots on Target 7
9 Corners 10
1 Yellow Cards 6
POST-MATCH Waterford FC vs Athlone Town
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Athlone Town edged past Waterford FC 3-2 away from home. It was 1-0 at half-time, meaning the result turned around in the second half. 5 goals made it one of the day's more open games.

By our pre-match numbers this was an upset: we had Waterford FC at 55% and the game still went the other way. Single results are noisy — probabilities earn their keep across thousands of matches, not one.

Over 2.5 goals sat near a coin-flip at 50% and both teams to score was close to even at 48%.

On the day, Waterford FC had 56% of the ball to Athlone Town's 44%, shots finished 17-17.

Coming into the game, across their last 6 meetings in our records, Waterford FC had the better of it with 3 wins, 2 drawn. Those games averaged 1.83 goals for Waterford FC and 1.33 for Athlone Town.

What was the final score of Waterford FC vs Athlone Town?

Waterford FC 2-3 Athlone Town in the Ireland - FAI Cup on 16/08/2024. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Waterford FC vs Athlone Town?

Before kick-off our model rated a Waterford FC win the most likely single outcome at about 55%, with the full match-result split Waterford FC 55%, draw 23%, Athlone Town 21%. The final score 2-3 went against our main leads this time — single matches are noisy by nature; our accuracy is measured across thousands of predictions, not one result.

✗ Match Result (Waterford FC) ✗ BTTS No
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