Shamrock Rovers and Ilves get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this Europa League 1st Qualifying Round fixture.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
It's quite the trip for Ilves when visiting Shamrock as the cities are 3400 kilometers apart.
Shamrock Rovers form and stats
Shamrock was eliminated in the 2nd qualifying round last season in the Europa League.When playing at home in the Premier Division, Shamrock Rovers have managed 3 wins, 1 draw and suffered 0 defeats from 4 games. Shamrock haven’t lost a league-game in 13 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Dundalk, 339 days ago. In general it's been a long time since Shamrock Rovers tasted defeat here at Tallaght Stadium, as they have taken at least one point from their last eleven home games in the league.
Shamrock are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 188 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by R. Lopes). Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Alan Mannus not having conceded a league goal in 234 minutes.
The spoils were shared in Shamrock's previous game, also at home. Visiting Shelbourne travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline. A 0-0 draw away in the Premier Division before that, with St Patrick's the opponent.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Shamrock Rovers, as the Premier Division home game vs Waterford United is only one day away.
Shamrock are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Tallaght Stadium in their league games, having scored an impressive 12 goals in 4 matches. Shamrock are not conceding a lot of goals here at Tallaght Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 4 matches.
Ilves form and stats
They also participated in Europa League last season. This ended in the 1st qualifying round, when Slavia Sofia drew the shortest straw.1-1-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Ilves in their Veikkausliiga matches away. Ilves has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Ilves won their last game, 3-1 versus Lahti played at home. A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting SJK in the Veikkausliiga.
Ilves have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 5 league away games 5 goals have been scored. The Ilves manager J. Wiss has some worries about the defense as 11 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  G. Burke 5 goals |  J. Byrne 4 goals |   L. Ala-Myllymäki 3 goals |
Shamrock Rovers missing players
Ilves missing players
| Shamrock Rovers | Ilves | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 18 | 8 | Won | W | 3 | 12 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 49 | 23 | Scored | S | 14 | 41 | ||
| 13 | 4 | Conceded | C | 17 | 30 | ||
| 80% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 64% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 90% | 76% | ||
| 48% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 16% | ||
| 36% | 30% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 52% | ||
| 64% | 70% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 24% | ||
| 6.9 | 8.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 5.6 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.6 | 3.9 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 285 | 141 | Total Shots | T S | 88 | 290 | ||
| 119 | 55 | Shots on Target | S O | 39 | 123 | ||
| 34% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 32% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Shamrock Rovers | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 23 |
| 2 | Bohemians | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 21 |
| 3 | Dundalk | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 14 |
| 4 | Sligo Rovers | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 12 |
| 5 | Derry City | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| 6 | St Patrick's | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 11 |
| 7 | Waterford United | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -2 | 11 |
| 8 | Shelbourne | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 11 |
| 9 | Cork City | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 13 | -10 | 7 |
| 10 | Finn Harps | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -10 | 4 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Inter Turku | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 25 |
| 2 | HJK | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 16 | 24 |
| 3 | KuPS | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 22 |
| 4 | Honka | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 19 |
| 5 | HIFK | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 16 |
| 6 | Ilves | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -2 | 16 |
| 7 | Lahti | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 15 |
| 8 | Mariehamn | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 11 | -1 | 14 |
| 9 | SJK | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 8 |
| 10 | TPS | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -11 | 6 |
| 11 | Haka | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -13 | 4 |
| 12 | RoPS | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | -13 | 2 |