National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Dundalk or Shamrock Rovers that keep their silverware dream alive.
This stadium has artifical turf, unlike Shamrock Rovers's home arena. The last ten games by the away side on artifical turf have produced 2 wins, 1 draw and 7 losses.
Not a lot of time to rest for the hosts, as they were involved in a Europa Conference League match only three days ago. This match was also played here at Oriel Park. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Shamrock Rovers have had more rest.
Dundalk form and stats
Last season their FAI Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.Dundalk have played 12 Premier Division games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-4-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Dundalk's previous match was a Europa Conference League game also played at their home, ending 3-1 vs Magpies. The home side hope to to continue in that form.
In the game before, 0-0 away to Magpies (Europa Conference League).
The manager O'Donnell will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to KA in only three days.
Dundalk can score goals in their home matches. After 12 league matches they have found the net 25 times. 17 goals have been conceded.
Shamrock Rovers form and stats
They also participated in FAI Cup last season. This ended in the quarter-finals.As the visiting team in Premier Division matches, Shamrock Rovers have produced an overall stat of 6-5-2 so far.
Shamrock Rovers are looking to quickly end their 243 minutes long goal drought in the Premier Division.
Two away matches in a row for Shamrock, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 versus Breidablik in the Champions League.
The fixture before that was the Champions League-battle against Breidablik, a home defeat (0-1).
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Shamrock Rovers manager Bradley as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Ferencvaros.
Shamrock are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 20 times in 13 away games so far. It's not easy to score on Shamrock Rovers as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Dundalk-Shamrock Rovers H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Dundalk four wins, Shamrock Rovers five wins, one draw. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  P. Hoban 10 goals |   R. Gaffney 8 goals |  G. Burke 7 goals |
Dundalk missing players
Shamrock Rovers missing players
| Dundalk | Shamrock Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 34 | 22 | Scored | S | 20 | 46 | ||
| 35 | 21 | Conceded | C | 9 | 23 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 80% | ||
| 60% | 83% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 58% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 56% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 23% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 62% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 20% | ||
| 4.8 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 6.3 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4.4 | ||
| 2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 10.9 | 11.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.9 | 15.4 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.9 | ||
| 35% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 37% | ||
| 11.2 | 10.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.5 | 9.5 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 2.9 | ||
| 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 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 47 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 25 | 47 |
| 2 | St Patrick's | 25 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 47 | 32 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 15 | 43 |
| 3 | Derry City | 25 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 33 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 43 |
| 4 | Bohemians | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 35 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 39 |
| 5 | Dundalk | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 38 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 39 |
| 6 | Shelbourne | 24 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 26 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 35 |
| 7 | Sligo Rovers | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 28 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 17 | -4 | 29 |
| 8 | Drogheda United | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 31 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 17 | -6 | 28 |
| 9 | Cork City | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 26 | 43 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 28 | -17 | 23 |
| 10 | UCD | 24 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 64 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 39 | -50 | 9 |
