Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Shamrock Rovers & Galway United face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FAI Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Shamrock Rovers form and stats
Last season, Shamrock's FAI Cup journey ended in the final.Shamrock Rovers have played 10 Premier Division games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-4-1 (wins-draws-losses).
A strong away win for Shamrock against Derry City the last match, as R. Towell, R. Gaffney, G. Burke and R. Finn were on target. An impressive turnaround for Shamrock in the match against Derry City as a 0-2 deficit was completely turned around to a 4-2 win. R. Towell scored the final goal. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
Before that, Shamrock had a Champions League home game versus Slovan Bratislava which ended with a victory 2-1.A decent goal production from Shamrock in their home games so far, with 16 goals from 10 league 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 9 from 10 matches.
Galway United form and stats
Galway was sent out of FAI Cup in the 2nd round last season.As the visiting team in First Division matches, Galway United have produced an overall stat of 4-2-2 so far.
Galway United have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Matthew Connor. It's been 516 minutes since they last conceded in First Division.
Galway are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Bray Wanderers.
That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Cobh Ramblers in the First Division.Galway United has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 12 goals from 8 games. As opposed to that, Galway have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: ten - zero - zero (Shamrock wins - draws - Galway United wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Gaffney 8 goals |  G. Burke 8 goals |   R. Keating 7 goals |
Shamrock Rovers missing players
Galway United missing players
| Shamrock Rovers | Galway United | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Won | W | 8 | 13 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | ||
| 43 | 22 | Scored | S | 21 | 36 | ||
| 26 | 14 | Conceded | C | 10 | 24 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 60% | ||
| 48% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 64% | 77% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 52% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 16% | ||
| 6 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.5 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 3.3 | ||
| 2 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.5 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10.7 | 11.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 7.7 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.5 | ||
| 36% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 40% | ||
| 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 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 34 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 17 | 41 |
| 2 | St Patrick's | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 41 |
| 3 | Sligo Rovers | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 38 |
| 4 | Bohemians | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 34 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 31 |
| 5 | Drogheda United | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 34 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 30 |
| 6 | Dundalk | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 15 | -2 | 27 |
| 7 | Derry City | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 28 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -5 | 25 |
| 8 | Finn Harps | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -14 | 20 |
| 9 | Waterford United | 21 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 39 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 18 | -24 | 19 |
| 10 | Longford Town | 21 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 35 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -20 | 11 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Shelbourne | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 21 | 40 |
| 2 | Galway United | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 29 |
| 3 | Treaty United | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 29 |
| 4 | UCD | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 25 |
| 5 | Bray Wanderers | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 23 |
| 6 | Athlone Town | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 21 |
| 7 | Cabinteely | 16 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 13 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -11 | 18 |
| 8 | Cobh Ramblers | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | -12 | 17 |
| 9 | Cork City | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 14 |
| 10 | Wexford Youths | 16 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 16 | -22 | 5 |