Shelbourne are huge odds-on favourites to win home game vs Wexford Youths

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Competition: Republic of Ireland First Division
Competition: Fri 03.September
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Tolka Park (9700 seats)

Welcome to Tolka Park and the game featuring Shelbourne and Wexford Youths in the First Division. Tipsway has all you need to know!

Insights:
  • Shelbourne have the the best goal difference (+19) in First Division
  • Wexford Youths have the most conceded goals (42) in First Division

Shelbourne and Wexford Youths should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Shelbourne form and stats

Shelbourne are steadily winning First Division games and points here at Tolka Park. 6 wins, 4 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 10 games. In general it's been a long time since Shelbourne tasted defeat here at Tolka Park, as they have taken at least one point from their last ten home games in the league.

Shelbourne drew their last game, also a home match. Bray Wanderers (placed 4th) was the opponent, 1-1 the score.

Prior to that, an away loss at Galway United.

Everyone expects Shelbourne to win this match. We have checked our database for matches where they have been as big a favourite and found twelve games: six home wins, three draws and three defeats. Shelbourne have won with at least two goals margin six times in similar situations.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (20 in 10 games), Shelbourne's attacking play is working. Shelbourne's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Wexford Youths form and stats

There's been little loot from Wexford Youths's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 10 away games in the First Division. Wexford Youths only have 1 win to counter their 8 defeats and 1 draw.

Wexford play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Killester Donnycarney.

Before that, Wexford travelled to Treaty United and returned home with a draw after the First Division game finished 1-1.

Nobody expects Wexford Youths to collect anything from a game like this. The team has been David versus Goliath 15 times before, with the overall statistics of won two, draw one and lost twelve. When defeated, nine matches have been lost by two or more goals.

The attacking power of Wexford Youths when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 10 league matches away. Wexford have conceded 20 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these two sides meet on the pitch this campaign, as the fixture list show this recent game: Wexford Youths - Shelbourne 0-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's eight Shelbourne victories, one draw and one Wexford Youths win. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

ShelbourneR. Brennan
R. Brennan
11 goals
ShelbourneM. O’Connor
M. O’Connor
6 goals
Wexford YouthsK. Robinson
K. Robinson
5 goals

Shelbourne missing players

Wexford Youths missing players

Shelbourne Wexford Youths
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
20 10 3 Played P 2 10 20
12 6 2 Won W 0 1 2
7 4 1 Drew D 0 1 3
1 0 0 Lost L 2 8 15
38 20 5 Scored S 1 7 17
19 10 3 Conceded C 3 20 42
90% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
70% 70% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 70% 70%
60% 60% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 60%
50% 50% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 30% 30%
10% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 20%
65% 60% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 40% 50%
35% 40% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 10% 10%
10% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 45%
 
6.3 6.7 5.7 Corners for (avg) C F 2 3.3 3.9
4.2 4.6 5.7 Corners against (avg) C A 6 4.5 6
1.2 1.3 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.5 2.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
11.5 11.1 12.3 Shots (avg) S ( 4 9.3 8.2
4.7 4.5 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 3.4 3.1
41% 44% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 21% 27%
Key stats in First Division this season:
  • Shelbourne have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Shelbourne have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Shelbourne have scored more than double the goals of Wexford Youths.
  • Shelbourne have the fewest matches under the total-line (7) in First Division
  • Shelbourne have the most matches over the total-line (12) in First Division
  • Shelbourne have the most points (22) at home in First Division
  • Shelbourne have the most points from losing position (11) in First Division
  • Shelbourne have the most scored goals (20) at home in First Division
  • Shelbourne have the most scored goals in the first half (19) in First Division
  • Shelbourne have the the best goal difference (+10) at home in First Division
  • Shelbourne have the the best goal difference (+19) in First Division
  • Shelbourne haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Wexford Youths have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Wexford Youths have the fewest clean sheets (2) in First Division
  • Wexford Youths have the fewest points (4) away in First Division
  • Wexford Youths have the fewest scored goals (7) away in First Division
  • Wexford Youths have the most conceded goals (20) away in First Division
  • Wexford Youths have the most conceded goals (42) in First Division
  • Wexford Youths have the most conceded goals in the first half (18) in First Division
  • Wexford Youths have the most dropped points from leading position (16) in First Division
  • Wexford Youths have the the worst goal difference (-13) away in First Division
  • Wexford Youths have the the worst goal difference (-25) in First Division
  • Wexford Youths haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 20 12 7 1 38 19 10 6 4 0 20 10 10 6 3 1 18 9 19 43
2 Galway United 20 10 5 5 30 20 10 5 3 2 15 10 10 5 2 3 15 10 10 35
3 UCD 20 9 6 5 40 25 10 4 4 2 18 10 10 5 2 3 22 15 15 33
4 Bray Wanderers 20 8 9 3 28 18 10 5 3 2 15 8 10 3 6 1 13 10 10 33
5 Treaty United 20 9 6 5 29 23 10 5 3 2 12 10 10 4 3 3 17 13 6 33
6 Athlone Town 20 7 4 9 25 33 10 4 1 5 14 16 10 3 3 4 11 17 -8 25
7 Cork City 20 5 7 8 27 24 10 3 3 4 18 14 10 2 4 4 9 10 3 22
8 Cabinteely 20 7 1 12 20 32 10 3 1 6 8 17 10 4 0 6 12 15 -12 22
9 Cobh Ramblers 20 5 4 11 17 35 10 3 2 5 7 17 10 2 2 6 10 18 -18 19
10 Wexford Youths 20 2 3 15 17 42 10 1 2 7 10 22 10 1 1 8 7 20 -25 9

Read more about First Division

The League of Ireland First Divsion, also known as the SSE Aitricity League First Division, is the second level division of football in the Republic of Ireland. It runs a summer league from February to October with ten teams. Each plays each other three times for a total of 27 fixtures to set the final league table.