National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Bray Wanderers or Shamrock Rovers that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Bray Wanderers nor Shamrock Rovers as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Bray Wanderers form and stats
OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Bray Wanderers's two home games in the First Division so far this season, having collected 4 points here at Fairview Park.
Wanderers drew their last game, also a home match. Longford Town was the opponent, 0-0 the score.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Finn Harps that finished 1-1.Bray Wanderers has scored {3 goals} so far and conceded {1 goals} from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Shamrock Rovers form and stats
Things could have gone better for Shamrock Rovers in their Premier Division away matches, but 3 points from 3 games is all right.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Shelbourne in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 0-0.
Ahead of that game was the 4-4 draw at home against Cork City in the Premier Division.Again, the away team are huge favourites in this match and any other result would be an upset. We checked our Tipsway database for earlier, recent games with Shamrock Rovers given similar win odds in an away game. This check revealed 5 matches with 4 wins as expected, 0 draws and 1 surprise home win. The favourites won 3 of these games by at least two goals.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting St Patrick's in just four days.
The visitors have scored 2 goals from 3 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (2 so far).
Head 2 Head
Statistics for the former ten meetings involving these two squads are: four wins for Bray Wanderers, one draw and five wins for Shamrock Rovers. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games. The matches between these clubs have sometimes been a bit rough, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Burke 2 goals |   B. Feeney 1 goals |
Bray Wanderers missing players
Shamrock Rovers missing players
| Bray Wanderers | Shamrock Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Won | W | 3 | 12 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 7 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 24 | 10 | Scored | S | 12 | 45 | ||
| 53 | 27 | Conceded | C | 10 | 27 | ||
| 96% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 76% | ||
| 64% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 27% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | ||
| 44% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 32% | ||
| 40% | 45% | Failed to Score | F T | 45% | 28% | ||
| 4.1 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 6.5 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.3 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.1 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 8.2 | 9.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.6 | 14 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 4.3 | ||
| 28% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 42% | ||
| 10.5 | 10.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.9 | 10 | ||
| 4.6 | 5.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Galway United | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 12 |
| 2 | Cobh Ramblers | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 10 |
| 3 | Bray Wanderers | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | Waterford United | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | Athlone Town | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | Wexford Youths | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 7 | Longford Town | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 3 |
| 8 | Finn Harps | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 2 |
| 9 | Treaty United | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -5 | 1 |
| 10 | Kerry | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | -12 | 1 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bohemians | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 2 | Derry City | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| 3 | Dundalk | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 4 | Sligo Rovers | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 5 | Drogheda United | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 6 | Cork City | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Shelbourne | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 8 | Shamrock Rovers | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 9 | St Patrick's | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -7 | 4 |
| 10 | UCD | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -10 | 1 |
