Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Shelbourne & Bohemians face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Leinster Senior Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Shelbourne and Bohemians.
Shelbourne form and stats
The total Premier Division results at home this season for Shelbourne are 5-5-2 (wins-draws-losses).
The home followers saw a 1-1 draw versus Derry City last time out and are looking for a win here.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting St Patrick's (0-1).There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Shelbourne as they are travelling to their away game against UCD in the Premier Division. That match is four days after this one.
Shelbourne are not conceding a lot of goals here at Fairview Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 12 matches.
Bohemians form and stats
Playing away, Bohemians have won 5 games, drawn 3 and suffered 4 defeats in the Premier Division this season.
Bohemians are travelling again after losing away to Sligo Rovers in their previous match (1-3).
Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against Shamrock Rovers in the Premier Division.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Dundalk in just four days.
Bohemians have scored 13 goals on their travels this season, from 12 away games in the league.
Head 2 Head
Shelbourne have pulled off a sequence of 4 consecutive games without losing (2-2-0) when playing Bohemians.Top Goalscorers
  J. Moylan 6 goals |  J. Flores 5 goals | M. Smith 4 goals |
Shelbourne missing players
Bohemians missing players
| Shelbourne | Bohemians | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 27 | 14 | Scored | S | 14 | 40 | ||
| 20 | 9 | Conceded | C | 12 | 25 | ||
| 80% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 56% | 54% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 72% | ||
| 32% | 23% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 31% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 32% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 36% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 48% | ||
| 44% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 46% | 36% | ||
| 40% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 24% | ||
| 3.3 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.5 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4.5 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2.2 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 9.2 | 9.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 11.2 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 3.2 | ||
| 33% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 45% | ||
| 11.9 | 11.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 10.7 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 3 | ||
| 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 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 47 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 25 | 46 |
| 2 | St Patrick's | 24 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 46 | 31 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 15 | 42 |
| 3 | Derry City | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 31 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 40 |
| 4 | Dundalk | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 36 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 39 |
| 5 | Bohemians | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 31 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 35 |
| 6 | Shelbourne | 22 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 31 |
| 7 | Sligo Rovers | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 15 | -6 | 26 |
| 8 | Drogheda United | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -8 | 24 |
| 9 | Cork City | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 25 | 39 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 24 | -14 | 22 |
| 10 | UCD | 22 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 57 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 39 | -44 | 9 |
