National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Shelbourne or Wexford Youths that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Shelbourne nor Wexford Youths 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.
Shelbourne form and stats
Overall Premier Division stats playing at home this season for Shelbourne are 4-3-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Shelbourne's previous match was a Leinster Senior Cup game also played at their own stadium, finishing 2-0 against Wexford Youths. The home side hope to to build on that result.
Previous to that game, a Premier Division home match hosting UCD in a game that was won 1-0.Shelbourne are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 6 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 4, drew 2 and lost 0.
Shelbourne have scored {7 league goals} here from 8 matches, not a lot. Shelbourne have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Wexford Youths form and stats
2-1-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Wexford Youths in their First Division matches away.
Two away matches in a row for Wexford, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 against Shelbourne in the Leinster Senior Cup.
A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Bray Wanderers in the First Division.We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Wexford Youths played away with similar odds. This revealed 8 games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 1 time, 0 were draws and the home team won as expected 7 times.
As for defending, Wexford rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 9 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Shelbourne have been victorious in every one of the 10 latest fixtures against this side. Something to take note of?Shelbourne - Wexford Youths 2-0 was the outcome when these two teams formerly played each other, also in this season.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Dobbs 5 goals |  J. Moylan 3 goals | M. Smith 3 goals |
Shelbourne missing players
Wexford Youths missing players
| Shelbourne | Wexford Youths | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Won | W | 5 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 32 | 16 | Scored | S | 15 | 29 | ||
| 24 | 8 | Conceded | C | 20 | 37 | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 54% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 80% | ||
| 44% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 60% | ||
| 24% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 24% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 8% | ||
| 40% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 52% | ||
| 44% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 24% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 36% | ||
| 3.2 | 2.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 5.7 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 5.9 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.9 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8.8 | 8.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.8 | 8.3 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.3 | ||
| 33% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 32% | ||
| 11.1 | 11.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.8 | 10 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bohemians | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 28 |
| 2 | Shamrock Rovers | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 15 | 27 |
| 3 | Derry City | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 25 |
| 4 | Dundalk | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 22 |
| 5 | Shelbourne | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 21 |
| 6 | St Patrick's | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 16 | -1 | 20 |
| 7 | Sligo Rovers | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 19 |
| 8 | Drogheda United | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -6 | 14 |
| 9 | Cork City | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 20 | -14 | 9 |
| 10 | UCD | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 17 | -21 | 6 |
| 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 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 30 | 36 |
| 2 | Waterford United | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 26 |
| 3 | Cobh Ramblers | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 21 |
| 4 | Athlone Town | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 19 |
| 5 | Bray Wanderers | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | -6 | 17 |
| 6 | Treaty United | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -1 | 16 |
| 7 | Wexford Youths | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -7 | 15 |
| 8 | Longford Town | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -2 | 14 |
| 9 | Finn Harps | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 15 | -11 | 14 |
| 10 | Kerry | 13 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 25 | -28 | 2 |
