Premier Division: Two squads in fair shape get together for this game. Shamrock Rovers have a wee edge with their 1st position in the standings?
- Bohemians have the most dropped points from leading position (25) in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers have the fewest conceded goals (15) in Premier Division
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
These are hectic days for the hosts, as they played only four days ago in the Premier Division. This match was also played here at Dalymount Park. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Shamrock Rovers have had more rest.
Bohemians form and stats
Bohemians have collected 16 points from their Premier Division home games so far after 4-4-5.
The Bohemians crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-3 to St Patrick's here at Dalymount Park.
In the game before, a fine away win at Lucan United. A FAI Cup match.
Bohemians are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 18 goals in 13 games. On the other hand, Bohemians have conceded 19 goals.
Shamrock Rovers form and stats
The visitors are W6-D3-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Premier Division.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Shamrock goalkeeper Alan Mannus is eager to challenge this, with his 183 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Two away games in a row for Shamrock Rovers, whose coach Bradley could celebrate last time after the FAI Cup win against Drogheda United.
Before that game, the victory at home against Ferencvaros in the Europa League (1-0).
Observe: 9 of the last 11 league matches featuring this club have seen only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting terms).
The visiting Shamrock have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 16 goals from 13 games. Shamrock Rovers are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 9 times in 13 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
These two sides played each other earlier on this season: Shamrock Rovers - Bohemians 1-0. Stats for the previous ten meetings involving these two squads are: three wins for Bohemians, one draw and six wins for Shamrock Rovers. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games. The matches between these sides sometimes lean towards being "violent", having seen 5 red cards from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Burke 7 goals |  R. Gaffney 7 goals |  A. Lyons 6 goals |
Bohemians missing players
Shamrock Rovers missing players
| Bohemians | Shamrock Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 26 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 17 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 10 | 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 34 | 18 | 5 | Scored | S | 3 | 16 | 41 |
| 36 | 19 | 8 | Conceded | C | 3 | 9 | 15 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 85% | 92% |
| 74% | 77% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 54% | 58% |
| 48% | 62% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 46% | 46% |
| 30% | 38% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 8% | 19% |
| 7% | 8% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 69% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 38% | 38% |
| 19% | 23% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 38% | 50% |
| 15% | 8% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 38% | 19% |
| 6.1 | 6.3 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 6.2 | 7 |
| 4 | 3.5 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.3 | 3.3 | 4 |
| 1.9 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.2 | 1.9 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10.5 | 10.3 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.3 | 10.7 | 11.6 |
| 3.8 | 3.9 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 4.5 | 5 |
| 33% | 35% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 19% | 27% | 32% |
| 8.8 | 7.3 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.3 | 6.8 | 6.2 |
| 3.8 | 3.6 | 6.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.3 |
- Bohemians have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Bohemians have the most dropped points from leading position (25) in Premier Division
- Bohemians haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Shamrock Rovers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Shamrock Rovers have the fewest conceded goals (15) in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers have the fewest conceded goals (9) away in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (11) in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers have the most clean sheets (13) in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers have the the best goal difference (+26) in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers is in the best form (4-2-0) in Premier Division
| 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 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 41 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 26 | 56 |
| 2 | Derry City | 27 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 43 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 19 | 49 |
| 3 | Dundalk | 28 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 37 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 49 |
| 4 | St Patrick's | 27 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 39 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 11 | 15 | 45 |
| 5 | Sligo Rovers | 27 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 37 | 31 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 38 |
| 6 | Bohemians | 27 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 34 | 36 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 17 | -2 | 33 |
| 7 | Shelbourne | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 25 | 33 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 15 | -8 | 32 |
| 8 | Drogheda United | 28 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 29 | 43 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 25 | -14 | 31 |
| 9 | Finn Harps | 27 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 26 | 49 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 29 | -23 | 18 |
| 10 | UCD | 27 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 53 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 31 | -34 | 16 |
