It's match two of the Premier Division season and important points to play for. Check out our exhaustive preview of Drogheda United-Shamrock Rovers!
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Drogheda United form and stats
Last season, Drogheda United's league stats were 9 wins, 11 draws and 16 losses, resulting in 8th place in the Premier Division. In these 36 matches they scored {34 goals} and gave away 58. Appearing at home in the former season Drogheda United managed 7-6-5 (win-draw-lost) with {20 goals} and 21 conceded.
The Drogheda United goalkeeper Colin McCabe is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 182 minutes without conceding a goal in the Premier Division.
Drogheda United drew their last game, 0-0 away at Shelbourne (placed 8th).
Ahead of that match, Drogheda won a home game hosting Finn Harps (2-0).Shamrock Rovers form and stats
Let's have a look at how Shamrock Rovers performed last season in the Premier Division: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 24 victories, 7 draws and 5 defeats. In total they scored 61 and conceded {22 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 8 - drew 5 and lost 5 with 22/12 goals scored/conceded. One match played away so far in the Premier Division for Shamrock Rovers and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 8 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses from 18 games.
Shamrock Rovers has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Sligo Rovers for a 1-1 draw.
A defeat, in the FAI President's Cup away at Derry City, earlier.
{1 goals} so far away for Shamrock Rovers, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Drogheda victory, three draws and six Shamrock Rovers wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Burke 1 goals |
Drogheda United missing players
Shamrock Rovers missing players
| Drogheda United | Shamrock Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 13 | 13 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 21 | 21 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Drogheda United | Last season | Shamrock Rovers | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 9 | 7 | Won | W | 8 | 24 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Drew | D | 5 | 7 | ||
| 16 | 5 | Lost | L | 5 | 5 | ||
| 34 | 20 | Scored | S | 22 | 61 | ||
| 58 | 21 | Conceded | C | 12 | 22 | ||
| 97% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 92% | ||
| 81% | 72% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 56% | 58% | ||
| 36% | 28% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 39% | 44% | ||
| 25% | 22% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 11% | 25% | ||
| 11% | 6% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 47% | 44% | BTTS | BTTS | 39% | 42% | ||
| 19% | 28% | Clean Sheets | C S | 39% | 47% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 39% | 19% | ||
| 4.8 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.1 | 6.9 | ||
| 5.9 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.4 | 3.9 | ||
| 2.1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.9 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 8.6 | 10.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.7 | 11.9 | ||
| 3.3 | 4.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.9 | ||
| 28% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 34% | ||
| 11.8 | 12.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.4 | 6.6 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 2.4 | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | UCD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | St Patrick's | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Dundalk | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Shamrock Rovers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Sligo Rovers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Derry City | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Shelbourne | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Drogheda United | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Cork City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 36 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 61 | 22 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 10 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 12 | 39 | 79 |
| 2 | Derry City | 36 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 53 | 27 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 13 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 26 | 66 |
| 3 | Dundalk | 36 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 53 | 30 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 35 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 23 | 66 |
| 4 | St Patrick's | 36 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 57 | 37 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 21 | 20 | 61 |
| 5 | Sligo Rovers | 36 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 47 | 44 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 24 | 3 | 49 |
| 6 | Bohemians | 36 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 45 | 46 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 23 | -1 | 46 |
| 7 | Shelbourne | 36 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 40 | 49 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 25 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 24 | -9 | 41 |
| 8 | Drogheda United | 36 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 34 | 58 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 37 | -24 | 38 |
| 9 | UCD | 36 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 28 | 67 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 29 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 38 | -39 | 26 |
| 10 | Finn Harps | 36 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 33 | 71 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 43 | -38 | 20 |
