The Dundalk & Shamrock Rovers managers S. Keegan and S. Bradley are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Premier Division league table.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
5-2-2 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Shamrock Rovers when playing away games on artifical turf, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has grass). Their goal statistics from those nine matches are 11-7 (scored/conceded).
Dundalk form and stats
Dundalk are steadily winning Premier Division games and points here at Oriel Park. 4 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 6 games.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Dundalk, who played 0-0 against Shamrock Rovers. That match was also played at this venue (Oriel Park). A 1-1 draw away in the Europa League before that, with Sheriff (after extra-time, 3-5 on penalties) the opponent.
Goals decide football matches and Dundalk are scoring many of them at home; 13 on target from 6 league matches. Dundalk's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 7 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Shamrock Rovers form and stats
Shamrock Rovers, who have the most scored goals (32) in Premier Division, have an excellent away record in the Premier Division so far with 5-1-1 from 7 games.
Shamrock has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Dundalk for a Premier Division game that ended a draw (0-0). A home win before that, celebrating 6-1 vs Waterford United.
Shamrock are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 13 times in 7 away games so far. It's not easy to score on Shamrock as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Dundalk - Shamrock Rovers 3-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Dundalk victories, two draws and two Shamrock Rovers wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Hoban 7 goals |   G. Burke 6 goals |  J. Byrne 5 goals |
Dundalk missing players
Shamrock Rovers missing players
| Dundalk | Shamrock Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 7 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 14 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | 13 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 13 | 32 |
| 16 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 10 |
| 92% | 86% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 79% |
| 83% | 71% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 62% | 64% |
| 75% | 57% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 57% |
| 50% | 43% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 43% |
| 25% | 29% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 36% |
| 67% | 57% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 38% | 43% |
| 33% | 43% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 62% | 57% |
| 8% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 21% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 0.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.8 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 121 | 71 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 17 | 71 | 156 |
| 43 | 24 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 28 | 67 |
| 47% | 42% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 46% | 48% |
- Dundalk has the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in Premier Division
- Dundalk have not yet lost a game at home.
- Shamrock Rovers has the most points (16) away in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers has the most points from losing position (6) in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers has the most scored goals (13) away in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers has the most scored goals (32) in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers has the most scored goals in the first half (17) in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers has the most scored goals in the second half (15) in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers has the the best goal difference (+22) in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers has the the best goal difference (+7) away in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
| 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 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 22 | 32 |
| 2 | Bohemians | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 27 |
| 3 | Dundalk | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 20 |
| 4 | Waterford United | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 20 |
| 5 | St Patrick's | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 16 |
| 6 | Sligo Rovers | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | -3 | 16 |
| 7 | Derry City | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 13 |
| 8 | Shelbourne | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -5 | 13 |
| 9 | Finn Harps | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -11 | 10 |
| 10 | Cork City | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | -13 | 9 |