Premier Division match preview: Shamrock Rovers versus Derry City

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Competition: Republic of Ireland Premier Division
Date: Sat 08.June
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Tallaght Stadium (8600 seats)

It's advantage Shamrock Rovers so far with their 2nd position in the Premier Division table, welcoming Derry City who are placed 4th.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

This pitch has grass, which is not Derry City's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass Derry City have performed like this: Played 36 matches resulting in 14 wins, 5 draws and 17 defeats with the goal stats 44-65 (scored/conceded).

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Shamrock Rovers form and stats

Shamrock Rovers, who have the fewest conceded goals (10) in Premier Division, are steadily winning games and points here at Tallaght Stadium. 7 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat is the summary from 9 games. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Shamrock Rovers after consecutive victories at their own ground.

Shamrock Rovers's previous game was a Premier Division match also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Cork City. The home side are looking to build on that result. In the preceding match a 3-0 victory visiting Finn Harps.

The Shamrock Rovers fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 16 goals in 9 matches. Shamrock Rovers have showed great defending skills in their home games, allowing the opposition to score only 3 goals.

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Derry City form and stats

The visitors are W3-D5-L2 on the road this term.

The supporters enjoyed Derry City's previous game versus Finn Harps, a League Cup 2-1 win played at home. Before that, Derry City secured a home win against Finn Harps with the score 4-0.

Derry City are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 10 games. As opposed to that, Derry City have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Derry City - Shamrock Rovers 0-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Shamrock Rovers won 5 games, 2 matches ended with a draw and Derry City has 3 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 3 / 7

Top Goalscorers

A. Greene
5 goals
A. McEneff
5 goals
D. Parkhouse
5 goals

Shamrock Rovers missing players

Derry City missing players

Shamrock Rovers Derry City
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs top Away Total
19 9 2 Played 2 10 19
14 7 2 Won 0 3 8
1 1 0 Drew 2 5 6
4 1 0 Lost 0 2 5
30 16 4 Scored 3 13 28
10 3 0 Conceded 3 11 19
95% 89% 100% Over 0.5 100% 80% 89%
58% 67% 50% Over 1.5 100% 70% 79%
47% 44% 50% Over 2.5 50% 40% 37%
11% 11% 0% Over 3.5 50% 40% 32%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 10% 11%
32% 22% 0% BTTS 100% 50% 37%
58% 67% 100% Clean Sheets 0% 30% 37%
16% 22% 0% Failed To Score 0% 40% 37%
 
5.6 5.1 6.5 Corners For (avg) 3 3.8 4.3
2.9 2.3 2.5 Corners Against (avg) 6.5 3.8 3.4
1.6 1.8 3 Yellow Cards (avg) 3.5 2.2 1.9
3 2 0 Red Cards 0 1 1
Key stats this season:
  • Derry City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Shamrock Rovers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Shamrock Rovers have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.

Shamrock Rovers
All Premier Division Europa League League Cup Club Friendlies FAI Cup Atlantic Cup
All Home Away
29-04-19 PD Shamrock Rovers 1 - 0 St Patrick's
04-05-19 PD Sligo Rovers 2 - 1 Shamrock Rovers
17-05-19 PD UCD 0 - 1 Shamrock Rovers
20-05-19 PD Finn Harps 0 - 3 Shamrock Rovers
24-05-19 PD Shamrock Rovers 2 - 0 Cork City
31-05-19 PD Waterford United 18:45 Shamrock Rovers
08-06-19 PD Shamrock Rovers 18:00 Derry City
14-06-19 PD Bohemians 19:00 Shamrock Rovers
28-06-19 PD Shamrock Rovers 19:00 Dundalk
01-07-19 PD St Patrick's 18:45 Shamrock Rovers
Derry City
All Premier Division Europa League League Cup Club Friendlies FAI Cup
All Home Away
10-05-19 PD Derry City 1 - 1 St Patrick's
18-05-19 PD Sligo Rovers 0 - 0 Derry City
21-05-19 PD St Patrick's 1 - 0 Derry City
24-05-19 PD Derry City 4 - 0 Finn Harps
27-05-19 LC Derry City 1 - 1 Finn Harps
31-05-19 PD Derry City 18:45 UCD
08-06-19 PD Shamrock Rovers 18:00 Derry City
14-06-19 CF Derry City 18:45 Cliftonville
14-06-19 PD Derry City 18:45 Waterford United
28-06-19 PD Cork City 18:45 Derry City

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Dundalk 19 13 4 2 33 11 10 8 2 0 19 6 9 5 2 2 14 5 22 43
2 Shamrock Rovers 19 14 1 4 30 10 9 7 1 1 16 3 10 7 0 3 14 7 20 43
3 Bohemians 19 9 4 6 18 12 9 4 2 3 8 6 10 5 2 3 10 6 6 31
4 Derry City 19 8 6 5 28 19 9 5 1 3 15 8 10 3 5 2 13 11 9 30
5 St Patrick's 19 7 5 7 15 17 10 5 2 3 9 9 9 2 3 4 6 8 -2 26
6 Sligo Rovers 18 6 6 6 18 21 9 3 3 3 7 8 9 3 3 3 11 13 -3 24
7 Waterford United 18 6 5 7 26 26 9 4 3 2 15 10 9 2 2 5 11 16 0 23
8 Cork City 19 6 4 9 16 23 9 2 4 3 7 9 10 4 0 6 9 14 -7 22
9 UCD 19 3 1 15 13 34 10 3 1 6 11 14 9 0 0 9 2 20 -21 10
10 Finn Harps 19 2 4 13 15 39 10 2 1 7 13 19 9 0 3 6 2 20 -24 10

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