Another engaging match in the Premier Division. Shamrock Rovers is in the 5th place after completing two matches. They welcome Derry City who are placed 2nd after two games.
This stadium has grass, which is not Derry City's regular surface at their own field. When appearing on grass Derry City have performed like this: Played 31 matches resulting in 16 wins, 6 draws and 9 defeats with the goal data 39-30 (scored/conceded).
This could be an exciting game with lots of spark and excitement as both squads are well refreshed since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's go!
Shamrock Rovers form and stats
An away draw last time out for Shamrock Rovers, facing Drogheda United in a game that ended 1-1.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Sligo Rovers that finished 1-1.The match schedule is unforgiving for Shamrock as they have a new game in only three days, a Premier Division match thankfully also at home. Cork City are visiting.
Derry City form and stats
One match played away so far in the Premier Division for Derry City and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 10 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses from 18 games.
Derry City go into this game after a win, the home game against Cork City that ended 2-0.
Before that, Derry City travelled to St Patrick's and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Derry City playing away and similar expectations, we found 6 relevant matches. Results were 3 Derry City wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Derry manager Higgins as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against UCD.
It's early days yet, but Derry City has scored 1 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - two - three (Shamrock Rovers wins - draws - Derry City wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Burke 2 goals |   J. McEneff 2 goals | P. McEleney 1 goals |
Shamrock Rovers missing players
Derry City missing players
| Shamrock Rovers | Derry City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 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% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 7.5 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| 3.5 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | 2.5 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16.5 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 8 | 10 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 33% | 50% |
| 20.5 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 9 | 10 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Shamrock Rovers | Last season | Derry City | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 24 | 16 | Won | W | 10 | 18 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 12 | ||
| 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 61 | 39 | Scored | S | 25 | 53 | ||
| 22 | 10 | Conceded | C | 14 | 27 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 89% | ||
| 58% | 61% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 61% | 64% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 39% | 42% | ||
| 25% | 39% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 14% | ||
| 8% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 6% | 6% | ||
| 42% | 44% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | ||
| 47% | 56% | Clean Sheets | C S | 39% | 42% | ||
| 19% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 19% | ||
| 6.9 | 7.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.9 | 5.9 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.4 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 11.9 | 13.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.9 | 11.7 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.9 | ||
| 34% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 30% | ||
| 6.6 | 5.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.2 | 6 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 2.5 | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Derry City | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Sligo Rovers | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | St Patrick's | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Shamrock Rovers | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Drogheda United | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | UCD | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 8 | Dundalk | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 9 | Shelbourne | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 10 | Cork City | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 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 |
