Shamrock Rovers perform at a high level so far being 1st in the table. Derry City can look both up and down from their 6th position.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
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 35 matches resulting in 12 wins, 9 draws and 14 defeats with the goal stats 43-54 (scored/conceded).
Shamrock Rovers form and stats
Shamrock Rovers, who have the most scored goals (40) in Premier Division, have been very solid at home in the Premier Division so far, with 19 points collected from 7 matches (6-1-0). This has contributed greatly to their 1st position in the table. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of four straight victories regardless of arena. It’s been three wins in a row for Shamrock here at Tallaght Stadium, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Shamrock, as their goalkeeper Alan Mannus has completely shut out the opponents for 203 minutes in the Premier Division.
A nice win for Shamrock last time playing, versus Sligo Rovers. That was also a home game and the match ended 4-0 with D. Watts, G. Burke, R. Finn and J. Byrne scoring for the victors. In the preceding match a 4-0 victory visiting Dundalk.
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Shamrock Rovers played a great game against Sligo Rovers and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Shamrock as they are travelling to their away game against Finn Harps in the Premier Division. That match is four days after this one.
With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Shamrock is on fire here. A stunning 23 from 7 league matches. Shamrock Rovers have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Derry City form and stats
Derry City have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Premier Division, after 1-2-4 (7 played). With two straight losses from their last two away games, Derry are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Derry are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the Premier Division against Shelbourne (placed 8th). Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Dundalk.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The FAI Cup trip to Sligo Rovers.
The attacking power of Derry City when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 7 league matches away. As opposed to that, Derry have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Derry City - Shamrock Rovers 1-2. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: seven - two - one (Shamrock Rovers wins - draws - Derry City wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Byrne 8 goals |  G. Burke 7 goals |  A. Greene 5 goals |
Shamrock Rovers missing players
Derry City missing players
| Shamrock Rovers | Derry City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 40 | 23 | 10 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 17 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 87% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 88% |
| 73% | 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 57% | 75% |
| 67% | 71% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 29% | 31% |
| 53% | 71% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 33% | 43% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 43% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 43% | 44% |
| 60% | 57% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 38% |
| 13% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 43% | 31% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 182 | 101 | 31 | Total Shots | T S | 16 | 41 | 135 |
| 79 | 48 | 18 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 18 | 52 |
| 51% | 48% | 56% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 28% | 33% |
- Derry City has the most dropped points from leading position (11) in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers has the fewest conceded goals (10) in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers has the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers has the most points (19) at home in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers has the most points from losing position (6) in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers has the most scored goals (23) at home in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers has the most scored goals (40) in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers has the most scored goals in the first half (22) in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers has the most scored goals in the second half (18) in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers has the the best goal difference (+19) at home in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers has the the best goal difference (+30) in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers have not yet lost a game at home.
- Shamrock Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Shamrock Rovers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Shamrock Rovers have scored more than double the goals of Derry City.
- Shamrock Rovers is in the best form (5-0-1)
| 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 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 30 | 38 |
| 2 | Bohemians | 17 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 34 |
| 3 | Dundalk | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 28 |
| 4 | Waterford United | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -4 | 24 |
| 5 | Sligo Rovers | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 12 | -6 | 22 |
| 6 | Derry City | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 19 |
| 7 | St Patrick's | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 19 |
| 8 | Shelbourne | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -7 | 19 |
| 9 | Finn Harps | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -9 | 14 |
| 10 | Cork City | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 20 | -20 | 10 |