Drogheda United have journeyed here for an exciting fight versus the home side Shamrock Rovers. Prepare for the game with this full Premier Division preview!
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.
Shamrock Rovers form and stats
The hosts won their first Premier Division game here at Tallaght Stadium, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Shamrock Rovers last season were 12 wins, 5 draws and 1 loss from 18 games.
The regulars are hoping that Shamrock Rovers will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the game against Derry City (placed 1st).
Ahead of that match, Shamrock won a home game hosting UCD (3-0).The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Shamrock Rovers home games with this odds we find eight games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in four wins, four draws and zero defeats. Looking at the victories, three matches were won by at least two goals.
There will be little rest for Shamrock Rovers after this match as they are travelling to St Patrick's for a Premier Division game in only four days.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Shamrock Rovers at home in the league. 3 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Drogheda United form and stats
Let's have a look at how Drogheda United performed last season in the Premier Division: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 8 draws and 16 defeats. In total they scored 45 and conceded 43 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 4 and lost 9 with 23/26 goals scored/conceded.
Home advantage was not enough for Drogheda United in their previous game as they lost hosting Shelbourne, 0-2.
A 1-2 defeat away at Shamrock Rovers before that.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting UCD in just four days.
Head 2 Head
Shamrock Rovers-Drogheda United H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Shamrock seven wins, Drogheda United two wins, one draw. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  S. Hoare 1 goals | D. Mandroiu 1 goals | D. Watts 1 goals |
Shamrock Rovers missing players
Drogheda United missing players
| Shamrock Rovers | Drogheda United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | 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% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 6.5 | 11 | 11 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 15 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 5.5 | 8 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 36% | 38% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 6 | 3 | 3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2.5 | 1 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Shamrock Rovers | Last season | Drogheda United | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 24 | 12 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 9 | 16 | ||
| 59 | 32 | Scored | S | 23 | 45 | ||
| 28 | 13 | Conceded | C | 26 | 43 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 94% | ||
| 72% | 89% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 69% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 56% | 44% | ||
| 17% | 11% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 19% | ||
| 6% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 11% | ||
| 56% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | ||
| 36% | 28% | Clean Sheets | C S | 22% | 22% | ||
| 8% | 6% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 33% | ||
| 6.4 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 3.6 | ||
| 3.1 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.1 | 5.4 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.5 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 10.7 | 11.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.4 | 7 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 2.9 | ||
| 35% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 53% | 42% | ||
| 6.1 | 6.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.9 | 9.7 | ||
| 2 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Derry City | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Shamrock Rovers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | St Patrick's | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Sligo Rovers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Shelbourne | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| 6 | Dundalk | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Bohemians | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Finn Harps | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | UCD | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 10 | Drogheda United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 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 | 6 | 6 | 59 | 28 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 32 | 13 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 15 | 31 | 78 |
| 2 | St Patrick's | 36 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 56 | 42 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 14 | 62 |
| 3 | Sligo Rovers | 36 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 43 | 32 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 11 | 57 |
| 4 | Derry City | 36 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 49 | 42 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 26 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 22 | 7 | 54 |
| 5 | Bohemians | 36 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 60 | 46 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 38 | 22 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 24 | 14 | 52 |
| 6 | Dundalk | 36 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 44 | 46 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 24 | -2 | 48 |
| 7 | Drogheda United | 36 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 45 | 43 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 17 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 26 | 2 | 44 |
| 8 | Finn Harps | 36 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 44 | 52 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 22 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 30 | -8 | 44 |
| 9 | Waterford United | 36 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 36 | 56 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 29 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 27 | -20 | 42 |
| 10 | Longford Town | 36 | 2 | 9 | 25 | 22 | 71 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 32 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 39 | -49 | 15 |
