There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with Shamrock Rovers leading Longford Town by 33 points.
- Shamrock Rovers have the most scored goals (37) in Premier Division
- Longford Town have the fewest scored goals (15) in Premier Division
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.
Shamrock Rovers form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Tallaght Stadium as Shamrock Rovers have scored 19 goals to get 22 points from 11 games. The overall stats in the Premier Division are 6-4-1 (wins-draws-losses). Two home wins in a row for Shamrock bring valid hopes of a third.
The Shamrock Rovers supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host St Patrick's in Premier Division and win 3-1.
Ahead of that match, Shamrock Rovers won a home game hosting Galway United (2-0).A decent goal production from Shamrock in their home games so far, with 19 goals from 11 league matches. From these home matches, Shamrock have conceded only 10 goals.
Longford Town form and stats
There's been little loot from Longford Town's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 10 away games in the Premier Division. Longford Town only have 0 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 5 draws. The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Longford, who have now gone 21 games without a victory. The Derry City game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since.
Longford failed to get anything from their last game, a Premier Division home match vs Derry City (placed 6th) that ended with defeat 0-2.
That result followed a home victory 5-0 versus Bangor GGFC in the FAI Cup.With the home team given a winning probability of about 80% by the bookmakers, any positive result for the visitors would be a surprise. Checking earlier matches with similar odds with Longford Town as the away team, we found two results. Statistics from these were zero away wins, one draw and one defeat. The outsiders lost zero of these games by at least two goals.
The visitors have scored 8 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Longford struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 18 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Longford Town - Shamrock 0-1 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Shamrock eight wins, one draw and Longford Town one victory. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Gaffney 8 goals |  G. Burke 8 goals |  D. Mandroiu 6 goals |
Shamrock Rovers missing players
Longford Town missing players
| Shamrock Rovers | Longford Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 22 |
| 13 | 6 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 37 | 19 | 9 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 15 |
| 18 | 10 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 18 | 37 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 81% | 91% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 90% | 77% |
| 48% | 55% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | 36% |
| 19% | 18% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 23% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 5% |
| 67% | 82% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 70% | 50% |
| 24% | 9% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 10% | 9% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 30% | 45% |
| 6.3 | 6.4 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 2.9 | 3.4 |
| 3.1 | 3.5 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 6.2 | 6 |
| 2 | 2.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10.5 | 11.2 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 6.3 | 6.1 |
| 4.6 | 4.5 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.1 |
| 39% | 39% | 56% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 32% | 33% |
- Longford Town have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Longford Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Longford Town have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Longford Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Longford Town have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Premier Division
- Longford Town have the fewest points (5) away in Premier Division
- Longford Town have the fewest scored goals (15) in Premier Division
- Longford Town have the most conceded goals in the second half (21) in Premier Division
- Longford Town have the most dropped points from leading position (13) in Premier Division
- Longford Town have the most matches under the total-line (10) in Premier Division
- Longford Town have the the worst goal difference (-10) away in Premier Division
- Longford Town have yet to win a game away.
- Longford Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- 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 Longford Town.
- Shamrock Rovers have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers have the most points from losing position (18) in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers have the most scored goals (37) in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers have the the best goal difference (+19) in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 37 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 19 | 44 |
| 2 | St Patrick's | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 41 |
| 3 | Sligo Rovers | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 38 |
| 4 | Bohemians | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 34 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 31 |
| 5 | Drogheda United | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 35 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 30 |
| 6 | Derry City | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 28 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 | -3 | 28 |
| 7 | Dundalk | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 15 | -2 | 27 |
| 8 | Waterford United | 22 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 17 | 40 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 19 | -23 | 22 |
| 9 | Finn Harps | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -14 | 20 |
| 10 | Longford Town | 22 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 15 | 37 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -22 | 11 |