A swift look at the Premier Division standings point to an advantage to Derry City when they visit Shelbourne. Even so; let's play before points are handed out!
- Shelbourne have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Derry City have the most scored goals (42) in Premier Division
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Derry City have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 14-8-11 (win-draw-loss) from 33 matches.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Shelbourne and Derry City.
Shelbourne form and stats
The story so far in the Premier Division for Shelbourne at their home stadium (Tolka Park) is 4 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats.
Shelbourne drew their last game, also a home match. Derry City (placed 3rd) was the opponent, 0-0 the score.
In the game before, a nice away victory at Bonagee. A FAI Cup game.
On the other hand, Shelbourne have conceded 17 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Derry City form and stats
Derry City have an excellent away record in the Premier Division so far with 8-4-2 from 14 games.
Derry City has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Shelbourne for a 0-0 draw.
A home victory as predicted against Cork City before that, in the FAI Cup.
Derry City has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 23 goals from 14 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (13 so far).
Head 2 Head
These two sides faced each other earlier on this match year: Derry City - Shelbourne 1-2. Dervin (Shelbourne) was sent off by the referee when these teams last played each other. Last ten meetings involving these contenders: Shelbourne won one, Derry City triumphed in seven and we saw two draws. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. McGonigle 10 goals | W. Patching 9 goals |  S. Boyd 7 goals |
Shelbourne missing players
Derry City missing players
| Shelbourne | Derry City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 6 | 15 | 27 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 25 | 12 | 2 | Scored | S | 9 | 23 | 42 |
| 32 | 17 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 13 | 24 |
| 88% | 85% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 85% |
| 69% | 69% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 73% | 74% |
| 42% | 46% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 47% | 48% |
| 15% | 15% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 19% |
| 4% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 7% |
| 46% | 46% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | 63% |
| 31% | 31% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 33% | 33% |
| 35% | 38% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 13% | 19% |
| 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.7 | 5.7 | 5.9 |
| 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 4.7 | 4.1 |
| 2.2 | 2.2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 7.6 | 5.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 10.5 | 11.5 |
| 3.1 | 3.6 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.6 | 5.1 |
| 31% | 26% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 33% | 30% |
| 8.5 | 7.8 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5.3 | 6.9 | 6.3 |
| 3.6 | 2.9 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3 | 2.7 |
- Derry City have created more than twice as many corners as Shelbourne.
- Derry City have the most points (28) away in Premier Division
- Derry City have the most scored goals (23) away in Premier Division
- Derry City have the most scored goals (42) in Premier Division
- Derry City have the the best goal difference (+10) away in Premier Division
- Shelbourne have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| 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 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 41 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 26 | 56 |
| 2 | Dundalk | 27 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 37 | 20 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 17 | 49 |
| 3 | Derry City | 26 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 42 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 18 | 46 |
| 4 | St Patrick's | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 36 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 42 |
| 5 | Sligo Rovers | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 35 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 4 | 35 |
| 6 | Bohemians | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 33 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 0 | 33 |
| 7 | Shelbourne | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 25 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 15 | -7 | 32 |
| 8 | Drogheda United | 28 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 29 | 43 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 25 | -14 | 31 |
| 9 | Finn Harps | 27 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 26 | 49 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 29 | -23 | 18 |
| 10 | UCD | 27 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 53 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 31 | -34 | 16 |
