Premier Division: Shelbourne - Drogheda United preview and statistics

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Competition: Republic of Ireland Premier Division
Competition: Mon 05.June
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Tolka Park (9700 seats)

Shelbourne have succeeded in 4 home wins this season, Drogheda United have won 3 away. Which team enhances their standings in this one?

Insights:
  • Shelbourne have the fewest conceded goals (11) in Premier Division
  • Drogheda United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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 Drogheda United.

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Shelbourne form and stats

When playing at home in the Premier Division, Shelbourne have managed 4 wins, 3 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 9 games.

Shelbourne are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 294 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Moylan). The Shelbourne goalkeeper Conor Kearns is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 213 minutes without conceding a goal in the Premier Division.

An away draw last time out for Shelbourne, facing Derry City in a game that ended 0-0. A painful moment in the game against Derry City was the missed penalty kick from Farrell in the 36th minute. A goal there would obviously have changed the match and probably the outcome.

0-0 away at Bohemians before that.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Shelbourne handle that role? We have found 7 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats.

A fact: This side have played 5 league games in a row with only one (or none) team scoring.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Premier Division game versus Sligo Rovers in only four days. This game is also played here at Tolka Park.

Shelbourne aren't scoring a lot here at Tolka Park in the league, with only {7 goals} from 9 games. From these home matches, Shelbourne have conceded only 5 goals.

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Drogheda United form and stats

3-3-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Drogheda United in their Premier Division matches away.

Drogheda United's previous game was their home loss versus Cork City (0-1).

A home win before that, celebrating 3-1 vs UCD.

Drogheda are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of 5 matches.

A new game in only four days for Drogheda United, the Premier Division home match versus St Patrick's. Busy days.

Drogheda have conceded 12 goals in these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Drogheda United - Shelbourne 1-1 was the result in these sides' latest head-to-head match, played this season. Shelbourne-Drogheda United H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Shelbourne six wins, Drogheda United one win, three draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

ShelbourneJ. Moylan
J. Moylan
6 goals
Drogheda UnitedF. Draper
F. Draper
6 goals
ShelbourneM. Smith
M. Smith
3 goals

Shelbourne missing players

Drogheda United missing players

Shelbourne Drogheda United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
18 9 3 Played P 2 9 18
6 4 3 Won W 0 3 5
8 3 0 Drew D 0 3 5
4 2 0 Lost L 2 3 8
16 7 5 Scored S 2 9 16
11 5 2 Conceded C 6 12 23
72% 78% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 94%
44% 33% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 61%
28% 22% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 44% 33%
6% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 22% 22%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 11% 6%
33% 33% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 56% 50%
50% 44% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 22%
44% 44% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 22% 33%
 
3.2 2.6 3.3 Corners for (avg) C F 6 5.3 6.3
5 5.9 6.3 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 5.7 4.7
2.6 2.7 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.4 2.6
2 2 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
8.8 9 10 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 9.3 13.2
3 2.8 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.6 3.1
30% 28% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 39% 29%
 
12.2 11.7 11.3 Shots against (avg) S A 14.5 14.4 12.7
2.9 2.9 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 4.1 3.7
Key stats in Premier Division this season:
  • Drogheda United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Shelbourne have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
  • Shelbourne have the fewest conceded goals (11) in Premier Division
  • Shelbourne have the fewest conceded goals (5) at home in Premier Division
  • Shelbourne have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Premier Division
  • Shelbourne have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in Premier Division
  • Shelbourne have won significantly less corners at 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 19 10 6 3 37 18 10 5 3 2 22 15 9 5 3 1 15 3 19 36
2 Derry City 19 10 5 4 27 12 10 4 3 3 12 6 9 6 2 1 15 6 15 35
3 Bohemians 18 10 3 5 27 16 9 5 1 3 16 9 9 5 2 2 11 7 11 33
4 St Patrick's 19 10 2 7 32 27 9 5 1 3 14 7 10 5 1 4 18 20 5 32
5 Shelbourne 18 6 8 4 16 11 9 4 3 2 7 5 9 2 5 2 9 6 5 26
6 Dundalk 19 7 5 7 25 26 9 4 3 2 18 15 10 3 2 5 7 11 -1 26
7 Sligo Rovers 18 6 4 8 19 23 9 3 3 3 10 11 9 3 1 5 9 12 -4 22
8 Drogheda United 18 5 5 8 16 23 9 2 2 5 7 11 9 3 3 3 9 12 -7 20
9 Cork City 18 5 3 10 21 33 9 4 1 4 12 11 9 1 2 6 9 22 -12 18
10 UCD 18 1 3 14 10 41 9 1 2 6 5 17 9 0 1 8 5 24 -31 6

Read more about Premier Division

The League of Ireland Premier Division, also known as the SSE Aitricity League Premier Division, is the highest level of football in the Republic of Ireland. It also has teams from Northern Ireland participating. The season runs from February to October with ten teams playing 36 matches each.