Shelbourne welcome Drogheda United as obvious favourites: Big betting preview

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Competition: Republic of Ireland Premier Division
Competition: Fri 17.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Tolka Park (9700 seats)

Shelbourne and Drogheda United fans have their most treasured supporter clothes on for this first game week of a new Premier Division campaign. Game on!

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Shelbourne form and stats

Last season, Shelbourne's league statistics were 10 wins, 11 draws and 15 losses, leading to 7th position in the Premier Division. In these 36 matches they scored {40 goals} and gave away 49. Performing as the home team in the former season Shelbourne generated 5-6-7 (win-draw-lost) with {23 goals} and 25 conceded.

Shelbourne have prepared for this season with seven friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these seven matches are 5 victories, 1 draws and 1 losses. In these games, Shelbourne have scored {13 goals} and conceded 6 times.

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Drogheda United form and stats

Let's have a look at how Drogheda United performed last season in the Premier Division: They landed a 8th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 11 draws and 16 defeats. In total they scored 34 and conceded {58 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 5 and lost 11 with 14/37 goals scored/conceded.

Just as the home team, Drogheda United have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 0 Drogheda wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.

Head 2 Head

Shelbourne-Drogheda United H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Shelbourne seven wins, Drogheda United two wins, one draw. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The games between these sides have sometimes been ill-tempered, having seen 6 red cards from the last ten encounters.

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Total First Half Second Half
Shelbourne Drogheda United
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% 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%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Shelbourne Last season Drogheda United
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 18   Played P   18 36
10 5   Won W   2 9
11 6   Drew D   5 11
15 7   Lost L   11 16
40 23   Scored S   14 34
49 25   Conceded C   37 58
89% 89%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 97%
72% 72%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   89% 81%
42% 44%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   44% 36%
22% 22%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   28% 25%
11% 17%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   17% 11%
47% 44%   BTTS BTTS   50% 47%
28% 28%   Clean Sheets C S   11% 19%
36% 39%   Failed to Score F T   39% 36%
 
3.4 3.7   Corners for (avg) C F   4.8 4.8
4.3 4.1   Corners against (avg) C A   6.6 5.9
2.5 2.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.1 2.1
3 1   Red cards R C   3 5
 
7.4 8.2   Shots (avg) S (   7 8.6
3.2 3.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.6 3.3
35% 33%   Goal Efficiency G E   30% 28%
 
8.9 8.1   Shots against (avg) S A   11.4 11.8
3.5 2.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.6 4.3

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bohemians 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Cork City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Derry City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Drogheda United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Dundalk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Shamrock Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Shelbourne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Sligo Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 St Patrick's 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 UCD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 7 5 61 22 18 16 2 0 39 10 18 8 5 5 22 12 39 79
2 Derry City 36 18 12 6 53 27 18 8 7 3 28 13 18 10 5 3 25 14 26 66
3 Dundalk 36 18 12 6 53 30 18 12 5 1 35 13 18 6 7 5 18 17 23 66
4 St Patrick's 36 18 7 11 57 37 18 10 3 5 28 16 18 8 4 6 29 21 20 61
5 Sligo Rovers 36 13 10 13 47 44 18 8 5 5 24 20 18 5 5 8 23 24 3 49
6 Bohemians 36 12 10 14 45 46 18 7 5 6 25 23 18 5 5 8 20 23 -1 46
7 Shelbourne 36 10 11 15 40 49 18 5 6 7 23 25 18 5 5 8 17 24 -9 41
8 Drogheda United 36 9 11 16 34 58 18 7 6 5 20 21 18 2 5 11 14 37 -24 38
9 UCD 36 6 8 22 28 67 18 3 5 10 14 29 18 3 3 12 14 38 -39 26
10 Finn Harps 36 4 8 24 33 71 18 3 4 11 17 28 18 1 4 13 16 43 -38 20

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bohemians 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Cork City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Derry City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Drogheda United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Dundalk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Shamrock Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Shelbourne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Sligo Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 St Patrick's 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 UCD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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.