Premier Division fixture guide and statistics: Shelbourne meet Dundalk

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Competition: Republic of Ireland Premier Division
Competition: Fri 11.March
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Tolka Park (9700 seats)

Shelbourne confront Dundalk for kudos and sporting success.

Insights:
  • Shelbourne have the most matches under the total-line (3) in Premier Division
  • Dundalk have the most matches over the total-line (3) in Premier Division

Dundalk play their home fixtures on artifical turf, while this match is played on grass. The latest data for Dundalk when playing on grass are 15 wins, 12 draws and 16 defeats from 43 matches. They have managed to score 73 goals and conceded 62 times on these occasions.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Shelbourne form and stats

When playing at home in the Premier Division, Shelbourne have managed 0 wins, 0 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 2 games. Shelbourne are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Tolka Park, having lost their two previous games here.

Coyle was the last player to score a league goal for Shelbourne and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Shelbourne haven't scored in 180 minutes.

Shelbourne's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Derry City (placed 1st).

Before that, Shelbourne played out a draw 0-0 when visiting UCD.

Shelbourne are traveling soon after this match as the Premier Division match at Bohemians awaits in three days.

At Tolka Park, Shelbourne has the goal stats of 0-4 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.

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Dundalk form and stats

Dundalk are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Premier Division, having played 2 games and collected 2 points (0 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses). Dundalk has drawn their two previous away games.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Dundalk goalkeeper Nathan Shepperd is eager to challenge this, with his 226 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Dundalk are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Sligo Rovers (placed 6th).

That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus Finn Harps.

A new game in only three days for Dundalk, the Premier Division home match versus Shamrock Rovers. Busy days.

Dundalk have the goal stats of 2-2 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the former ten meetings between these two sides are: zero wins for Shelbourne, zero draws and ten wins for Dundalk. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

DundalkP. Hoban
P. Hoban
1 goals

Shelbourne missing players

Dundalk missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Shelbourne Dundalk
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
4 2 1 Played P 0 2 4
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 2 3
2 2 1 Lost L 0 0 0
2 0 0 Scored S 0 2 7
4 4 1 Conceded C 0 2 4
75% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 50% 75%
50% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 75%
25% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 75%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 50%
50% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 50%
75% 100% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 25%
 
3.2 4.5 5 Corners for (avg) C F 0 2 4
4 3 3 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5 4.8
3.2 2.5 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.5 2.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.2 7.5 4 Shots (avg) S ( 0 9.5 9.2
3 3 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4 5.2
17% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 25% 33%
 
6.2 7 7 Shots against (avg) S A 0 9 10.5
3.2 3 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 2.5 3
Key stats in Premier Division this season:
  • Dundalk have the most matches over the total-line (3) in Premier Division
  • Shelbourne have the fewest points (0) at home in Premier Division
  • Shelbourne have the most matches under the total-line (3) in Premier Division
  • Shelbourne have the the worst goal difference (-4) at home in Premier Division
Shelbourne Last season Dundalk
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
27 14   Played P   18 36
16 8   Won W   4 13
9 6   Drew D   7 9
2 0   Lost L   7 14
49 27   Scored S   20 44
23 12   Conceded C   24 46
93% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
74% 71%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   72% 72%
48% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   39% 47%
41% 43%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   22% 19%
7% 7%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   6% 8%
56% 57%   BTTS BTTS   61% 64%
41% 43%   Clean Sheets C S   22% 22%
11% 0%   Failed to Score F T   17% 14%
 
6.6 7.1   Corners for (avg) C F   5.1 5.6
4 4.2   Corners against (avg) C A   5.1 5.1
1.3 1.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 2
1 0   Red cards R C   2 2
 
12.2 12.6   Shots (avg) S (   8.6 10.1
5.1 5.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.7 4
36% 36%   Goal Efficiency G E   30% 31%
 
6.3 5.4   Shots against (avg) S A   9.6 8.9
2.5 2.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3 3.2

  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 4 2 2 0 5 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 8
2 Dundalk 4 1 3 0 7 4 2 1 1 0 5 2 2 0 2 0 2 2 3 6
3 Shamrock Rovers 4 2 0 2 7 4 2 2 0 0 6 1 2 0 0 2 1 3 3 6
4 St Patrick's 4 2 0 2 5 3 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 1 0 1 3 1 2 6
5 Bohemians 3 1 2 0 4 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 5
6 Sligo Rovers 3 1 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 5
7 Shelbourne 4 1 1 2 2 4 2 0 0 2 0 4 2 1 1 0 2 0 -2 4
8 Drogheda United 3 1 0 2 5 7 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 3
9 Finn Harps 3 0 2 1 1 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 3 -3 2
10 UCD 4 0 2 2 2 7 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 7 -5 2
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 Shelbourne 27 16 9 2 49 23 14 8 6 0 27 12 13 8 3 2 22 11 26 57
2 Galway United 27 15 6 6 39 25 14 8 4 2 22 12 13 7 2 4 17 13 14 51
3 UCD 27 13 7 7 55 38 14 8 4 2 30 16 13 5 3 5 25 22 17 46
4 Treaty United 27 11 9 7 36 27 13 6 5 2 16 11 14 5 4 5 20 16 9 42
5 Bray Wanderers 27 9 10 8 36 31 13 5 4 4 16 11 14 4 6 4 20 20 5 37
6 Cork City 27 8 9 10 37 28 14 6 3 5 28 17 13 2 6 5 9 11 9 33
7 Athlone Town 27 9 6 12 32 43 13 5 1 7 17 21 14 4 5 5 15 22 -11 33
8 Cobh Ramblers 27 8 4 15 25 46 13 4 2 7 10 20 14 4 2 8 15 26 -21 28
9 Cabinteely 27 8 1 18 26 47 14 3 1 10 9 24 13 5 0 8 17 23 -21 25
10 Wexford Youths 27 6 3 18 29 56 13 4 2 7 19 26 14 2 1 11 10 30 -27 21
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

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 Derry City 4 2 2 0 5 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 8
2 Dundalk 4 1 3 0 7 4 2 1 1 0 5 2 2 0 2 0 2 2 3 6
3 Shamrock Rovers 4 2 0 2 7 4 2 2 0 0 6 1 2 0 0 2 1 3 3 6
4 St Patrick's 4 2 0 2 5 3 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 1 0 1 3 1 2 6
5 Bohemians 3 1 2 0 4 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 5
6 Sligo Rovers 3 1 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 5
7 Shelbourne 4 1 1 2 2 4 2 0 0 2 0 4 2 1 1 0 2 0 -2 4
8 Drogheda United 3 1 0 2 5 7 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 3
9 Finn Harps 3 0 2 1 1 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 3 -3 2
10 UCD 4 0 2 2 2 7 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 7 -5 2

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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.