Struggling Shelbourne will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Shamrock Rovers in the upcoming league round. It’s 8th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only two days ago in the Premier Division.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Shelbourne form and stats
When playing at home in the Premier Division, Shelbourne have managed 2 wins, 3 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 8 games.
Shelbourne faced defeat in their previous match, away at Athlone Town (1-4). Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Derry City (0-2).
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Shelbourne here at Tolka Park in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (7 from 8 games). Shelbourne's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Shamrock Rovers form and stats
Shamrock Rovers, who have the most scored goals (44) in Premier Division, have an excellent away record in the Premier Division so far with 7-1-1 from 9 games. Shamrock have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.
Shamrock have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Alan Mannus. It's been 473 minutes since they last conceded in Premier Division.
G. Burke and A. Greene scored in Shamrock's previous match, the home game against Derry City that ended 2-0. A draw for Shamrock Rovers before that, at their own venue hosting St Patrick's (0-0).
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Shamrock Rovers are regular goalscorers on their travels. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Shamrock Rovers - Shelbourne 0-0. Shelbourne-Shamrock Rovers H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Shelbourne one win, Shamrock Rovers five wins, four draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  J. Byrne 8 goals |  G. Burke 8 goals |  A. Greene 6 goals |
Shelbourne missing players
Shamrock Rovers missing players
| Shelbourne | Shamrock Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | 7 | 2 | Scored | S | 7 | 19 | 44 |
| 20 | 9 | 5 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 83% |
| 59% | 62% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 78% | 72% |
| 24% | 25% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 56% | 56% |
| 12% | 12% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 44% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 22% | 28% |
| 41% | 62% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 33% | 33% |
| 35% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 67% | 67% |
| 29% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 11% | 17% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.8 | 1.1 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 94 | 57 | 13 | Total Shots | T S | 15 | 88 | 197 |
| 41 | 30 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 36 | 86 |
| 24% | 23% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 53% | 49% |
- Shamrock Rovers has the fewest conceded goals (10) in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers has the most clean sheets (12) in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers has the most clean sheets (6) away in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers has the most points (22) away in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers has the most points from losing position (6) in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers has the most scored goals (19) away in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers has the most scored goals (44) in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers has the most scored goals in the first half (23) in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers has the most scored goals in the second half (21) in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers has the the best goal difference (+13) away in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers has the the best goal difference (+34) in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Shamrock Rovers have scored more than double the goals of Shelbourne.
- Shamrock Rovers is in the best form (5-1-0)
- Shelbourne have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Shelbourne haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 44 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 34 | 45 |
| 2 | Bohemians | 17 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 34 |
| 3 | Dundalk | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 29 |
| 4 | Waterford United | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -4 | 24 |
| 5 | Sligo Rovers | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 12 | -6 | 22 |
| 6 | St Patrick's | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -2 | 21 |
| 7 | Derry City | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 19 |
| 8 | Shelbourne | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -7 | 19 |
| 9 | Finn Harps | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -10 | 17 |
| 10 | Cork City | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 20 | -20 | 10 |