Premier Division: UCD - Shamrock Rovers preview and statistics

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Competition: Republic of Ireland Premier Division
Date: Fri 18.October
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: UCD Bowl (3000 seats)

Struggling UCD will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Shamrock Rovers in the upcoming league round. It’s 10th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

UCD and Shamrock Rovers should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.

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UCD form and stats

UCD's struggle is real here at UCD Bowl with only 16 points collected from 17 Premier Division games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 5-1-11. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in ten attempts. The home stadium (UCD Bowl) is supposed to be a fortress, but for UCD it's been a house of straw as the last four games here have all been lost. Can they turn things around?

UCD lost their last game at Cork City (placed 8th) after a 2-3 scoreline. Before that, UCD played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Finn Harps.

The UCD fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 17 in 17 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the UCD defense is not exactly impregnable. 27 goals conceded from 17 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Shamrock Rovers form and stats

10 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Shamrock Rovers playing as the away team in the Premier Division this season.

Shamrock Rovers are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the Premier Division against Finn Harps (placed 9th). Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Sligo Rovers.

The travelling fans enjoy Shamrock Rovers's attacking play in away games, having scored 27 goals in 17 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (14 so far).

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Shamrock Rovers - UCD 7-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 1 UCD victory, 1 draw and 8 Shamrock Rovers wins. 5 of these games ended with three goals or more, 5 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

A. Greene
11 goals
A. McEneff
9 goals
J. Byrne
7 goals

UCD missing players

Shamrock Rovers missing players

UCD Shamrock Rovers
Total Home Home vs top Statistics Stat Away vs low Away Total
34 17 4 Played P 6 17 34
5 5 1 Won W 5 10 21
4 1 0 Drew D 1 2 6
25 11 3 Lost L 0 5 7
23 17 4 Scored S 15 27 56
75 27 10 Conceded C 4 14 21
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 88%
74% 76% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 65% 59%
53% 47% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 47% 44%
26% 24% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 18% 18%
18% 12% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 12% 9%
32% 35% 25% BTTS BTTS 67% 47% 35%
18% 18% 25% Clean Sheets C S 33% 47% 56%
59% 47% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 21%
 
3.3 3.3 2 Corners For (avg) C F 6.3 6.4 6.6
5.9 6.1 7.7 Corners Against (avg) C A 2.2 3.6 3.1
1.3 1.4 0.7 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1 1.6 1.7
2 1 0 Red Cards R C 0 1 3
Key stats This season:
  • Shamrock Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Shamrock Rovers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Shamrock Rovers have scored more than double the goals of UCD.
  • Shamrock Rovers have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • UCD have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • UCD haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

UCD
All Premier Division League Cup First Division Club Friendlies Leinster Senior Cup FAI Cup
All Home Away
30-08-19 PD UCD 0 - 5 Dundalk
07-09-19 FAI Sligo Rovers 4 - 0 UCD
13-09-19 PD St Patrick's 0 - 0 UCD
20-09-19 PD UCD 0 - 2 Sligo Rovers
24-09-19 LSC UCD 4 - 1 Crumlin United
30-09-19 LSC Athlone Town 3 - 2 UCD
04-10-19 PD Finn Harps 0 - 0 UCD
11-10-19 PD Cork City 3 - 2 UCD
18-10-19 PD UCD 18:45 Shamrock Rovers
25-10-19 PD Waterford United 18:45 UCD
Shamrock Rovers
All Premier Division Europa League League Cup Club Friendlies Leinster Senior Cup FAI Cup Atlantic Cup
All Home Away
30-08-19 PD Shamrock Rovers 1 - 0 Bohemians
06-09-19 FAI Galway United 1 - 2 Shamrock Rovers
20-09-19 PD Shamrock Rovers 0 - 0 St Patrick's
23-09-19 PD Dundalk 3 - 2 Shamrock Rovers
27-09-19 FAI Bohemians 0 - 2 Shamrock Rovers
05-10-19 PD Sligo Rovers 0 - 0 Shamrock Rovers
11-10-19 PD Shamrock Rovers 1 - 0 Finn Harps
18-10-19 PD UCD 18:45 Shamrock Rovers
25-10-19 PD Shamrock Rovers 18:45 Cork City
03-11-19 FAI Shamrock Rovers 15:30 Dundalk

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Dundalk 34 26 5 3 69 17 17 15 2 0 39 8 17 11 3 3 30 9 52 83
2 Shamrock Rovers 34 21 6 7 56 21 17 11 4 2 29 7 17 10 2 5 27 14 35 69
3 Bohemians 34 16 8 10 45 27 17 10 3 4 32 14 17 6 5 6 13 13 18 56
4 Derry City 33 13 12 8 49 30 16 8 4 4 26 12 17 5 8 4 23 18 19 51
5 St Patrick's 33 13 9 11 26 30 17 7 4 6 13 16 16 6 5 5 13 14 -4 48
6 Sligo Rovers 34 10 12 12 36 43 17 5 8 4 18 15 17 5 4 8 18 28 -7 42
7 Waterford United 34 11 7 16 42 50 17 5 4 8 22 24 17 6 3 8 20 26 -8 40
8 Cork City 34 8 10 16 28 46 17 3 7 7 15 23 17 5 3 9 13 23 -18 34
9 Finn Harps 34 6 7 21 25 60 17 5 3 9 18 24 17 1 4 12 7 36 -35 25
10 UCD 34 5 4 25 23 75 17 5 1 11 17 27 17 0 3 14 6 48 -52 19

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