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Shamrock Rovers vs Drogheda United Live Stream, Predictions
The Premier Division match at Tallaght Stadium on Friday sees home team Shamrock Rovers lock horns with Drogheda United.
To see all of our predictions, user poll & stats for Shamrock Rovers v Drogheda United, scroll down - plus the latest match odds.
📏 Form Guide
Shamrock Rovers
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Shamrock Rovers, following on from their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 3-2 Premier Division victory over St. Patrick's Athletic.
For Shamrock Rovers, goals were scored by Lee Grace (45') and Richie Towell (68', 89'). Mark Doyle (28') and Ben McCormack (84') scored for St. Patrick's Athletic.
Shamrock Rovers haven’t had any problems with scoring, netting in each and every one of their last 6 matches.
They have hit an aggregate of 14 during that period while also conceding a total of 3. Let’s see whether or not that trend can be sustained in this game.
A look at their previous results shows us that Shamrock Rovers:
- are unbeaten in the league by Drogheda United in their last 3 games.
- have not beaten Drogheda United in their last 4 matches in the league.
Drogheda United
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Since a losing effort in their last game against St. Patrick's Athletic in Premier Division action, Drogheda United will be hoping to turn things around here.
Jason McClelland (82') and Chris Forrester (90', 92') scored for St. Patrick's Athletic.
The stats don’t lie, and Drogheda United have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 games, seeing their opponents hit 11 goals in all. At the back, Drogheda United have not been doing too well.
Pre-game facts show that Drogheda United:
- haven't won against Shamrock Rovers when having played them away from home in the previous 7 league matches. Not good at all.
- haven’t won away from home in the past 3 league matches.
↔️ Head to head
A glance at their past head to head clashes dating back to 28/02/2022 tells us that Shamrock Rovers have won 2 of these games & Drogheda United 1, with the number of drawn matches being 3.
A sum of 14 goals were scored between them in these games, with 8 for The Hoops and 6 created by The Drogs. That is an average goals per game value of 2.33.
📰 Team News: Shamrock Rovers
Liam Burt (Unknown Injury) and Alan Mannus (Finger Injury) are not available for Shamrock Rovers gaffer Stephen Bradley.
It’s our opinion that The Hoops may well employ a 3-4-3 system for this one with Leon Pöhls, Daniel Cleary, Roberto Lopes, Lee Grace, Ronan Finn, Gary O'Neil, Richard Towell, Trevor Clarke, Jack Byrne, Rory Gaffney and Graham Burke.
ℹ️ Team News: Drogheda United
With a fully healthy group to choose from, the Drogheda United manager Kevin Doherty does not have any fitness concerns whatsoever ahead of this clash.
It’s our belief that The Drogs might elect for a 4-3-1-2 lineup, starting the game with Colin McCabe, Emre Topcu, Conor Keeley, Emmanuel Adegboyega, Dayle Rooney, Ryan Brennan, Gary Deegan, Darragh Markey, Dylan Grimes, Aaron McNally and Freddie Draper.
✨ Prediction
Our assessment is that Shamrock Rovers will probably score at least once when they meet Drogheda United, who won’t find it easy getting goals.
We therefore think that it’s going to be a fairly comfortable 2-0 winning margin for Shamrock Rovers at the end of the match.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Peter Guest, 23:48 14/05/2023

🏟️ Team Focus:
Shamrock Rovers
Formed: 1899
Stadium: Tallaght Stadium (8,000)
Captain: Ronan Finn
Chairman: Ciaran Medlar
Manager: Stephen Bradley
Competitions: Premier Division position 1, Europa League Qualifiers (Play-Offs)
⭐ Star Man: Rory Gaffney

Generally played in the Striker position, Rory Gaffney was born in Tuam, Rep. Ireland. Having made a first senior appearance for Limerick in the 2013 season, the gifted Forward has contributed 4 league goals in this Premier Division 2023 campaign to date in a total of 12 appearances.
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16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 33 | WWWWW |
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15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 24 | DWDWW |
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16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 23 | LLWWL |
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15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 19 | WLWLL |
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15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -9 | 14 | LLDLL |
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15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | -15 | 9 | LLLLL |
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15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | -24 | 6 | LDLLL |
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Goals scored | 2.4 |
Goals conceded | 1.6 |
Time first goal scored | 32 |
Time first goal conceded | 35 |
Yellow cards | 2 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 4 |
Biggest victory | 3-0 |
Biggest defeat | 2-1 |
Goals scored | 0.9 |
Goals conceded | 1.4 |
Time first goal scored | 52 |
Time first goal conceded | 39 |
Yellow cards | 2.6 |
Red cards | 0.3 |
Subs used | 2.4 |
Biggest victory | 1-0 |
Biggest defeat | 3-0 |
Graham Burke | 6 |
Rory Gaffney | 5 |
Trevor Clarke | 4 |
Johnny Kenny | 4 |
Richie Towell | 4 |
Freddie Draper | 6 |
Ryan Brennan | 2 |
Dylan Grimes | 2 |
Dayle Rooney | 2 |
Emmanuel Adegboyega | 1 |
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