📏 Form Guide

Shelbourne

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Shelbourne will be hoping to return to winning ways here following a 1-0 Premier Division loss in their previous game against Bohemian FC.

In that game, Shelbourne had 41% possession and 11 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. Bohemian FC had 16 shots on goal with 7 on target. Dayle Rooney (36') was the scorer for Bohemian FC.

It’s been seldom in recent games that Shelbourne have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. It will be a concern for them that Shelbourne have been scored against in 6 of their previous 6 matches, leaking 9 goals on the way. We will find out whether or not that trend will end up being continued on in this game.

Ahead of this meeting, Shelbourne have not beaten Drogheda United in their previous 2 league matches.

Drogheda United

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In their last game, Drogheda United drew 1-1 in the Premier Division match with Derry City.

In that game, Drogheda United managed 34% possession and 7 shots at goal with 2 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Drogheda United was Elicha Ahui (41'). Derry City had 7 shots on goal with 3 on target. Dom Thomas (90') was the scorer for Derry City.

The numbers tell their own story, and Drogheda United have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, conceding 10 goals in all. Defensively, Drogheda United have been far from perfect.

Coming into this clash, Drogheda United are without an away win for the past 3 league matches.

👥 Head to head

An examination of their most recent head to head meetings going back to 10/05/2024 tells us that Shelbourne have won 2 of these & Drogheda United 1, with the number of drawn results standing at 3.

A total of 14 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 8 of them for The Shels and 6 for The Drogs. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.33.

The previous league meeting between these sides was Premier Division match day 10 on 18/04/2025 when it finished Drogheda United 2-2 Shelbourne.

On that day, Drogheda United managed 21% possession and 5 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Warren Davis (22').

For their opponents, Shelbourne got 27 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. Mark Coyle (29') and Sam Bone (41' Own goal, 66') scored.

The referee was Damien MacGraith.

🗞️ Team News: Shelbourne

It doesn’t get much better regarding selection, with just one fitness concern for the Shelbourne boss Damien Duff to be concerned with from an otherwise fully-primed group of players. Paddy Barrett (unknown injury) is sidelined.

In all likelihood, The Shels may well use the 3-4-3 system for this one and select Conor Kearns, Sean Gannon, Jonathan Lunney, Kameron Ledwidge, Evan Caffrey, Ellis Chapman, Kerr McInroy, James Norris, Harry Wood, Ademipo Odubeko and John O'Sullivan.

🗞️ Team News: Drogheda United

Drogheda United manager Kevin Doherty has multiple availability issues to deal with. Paul Doyle (Hamstring injury) and Josh Thomas (Leg injury) are names that won’t be on the team sheet.

We believe The Drogs seem most likely to play in a 3-4-2-1 system, settling for Luke Dennison, Elicha Ahui, Conor Keeley, James Bolger, Owen Lambe, Shane Farrell, Ryan Brennan, Conor Kane, Thomas Oluwa, Luke Heeney and Warren Davis.

✨ Prediction

We’re of the view that Drogheda United have it in them to find the net against this Shelbourne side, but it may not be enough to avoid a loss.

We can see a very close game with a 2-1 winning margin for Shelbourne by the conclusion of the game. It should be a decent one.

Victor Martins, 18:02 19/05/2025