📊 Form Guide

Shamrock Rovers

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Shamrock Rovers will want to continue from where they left off last time out with the 2-0 Premier Division victory versus Sligo Rovers.

In that match, Shamrock Rovers managed 64% possession and 17 shots at goal with 7 of them on target. For Shamrock Rovers, the goals were scored by Graham Burke (26') and Aaron Greene (42'). On the other side, Sligo Rovers had 10 shots at goal with 3 of them on target.

Matches featuring Shamrock Rovers have usually been exciting affairs lately with high scoring the rule rather than the exception. Over their past half dozen games, a total of 22 goals have gone in for both sides combined (at an average of 3.67 goals per game) with 13 of those coming from Shamrock Rovers.

Coming into this clash, Shamrock Rovers have not been beaten in the league by Drogheda United in their last 7 matches.

Drogheda United

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Drogheda United will go into this encounter following a 3-2 Premier Division win against Cork City in their most recent fixture.

In that game, Drogheda United managed 50% possession and 17 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. For Drogheda United, the goals were scored by Shane Farrell (40'), Warren Davis (62') and Ryan Brennan (96'). For their opponents, Cork City got 5 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. Djenairo Daniels (7', 85') scored for Cork City.

Drogheda United have been effective going forward in the lead-up to this encounter, having scored 11 times in their previous 6 matches. While their manager Kevin Doherty will no doubt take that as a positive sign, Drogheda United have been somewhat leaky at the back, having also been scored against in 5 of those same matches. We will just have to find out whether or not that trend will end up being continued on into this next match.

A look at their previous results shows us that Drogheda United:

• have not registered a win against Shamrock Rovers when they have played them away from home in the previous 3 league games.
• are without a win away from home in their last 2 league games.

👥 Head to head

Looking over their past head to head results stretching back to 22/10/2023 reveals that these fixtures have not been kind to Drogheda United. They’ve not managed to get themselves any victories whatsoever while Shamrock Rovers have been superior, getting wins in 83% of those ties.

An aggregate of 17 goals were shared by the two clubs during those clashes, with 15 of them for The Hoops and 2 coming from The Drogs. That’s an average goals per game of 2.83.

The previous league fixture between these sides was Premier Division match day 6 on 14/03/2025 when the final score was Drogheda United 1-2 Shamrock Rovers.

That day, Drogheda United had 30% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. The scorer was Conor Keeley (33').

Shamrock Rovers had 19 shots at goal with 6 on target. Aaron Greene (41') and Graham Burke (70') scored.

The match was refereed by David Dunne.

📰 Team News: Shamrock Rovers

Daniel Mandroiu (Hamstring injury) and Aaron McEneff (unknown injury) will be missing for Shamrock Rovers boss Stephen Bradley.

🗞️ Team News: Drogheda United

Drogheda United manager Kevin Doherty has to choose from a squad that has some fitness concerns. Darragh Markey (Leg injury), Paul Doyle (Hamstring injury) and Josh Thomas (Leg injury) are names that won’t be on the team sheet.

🧠 Prediction

We envisage that Drogheda United are capable enough to break down this Shamrock Rovers team, although that might not be as many as the goals that they could concede.

We are anticipating a very close game with a 2-1 victory for Shamrock Rovers when the full-time whistle blows. Expecting it to be very competitive.

Andre Moura, 18:08 09/05/2025