📊 Form Guide

Drogheda United

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Drogheda United, following on from their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 1-3 Premier Division victory vs Derry City.

For Drogheda United, the goals were scored by Conor Keeley (64', 68') and Warren Davis (86'). Liam Boyce (61') scored for Derry City.

Drogheda United haven’t been able to stop scoring goals, finding the back of the net in each and every one of their last 6 matches.

They have totted up the amount of 9 during that period while seeing the number of goals scored against them stand at 4. It will be interesting to see if that trend can be sustained in this game.

Shelbourne

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Shelbourne will go into this match following a 1-0 Premier Division win with the defeat of Bohemian FC in their previous fixture.

The only player to score from Shelbourne was Mipo Odubeko (79').

Over the course of 5 of the previous 6 clashes involving Shelbourne, a relatively low number of goals have gone in between them and their opposition. The overall average number of goals per game in that period comes out as a mere 1.5, with the average goals for The Shels standing at 0.83.

A look at their previous results shows us that Shelbourne:

• have not registered a win against Drogheda United when they've played them away from home in the last 2 matches in the league.
• haven't been beaten by Drogheda United in away games against them for the last 4 matches in the league. A very good record, indeed.
• are undefeated in their previous 5 away league matches.

👥 Head to head

An examination of their past head-to-head meetings going back to 05/04/2024 shows us that Drogheda United have won 1 of these & Shelbourne 2, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 3.

A sum of 14 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 6 of them from The Drogs and 8 netted by The Shels. That is an average goals per game value of 2.33.

The previous league clash between the two was Premier Division match day 5 on 07/03/2025 and the score finished Shelbourne 0-1 Drogheda United.

On that occasion, Shelbourne had 79% possession and 17 attempts on goal with 2 on target.

At the other end, Drogheda United had 9 attempts at goal with 4 on target. Warren Davis (4') scored.

The referee was Damien MacGraith.

🗞️ Team News: Drogheda United

Douglas James-Taylor (Thigh problems) and Josh Thomas (unknown injury) will be missing for Drogheda United manager Kevin Doherty.

It’s our opinion that The Drogs could line up in a 3-4-3 system this time, utilising Luke Dennison, Andrew Quinn, Conor Keeley, James Bolger, Owen Lambe, Shane Farrell, Ryan Brennan, Conor Kane, Warren Davis, Darragh Markey and Thomas Oluwa.

ℹ️ Team News: Shelbourne

Shelbourne manager Damien Duff has a number of players out of action. Daniel Kelly (unknown injury), John Martin (unknown injury) and Tyreke Wilson (unknown injury) are those who can’t be considered.

We reckon that The Shels seem likely to begin the game with a 5-3-2 formation, going with Conor Kearns, Sam Bone, Mark Coyle, Kameron Ledwidge, Evan Caffrey, James Norris, Jonathan Lunney, Kerr McInroy, Ellis Chapman, Ademipo Odubeko and Harry Wood.

🧠 Prediction

Our thinking is that Shelbourne and Drogheda United could both well score here although it’s hard to see a clear-cut winner.

It appears that a draw might be on the cards. We therefore think that it’s going to be a tight encounter with a 1-1 score draw at full-time.

Lucas Pereira, 18:27 18/04/2025