📏 Form Guide

Shelbourne

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Shelbourne won’t want a repeat of their last result here after the 0-1 Premier Division losing effort in their last game against Waterford.

In that match, Shelbourne had 76% possession and 27 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. At the other end, Waterford got 11 shots on goal with 2 on target. Pádraig Amond (3') was the scorer for Waterford.

It has not been often in recent games where Shelbourne have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. The facts show that Shelbourne have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 games, letting in 9 goals along the way.

Their prior results show that Shelbourne:

• haven't beaten St. Patrick's Athletic in their previous 2 league games.
• have not won at home in their last 2 matches in the league.

St. Patrick's Athletic

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Following on from tasting defeat last time out to Derry City in Premier Division competition, St. Patrick's Athletic and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

In that match, St. Patrick's Athletic managed 56% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. At the other end, Derry City had 10 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Danny Mullen (48') scored for Derry City.

A series of steadfast performances from the St. Patrick's Athletic defensive unit has resulted in their ‘goals against’ tally amounting to 4 from their previous 6 fixtures in total. In that period, the number of goals that they have scored themselves is 7. With no two games being the same, we must now wait to see if that trend might be sustained in this next game.

Coming into this contest, St. Patrick's Athletic are without a win away from home in their last 3 league games.

👥 Head to head

Checking on their prior head to head meetings dating back to 01/09/2023 shows us that Shelbourne have won 4 of these games & St. Patrick's Athletic 1, with the tally of draws being 1.

A combined total of 15 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 9 from The Shels and 6 belonging to Saints. That’s an average goals per game of 2.5.

The previous league contest between the two was Premier Division match day 8 on 04/04/2025 when it finished St. Patrick's Athletic 0-0 Shelbourne.

In that game, St. Patrick's Athletic had 51% possession and 17 shots at goal with 4 of them on target.

For their opponents, Shelbourne got 10 attempts on goal with 5 on target.

The referee was Robert Hennessy.

📋 Team News: Shelbourne

Daniel Kelly (unknown injury) and Paddy Barrett (unknown injury) will not be taking part for Shelbourne gaffer Damien Duff.

ℹ️ Team News: St. Patrick's Athletic

From a largely healthy squad, there is only the sole fitness worry for the St. Patrick's Athletic manager Stephen Kenny to be concerned about. Romal Palmer (Hamstring injury) won’t be playing here.

🧠 Prediction

Looking at these two teams, we feel that Shelbourne will have to perform well to get anything against this St. Patrick's Athletic lineup who will likely be able to grind out a win.

We therefore see a highly competitive game with a 0-1 win for St. Patrick's Athletic at the end of the 90 minutes.

Will be interesting to see how this one goes.

Lucas Pereira, 18:08 09/05/2025