Rep. Ireland - Premier DivisionStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Dundalk and Shamrock Rovers, taking place on Friday, 31 March 2023, at Oriel Park in Dundalk.
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Dundalk, Recent FormDundalk will be happy to have grabbed 3 points in their last match, where they clocked up a 1-0 win in their away outing against Drogheda United.
They have circumvented their opponent's defence to score 10 times in their last 6 league games but unfortunately haven't managed to lock things down at their end, conceding 4 goals in these games and, in the process, missing out on some valuable points. Having found the net in 5 of their last 6 matches, they will be pleased that their forward line have found some good and consistent form of late. It's clear that with only 1 clean sheet from the last 6 matches at home, Stephen O'Donnell will have some concerns regarding his squad's defensive abilities of late.
With an unbeaten league tally of 5 games from 6, their recent form should be viewed positively, especially with 3 wins thrown in.
Shamrock Rovers, Recent FormShamrock Rovers had to make do with a share of the points in their last match, with a 2-2 draw against St. Patrick's Athletic.
While they have been reasonably effective at circumventing their opponents defence, scoring 9 in their last 6 games, it's largely been tit for tat with their own defence proving to be equally ineffectual, conceding 10, and leading to valuable points being dropped. With goals notched up in 5 of their past 6 matches, they are certainly showing some goal-scoring consistency of late. Unable to deliver a clean sheet in 5 of their last 6 games, it's fair to say they have their troubles at the back.
There will be mixed feelings from The Hoops, having been undefeated in their last 7 away league games, but drawn the last 3 of these games.
Graham Burke has scored 4 goals in the last 6 away games and will be looking to add more in this fixture against Dundalk.
Dundalk will be looking to forget their last league encounter with Shamrock Rovers, when a slew of goals ended in a heavy 3-0 defeat.
During the last 3 times these two teams have met in the league at Oriel Park, The Hoops have been unable to break through the Dundalk defence and find the back of the net. In their past 5 meetings, Shamrock's defence has been pretty stingy, only conceding 2 goals, so The Lilywhites will have to take their chances when they come.
In the league, Dundalk have been unbeaten in their last 4 times they have welcomed Shamrock to Oriel Park.
Shamrock player Jack Byrne will be looking to cause Dundalk some problems having scored 2 goals in the last 3 league meetings between the teams at Oriel Park.
With John Mountney (Cruciate ligament) being out for the rest of the season and Paul Doyle (Muscle) also unavailable in the shorter term, Dundalk manager Stephen O'Donnell will be pleased to have no other major fitness concerns going into this tie.
Stephen Bradley has a number of injury concerns in his Shamrock squad to contend with: Ronan Finn (Muscle), Simon Power (Hamstring) and Dylan Watts (Knock)
Dundalk Playing at home | Shamrock Rovers Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 2.7 | Goals scored | 0.7 |
| 0.7 | Goals conceded | 0.7 |
| 29' | Time first goal scored | 36' |
| 47' | Time first goal conceded | 92' |
| 2 | Yellow cards | 4.7 |
| 0 | Red cards | 1 |
| 4.3 | Subs used | 4.3 |
| 5-0 | Biggest victory | - |
| - | Biggest defeat | - |
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