Rep. Ireland - Premier DivisionStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Shelbourne and St. Patrick's Athletic, taking place on Friday, 01 September 2023, at Tolka Park in Dublin.
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Shelbourne, Recent FormShelbourne will certainly have been pleased to secure 3 points from their most recent encounter, which saw them run out 1-0 winners in their away fixture against Sligo Rovers. They came away from that fixture with 52% of the possession and clocked up 14 attempts on goal with 6 on target. By comparison, Sligo Rovers managed 14 attempts on goal, with 4 on target.
Manager Damien Duff will be pleased with his team's performances recently, having only conceded 3 in their last 6 games, while still managing to score a respectable 10 goals. They have scored in 5 of their last 6 home games, but so far this season, they have conceded at least one goal in 10 of their 14 games at Tolka Park.
They've not been beaten at Tolka Park in 5 league games, but with just a single point from each of their last 4 games there, The Shels fans will be beginning to wonder how long they'll have to wait to see their team win at home again.
Goalscorer Seán Boyd will be planning to get himself on the scoresheet once more, having notched up 3 goals in his last 6 league matches for Shelbourne.
St. Patrick's Athletic, Recent FormSt. Patrick's Athletic have set themselves up nicely for this match by securing a 1-0 away win against UCD in their previous league match. Their share of possession in that meeting was 64%, while racking up 11 shots along the way, 1 of which were on target. UCD had 16 shots on goal with 5 on target.
Manager Jon Daly will be delighted with his team's performances recently, having scored 12 goals in their last 6 games whilst conceding only 2. They're currenlty on a run of 3 consecutive clean sheets, and playing away from home this season, they have scored in 12 of their 14 games.
They have been performing well recently, both home and away, and remain unbeaten in their last 7 games.
On an individual basis, Chris Forrester will be looking to cause Shelbourne some problems having scored 2 goals in St. Patrick's Athletic's last 6 away games in the league.
Last time these two teams met in the league it ended in disappointment for Shelbourne, losing 1-0 to St. Patrick's Athletic.
Saints will be looking to extend their current run of 4 clean sheets against Shelbourne. Saints will be confident of finding the net in this one against Shelbourne, with an impressive scoring record of at least 1 goal in their previous 8 encounters between the two sides. Goals come easy for St. Patrick's Athletic when they travel to The Shels, having recorded 8 goals in their past 3 visits and an impressive average of 2.67 goals per match.
Shelbourne will be determined to get something from this game having lost the last 4 times they've met St. Patrick's Athletic in the league and not won this fixture for 5 games in a row.
St. Patrick's Athletic player Eoin Doyle will be looking to get on the scoresheet again against Shelbourne, having scored 5 goals in the last 5 league meetings between the teams.
Shelbourne manager Damien Duff has some team selection issues to consider ahead of this match. Seán Boyd (Hip), Kameron Ledwidge (Knee surgery), Brian McManus (Knee surgery) and Matty Smith (Muscle) are all currently out of contention for this game.
With Tom Grivosti (Cruciate ligament) being out for the rest of the season and Axel Sjöberg (Hamstring) also unavailable in the shorter term, St. Patrick's Athletic manager Jon Daly will be pleased to have no other major fitness concerns going into this tie.
Shelbourne Playing at home | St. Patrick's Athletic Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Goals scored | 1.6 |
| 0.8 | Goals conceded | 1.6 |
| 54' | Time first goal scored | 31' |
| 52' | Time first goal conceded | 38' |
| 2.5 | Yellow cards | 2.6 |
| 0.1 | Red cards | 0.1 |
| 4 | Subs used | 4.5 |
| 3-2 | Biggest victory | 3-1 |
| 1-0 | Biggest defeat | 5-0 |
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