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Drogheda United FC v Shelbourne FC : Premier Division match betting preview, prediction and odds

Fri 12th Sep, 19:45 BST, United Park, Drogheda

Joey Barton pays counterpart Kevin Doherty a visit on Friday evening in the Premier Division, as their Shelbourne FC and Drogheda United FC teams face each other at the United Park. We want you to make a winning bet on this match, so every stats you could ever need to make a smart selection is shown below. Flip between seventeen betting markets or take our top tip. We have predictions, head-to-head analysis and the best odds for each one.


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Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First

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Drogheda
39%
--
Draw
30%
--
Shelbourne
30%
--
Drogheda 1-0
15%
--
Draw 1-1
13%
--
Draw 0-0
13%
--
Shelbourne 1-0
12%
--
Drogheda 2-0
8%
--
Drogheda 2-1
7%
--
Shelbourne 2-1
6%
--
Shelbourne 2-0
6%
--
Draw 2-2
3%
--
Drogheda 3-0
3%
--
Drogheda 3-1
3%
--
Shelbourne 3-1
2%
--
Shelbourne 3-0
2%
--
Drogheda 3-2
1%
--
Shelbourne 3-2
1%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
33%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
67%
--
Home 1st Goal
47%
--
Away 1st Goal
43%
--
No 1st Goal
9%
--
BTTS - Yes
40%
--
BTTS - No
60%
--
BTTS - Home Win
13%
--
BTTS - Draw
17%
--
BTTS - Away Win
10%
--
Home/draw
70%
--
Away/draw
61%
--
Home/away
70%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
60%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
40%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
15%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
85%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
5%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
95%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
2%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
98%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
87%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
13%
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Home DNB
61%
--
Away DNB
52%
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Drogheda win to nil
26%
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Shelbourne win to nil
20%
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Win / draw / win Premier Division table

Drogheda have played 28 matches so far this season and lay in 5th place in the Premier Division league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 15 games against teams below in the table, having won 6, drawn 8 and lost 1 match. They have kept 7 clean sheets and have failed to score in 2 fixtures. They have been outscored by their opponents by 34 goals to 30 goals.

Home League Performance

Drogheda have played 14 games at home winning 6, drawing 5 and losing 3 games. They have scored 17 goals, kept 7 clean sheets and conceded 11 goals at home.

Shelbourne are in 6th position in the Premier Division on 39 points having played 27 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

2 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 13 goals and kept 4 clean sheets. They have scored 15 goals in total and failed to score in 3 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

15 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 5 games, drawn 6 and won 4. Shelbourne have conceded 16 goals, scored 15, failed to score in 6 fixtures and have kept 4 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Drogheda
Shelbourne
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Shamrock272353 
l
 
1-2F
l
 
3-0A
l
 
1-2F
Aug 29
d
 
1-1F
d
 
2-2A
l
 
1-2A
-
2
Bohemians291047 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-1F
Nov 1
w
 
0-1F
w
 
1-0F
l
 
1-0A
d
 
2-2F
Oct 24
3
Derry29846 
d
 
1-1F
w
 
1-3A
Sep 26
l
 
3-0A
w
 
3-1F
l
 
2-0A
l
 
0-1A
Sep 19
4
St Patrick's29642 
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
0-1A
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
2-1A
d
 
0-00-0
Nov 1
w
 
0-1F
5
Drogheda28442 
-
-
-
-
l
 
0-1A
d
 
2-2A
d
 
0-00-0
Sep 12
6
Shelbourne27539 
d
 
2-2F
w
 
0-1F
Sep 12
d
 
0-00-0
-
-
-
-
7
Waterford29-1734 
w
 
2-0F
d
 
2-2A
d
 
0-00-0
Oct 3
l
 
0-1A
w
 
0-1F
Sep 26
d
 
2-2F
8
Galway28-730 
d
 
1-1F
l
 
2-1F
w
 
1-0F
Oct 24
d
 
2-2F
d
 
1-1F
Aug 29
d
 
1-1F
9
Sligo29-1230 
w
 
3-0F
d
 
2-2F
w
 
1-0F
Sep 20
w
 
3-2A
w
 
1-2F
Oct 17
w
 
0-2F
10
Cork29-2022 
w
 
3-2A
d
 
1-1A
Oct 17
d
 
1-1F
d
 
1-1A
d
 
1-1A
w
 
3-1F
Oct 3
Win / draw / win form
5
Shelbourne have not lost in 5 consecutive away league games
Drogheda 5TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
28
Conceded
15
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
10 / 20
Clean sheets
10 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
8
Draw
8
L
4
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Drogheda0 - 1St Patrick's
Drogheda0 - 0Waterford
Drogheda1 - 0Galway
Drogheda1 - 0Sligo
Drogheda1 - 2Shamrock
Drogheda1 - 0Bohemians
Drogheda1 - 1Derry
Drogheda3 - 2Cork
Drogheda0 - 0St Patrick's
Drogheda2 - 2Shelbourne
Drogheda2 - 0Waterford
Drogheda1 - 2Shamrock
Drogheda1 - 1Galway
Drogheda3 - 0Sligo
Drogheda0 - 0Dundalk
Drogheda0 - 1Shamrock
Drogheda2 - 1Derry
Drogheda0 - 0Galway
Drogheda7 - 0Sligo
Drogheda2 - 2Bohemians
Goals: Scored
20
Conceded
22
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
6
Draw
9
Lost
5
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HDrogheda0 - 1St Patrick's
HDrogheda0 - 0Waterford
ADrogheda1 - 0Bohemians
HDrogheda1 - 0Galway
ADrogheda0 - 3Derry
ADrogheda1 - 1Cork
HDrogheda1 - 0Sligo
HDrogheda1 - 2Shamrock
ADrogheda0 - 0St Patrick's
ADrogheda2 - 2Waterford
HDrogheda1 - 0Bohemians
ADrogheda0 - 0Shelbourne
HDrogheda1 - 1Derry
ADrogheda0 - 3Shamrock
HDrogheda3 - 2Cork
ADrogheda2 - 2Sligo
ADrogheda1 - 2Galway
HDrogheda0 - 0St Patrick's
HDrogheda2 - 2Shelbourne
ADrogheda3 - 1Derry
Shelbourne 6TH
20 league games
Away
5
Overall
Goals: Scored
20
Conceded
20
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
6
Draw
9
Lost
5
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Sligo0 - 2Shelbourne
Galway1 - 1Shelbourne
Waterford2 - 2Shelbourne
St Patrick's0 - 1Shelbourne
Cork1 - 1Shelbourne
Bohemians1 - 0Shelbourne
Derry2 - 0Shelbourne
Shamrock2 - 2Shelbourne
Drogheda2 - 2Shelbourne
St Patrick's0 - 0Shelbourne
Sligo1 - 2Shelbourne
Galway1 - 1Shelbourne
Waterford0 - 1Shelbourne
Derry0 - 1Shelbourne
Shamrock2 - 0Shelbourne
Galway1 - 0Shelbourne
Bohemians1 - 1Shelbourne
Dundalk0 - 1Shelbourne
Sligo2 - 1Shelbourne
Drogheda1 - 1Shelbourne
Goals: Scored
25
Conceded
23
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
6
Draw
9
Lost
5
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HShelbourne2 - 2Bohemians
AShelbourne2 - 0Sligo
HShelbourne3 - 1Cork
AShelbourne1 - 1Galway
AShelbourne2 - 2Waterford
HShelbourne0 - 1Derry
AShelbourne1 - 0St Patrick's
HShelbourne1 - 2Shamrock
AShelbourne1 - 1Cork
HShelbourne3 - 2Sligo
HShelbourne0 - 0Drogheda
AShelbourne0 - 1Bohemians
HShelbourne2 - 1St Patrick's
HShelbourne0 - 1Waterford
AShelbourne0 - 2Derry
AShelbourne2 - 2Shamrock
HShelbourne2 - 2Galway
AShelbourne2 - 2Drogheda
HShelbourne1 - 0Bohemians
AShelbourne0 - 0St Patrick's
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
3
Drogheda have drawn with Shelbourne in 3 consecutive home league meetings
5
Shelbourne have not lost to Drogheda in 5 consecutive away league meetings
League games at Drogheda since 2022
Drogheda
Shelbourne
Goals: Scored
11
13
Games: Scored
6 / 7
7 / 7
Clean sheets
0 / 7
1 / 7
DRO
1
D
4
SHE
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Drogheda
Draw2 - 2Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw2 - 2Draw
2 - 4Shelbourne
Draw1 - 1Draw
Drogheda3 - 1
0 - 2Shelbourne
League games at Shelbourne since 2022
Shelbourne
Drogheda
Goals: Scored
13
5
Games: Scored
5 / 8
4 / 8
Clean sheets
4 / 8
3 / 8
DRO
1
D
3
SHE
4
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Shelbourne
Draw0 - 0Draw
0 - 1Drogheda
Shelbourne2 - 1
Draw1 - 1Draw
Shelbourne3 - 2
Draw0 - 0Draw
Shelbourne6 - 0
Shelbourne1 - 0
Goal Statistics

Goals have been a problem for Drogheda United FC of late. It has been 9 Premier Division games since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.1 suggests they'll have problems ending that run on Friday evening against Shelbourne FC.

Drogheda 5th Shelbourne 6th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.1
goals
0.9
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
33%
1
37%
2
20%
3
4+
There is a 70% probability that Drogheda will score no more than 1 goal
0
40%
1
37%
2
17%
3
4+
There is a 77% probability of Shelbourne scoring 1 goal or less
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+4
Drogheda’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-10
Shelbourne’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.4
average goals scored
1.0
average goals scored
0.8
conceded
1.0
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Premier Division - 2025/2025 season
Drogheda
PG (predicted goals)
Shelbourne
1.1
0.9
Attack rating
6%
better
DRO
SHE
view stats
Games scored20
19
Failed to score6
7
Scored first16
12
Goals scored30
32
Avg. goals scored1.1
1.2
Avg. shots per game7
9
Avg. shots per goal7
8
Conversion rate for15
13
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
+6%
Defence rating
24%
better
DRO
SHE
view stats
Games conceded14
20
Clean sheets12
6
Conceded first6
12
Goals conceded25
27
Avg. goals conceded0.9
1
Avg. shots/game conceded9
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded10
8
Conversion rate against10%
13%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
+24%

Drogheda v Shelbourne Premier Division lLine ups will show here when available.

Drogheda Premier Division squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
287310
C KeeleyW DavisS FarrellR Brennan
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
C Keeley DEF2852
6
-
C Kane DEF281
2
-
T Oluwa FWD2821
2
-
L Dennison GLK27
2
-
R Brennan MID2721
10
-
L Heeney MID2711
7
-
O Lambe DEF262
3
-
S Farrell MID2623
6
-
W Davis FWD2672
3
-
A Quinn DEF252
3
-
D Markey MID2531
4
-
J. Bolger DEF18
-
D James-Taylor FWD132
1
-
K Cruise DEF121
2
-
G Cooper DEF111
-
E Ahui DEF81
3
1
S. Bawa FWD8
1
-
A. Haper-Bailey DEF5
-
J Thomas FWD52
1
-
D. Kareem FWD51
1
-
B. Bosakani FWD5
-
P Doyle MID4
-
J O'Sullivan MID2
-
S. Brady MID2
2
-
J Brady GLK1
-
Shelbourne Premier Division squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
276512
K LedwidgeA OdubekoE CaffreyM Coyle
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
K Ledwidge DEF271
4
-
H Wood MID2754
4
-
E Chapman MID271
1
-
J Lunney MID2711
1
-
E Caffrey MID2635
2
-
A Odubeko FWD2663
2
-
J Norris DEF251
2
-
K McInroy MID252
2
-
J Martin FWD2451
5
-
C Kearns GLK23
-
M Coyle MID2311
11
1
A Coote MID234
1
1
S Gannon DEF181
8
-
S Boyd FWD1732
7
-
P Barrett DEF13
5
-
S Bone DEF121
3
-
J O'Sullivan MID12
2
-
T Wilson DEF112
3
-
D Kelly FWD111
2
-
L Temple DEF6
1
-
L Healy GLK3
-
W. Speel GLK2
-
S Moore FWD2
1
-
M. Mbeng DEF1
-