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

Fri 4th Sep, 19:45 BST, Tolka Park, Dublin

the Tolka Park crowd welcome Drogheda United FC's fans on Friday evening, as John Russell's Shelbourne FC face Kevin Doherty's team in the Premier Division. You'll find statistics supporting our top of below, but there are 16 other betting markets we're covering too. We aim to give you as full a picture as possible, with Premier Division performances and head-to-heads included, so that you feel able to make a well-informed bet. Finally, be sure to get the best odds from leading bookmakers.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Shelbourne 43%	-	-
Draw 24%	-	-
Drogheda 33%	-	-
Draw 1-1 11%	-	-
Shelbourne 2-1 9%	-	-
Drogheda 2-1 8%	-	-
Shelbourne 1-0 7%	-	-
Draw 2-2 6%	-	-
Drogheda 1-0 6%	-	-
Shelbourne 2-0 6%	-	-
Shelbourne 3-1 5%	-	-
Drogheda 2-0 5%	-	-
Draw 0-0 4%	-	-
Drogheda 3-1 4%	-	-
Shelbourne 3-2 4%	-	-
Shelbourne 3-0 3%	-	-
Drogheda 3-2 3%	-	-
Drogheda 3-0 2%	-	-
Over 2.5 Goals 61%	-	-
Under 2.5 Goals 39%	-	-
Home 1st Goal 50%	-	-
Away 1st Goal 47%	-	-
No 1st Goal 2%	-	-
BTTS - Yes 62%	-	-
BTTS - No 38%	-	-
BTTS - Home Win 24%	-	-
BTTS - Draw 19%	-	-
BTTS - Away Win 19%	-	-
Home/draw 67%	-	-
Away/draw 57%	-	-
Home/away 76%	-	-
Over 1.5 Goals 82%	-	-
Under 1.5 Goals 18%	-	-
Over 3.5 Goals 38%	-	-
Under 3.5 Goals 62%	-	-
Over 4.5 Goals 21%	-	-
Under 4.5 Goals 79%	-	-
Over 5.5 Goals 10%	-	-
Under 5.5 Goals 90%	-	-
Over 0.5 Goals 96%	-	-
Under 0.5 Goals 4%	-	-
Home DNB 60%	-	-
Away DNB 50%	-	-
Shelbourne win to nil 19%	-	-
Drogheda win to nil 14%	-	-

Win / draw / win Premier Division table

Shelbourne have played 26 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 14 games against teams below in the table, having won 4, drawn 7 and lost 3 matches. They have kept 3 clean sheets and have failed to score in 3 fixtures. Shelbourne have outscored their opponents by 36 goals to 31 goals.

Home League Performance

Shelbourne have played 14 games at home winning 3, drawing 5 and losing 6 games. They have scored 19 goals, kept 2 clean sheets and conceded 24 goals at home.

Drogheda are in 9th position in the Premier Division on 28 points having played 27 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

7 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 27 goals and kept 2 clean sheets. They have scored 17 goals in total and failed to score in 3 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

24 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 10 games, drawn 9 and won 5. Drogheda have conceded 39 goals, scored 27, failed to score in 7 fixtures and have kept 7 clean sheets.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Shelbourne Drogheda
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Shamrock	27	19	54	d 2-2F	l 3-2F	w 2-1F	-	d 0-00-0	l 4-1A	d 0-00-0	Oct 9
2	St Patrick's	27	20	47	l 2-3A	w 0-1F	l 1-2A	Oct 16	l 1-3A	l 4-1F	Aug 21	l 2-0A
3	Bohemians	27	11	44	d 0-00-0	d 2-2A	l 0-3A	Oct 23	d 0-00-0	l 2-1A	l 0-2A	Sep 18
4	Dundalk	27	1	37	l 2-3A	w 1-2F	w 2-1A	Sep 18	d 1-1A	d 1-1A	Aug 28	w 1-2A
5	Shelbourne	26	-2	34	-	-	-	-	l 1-2F	w 3-4A	d 2-2A	Sep 4
6	Derry	27	3	33	l 1-2A	w 1-2F	Sep 11	d 0-00-0	w 1-0F	d 2-2A	Oct 16	l 2-0A
7	Galway	26	-7	30	d 1-1A	Aug 28	d 1-1F	-	l 2-3F	w 0-1F	Oct 30	d 0-00-0
8	Waterford	27	-11	28	w 2-1F	d 1-1F	Oct 30	l 1-0A	w 2-0F	l 2-1F	d 3-3A	Oct 23
9	Drogheda	27	-12	28	l 3-4F	w 1-2A	Sep 4	d 2-2F	-	-	-	-
10	Sligo	27	-22	22	d 0-00-0	w 0-1F	Oct 9	d 2-2A	w 1-0F	l 2-1A	Sep 11	d 2-2F

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Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Shelbourne	1 - 2	St Patrick's
Shelbourne	2 - 1	Dundalk
Shelbourne	0 - 3	Bohemians
Shelbourne	2 - 1	Shamrock
Shelbourne	1 - 1	Galway
Shelbourne	2 - 1	Waterford
Shelbourne	0 - 0	Sligo
Shelbourne	3 - 4	Drogheda
Shelbourne	1 - 2	Derry
Shelbourne	2 - 3	Dundalk
Shelbourne	0 - 0	Bohemians
Shelbourne	2 - 2	Shamrock
Shelbourne	2 - 3	St Patrick's
Shelbourne	1 - 1	Galway
Shelbourne	0 - 0	St Patrick's
Shelbourne	3 - 1	Sligo
Shelbourne	2 - 1	Waterford
Shelbourne	1 - 0	Galway
Shelbourne	2 - 2	Bohemians
Shelbourne	3 - 1	Cork

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Shelbourne	1 - 2	St Patrick's
A	Shelbourne	0 - 1	Waterford
H	Shelbourne	2 - 1	Dundalk
A	Shelbourne	2 - 2	Sligo
H	Shelbourne	0 - 3	Bohemians
A	Shelbourne	2 - 2	Drogheda
H	Shelbourne	2 - 1	Shamrock
H	Shelbourne	1 - 1	Galway
A	Shelbourne	0 - 0	Derry
H	Shelbourne	2 - 1	Waterford
A	Shelbourne	1 - 0	St Patrick's
H	Shelbourne	0 - 0	Sligo
A	Shelbourne	2 - 2	Bohemians
A	Shelbourne	2 - 1	Dundalk
H	Shelbourne	3 - 4	Drogheda
H	Shelbourne	1 - 2	Derry
A	Shelbourne	2 - 3	Shamrock
H	Shelbourne	2 - 3	Dundalk
A	Shelbourne	1 - 0	Sligo
H	Shelbourne	0 - 0	Bohemians

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Galway	0 - 0	Drogheda
Sligo	2 - 2	Drogheda
Dundalk	1 - 2	Drogheda
Derry	2 - 0	Drogheda
St Patrick's	2 - 0	Drogheda
Waterford	2 - 1	Drogheda
Bohemians	2 - 1	Drogheda
Shamrock	4 - 1	Drogheda
Shelbourne	3 - 4	Drogheda
Derry	2 - 2	Drogheda
St Patrick's	4 - 1	Drogheda
Sligo	2 - 1	Drogheda
Dundalk	1 - 1	Drogheda
Galway	0 - 1	Drogheda
Galway	1 - 1	Drogheda
Waterford	2 - 0	Drogheda
Sligo	1 - 1	Drogheda
Shamrock	2 - 1	Drogheda
Bohemians	0 - 1	Drogheda
Derry	3 - 0	Drogheda

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Drogheda	0 - 0	Galway
H	Drogheda	0 - 0	Shamrock
A	Drogheda	2 - 2	Sligo
A	Drogheda	2 - 1	Dundalk
H	Drogheda	0 - 2	Bohemians
A	Drogheda	0 - 2	Derry
H	Drogheda	2 - 2	Shelbourne
A	Drogheda	0 - 2	St Patrick's
H	Drogheda	3 - 3	Waterford
H	Drogheda	1 - 1	Dundalk
A	Drogheda	1 - 2	Waterford
A	Drogheda	1 - 2	Bohemians
H	Drogheda	1 - 0	Derry
A	Drogheda	1 - 4	Shamrock
H	Drogheda	1 - 0	Sligo
A	Drogheda	4 - 3	Shelbourne
H	Drogheda	1 - 3	St Patrick's
H	Drogheda	2 - 3	Galway
H	Drogheda	0 - 0	Bohemians
A	Drogheda	2 - 2	Derry

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Shelbourne

Drogheda

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

6 / 9

5 / 9

Clean sheets

4 / 9

3 / 9

SHE

DRO

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Shelbourne
	3 - 4	Drogheda
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
	0 - 1	Drogheda
Shelbourne	2 - 1
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Shelbourne	3 - 2
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Shelbourne	6 - 0
Shelbourne	1 - 0

Drogheda

Shelbourne

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

9 / 10

10 / 10

Clean sheets

0 / 10

1 / 10

SHE

DRO

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Drogheda
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
	1 - 2	Shelbourne
Drogheda	2 - 1
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
	2 - 4	Shelbourne
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Drogheda	3 - 1
	0 - 2	Shelbourne

Goal Statistics

Drogheda United FC's fans will be hoping for goals on Friday evening, not least because Shelbourne FC have conceded in each of their last 8 Premier Division outings. A PG of 1.5 for K. Doherty's side suggests that run should continue.

	Shelbourne 5th	Drogheda 9th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.7 goals	1.5 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 19% 1 31% 2 26% 3 15% 4+ 9% There is a 81% probability that Shelbourne will score 1 or more goals	0 23% 1 34% 2 25% 3 12% 4+ There is a 77% probability that Drogheda will score 1 or more goals

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	=0 Shelbourne’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	-6 Drogheda’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.5 average goals scored	1.1 average goals scored
	1.5 conceded	1.8 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Premier Division - 2026/2026 season

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SHE

DRO

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Games scored	0		0
Failed to score	0		0
Scored first	0		0
Goals scored	0		0
Avg. goals scored	0		0
Avg. shots per game	0		0
Avg. shots per goal	0		0
Conversion rate for	0		0
Avg. XG for	0		0
KickOff rating		0%

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SHE

DRO

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Games conceded	0		0
Clean sheets	0		0
Conceded first	0		0
Goals conceded	0		0
Avg. goals conceded	0		0
Avg. shots/game conceded	0		0
Avg. shots/goal conceded	0		0
Conversion rate against	0%		0%
Avg. XG against	0		0
KickOff rating		0%

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

Shelbourne Premier Division squad statistics 2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
24	5	2	8
K Ledwidge	D Kelly	A Coote	D Kelly

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
K Ledwidge DEF	26		1	3 -
A Coote MID	23	2	2	4 -
E Caffrey MID	23	1		4 -
D Kelly FWD	23	5	2	8 -
R. Costa Freitas FWD	21		2	5 1
W Jarvis FWD	21	1	1	1 -
S Bone DEF	20	1	2	3 -
S Gannon DEF	19			6 -
J Henry-Francis MID	19	2	1	6 -
K McInroy MID	18	1	2	5 -
J Lunney MID	18			5 -
P Barrett DEF	17	2		7 -
M. Mbeng DEF	13		1	1 -
J Norris DEF	13	1	1	1 -
S Moore FWD	7			-
A Odubeko FWD	6	1	1	-
O Casey DEF	5			1 -
J. Roche DEF	3			1 -
E. Beach GLK	2			-
D. Ring FWD	1			-
J. Wuna FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
5	11	2	5
D Kelly	A Coote	A Coote	D Kelly

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
D Kelly FWD	5	10	2	5
A Coote MID	2	11	2	1
J Henry-Francis MID	2	4	1
P Barrett DEF	2	6		1
E Caffrey MID	1	4		3
W Jarvis FWD	1	2	1
S Bone DEF	1	1	2	1
K McInroy MID	1	6	2	3
J Norris DEF	1	1	1	2
A Odubeko FWD	1	4	1	1
K Ledwidge DEF		2	1	3
R. Costa Freitas FWD		9	2	4
S Gannon DEF		1
J Lunney MID		1
M. Mbeng DEF		1	1	2
S Moore FWD				1
O Casey DEF				1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1289	48	111
K Ledwidge	J Henry-Francis	J Henry-Francis

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
K Ledwidge DEF	1289	36	108
S Bone DEF	880	27	90
P Barrett DEF	821	11	75
K McInroy MID	728	25	59
J Henry-Francis MID	714	48	111
J Lunney MID	701	20	44
E Caffrey MID	643	23	55
A Coote MID	470	23	63
D Kelly FWD	415	28	83
S Gannon DEF	410	28	46
M. Mbeng DEF	386	12	50
J Norris DEF	335	15	32
W Jarvis FWD	283	23	56
O Casey DEF	259	5	27
R. Costa Freitas FWD	142	8	49
E. Beach GLK	56		1
S Moore FWD	55		7
A Odubeko FWD	46	2	18
J. Roche DEF	36	1	3
J. Wuna FWD	2

Drogheda Premier Division squad statistics 2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
27	9	5	8
E Agbaje	M Doyle	B Kavanagh	R Brennan

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
E Agbaje DEF	27	1		5 -
C Kane DEF	27		1	3 -
J. Godden MID	27	2	1	5 -
T Oluwa FWD	27	4	1	1 -
B Kavanagh MID	26	2	5	3 -
M Doyle FWD	26	9		5 -
C Keeley DEF	25	2	1	4 -
R Brennan MID	21	2	1	8 -
A Quinn DEF	19		1	-
L Burney DEF	18	1		5 -
L Dennison GLK	17			1 -
J. Bucknor DEF	17		1	2 -
W Davis FWD	17	3		-
J. Bolger DEF	16			3 -
E. O'Brien MID	16			1 -
K Cruise DEF	12		2	1 -
F Talley GLK	10			-
S Farrell MID	7	4		8 -
A Bates MID	3			1 -
K. Ancelin FWD	3		1	-
R. Markey FWD	1			-
D. Mare FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
9	19	5	7
M Doyle	M Doyle	B Kavanagh	B Kavanagh

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
M Doyle FWD	9	19		1
T Oluwa FWD	4	17	1	6
S Farrell MID	4	5
W Davis FWD	3	6		2
J. Godden MID	2	4	1	3
B Kavanagh MID	2	12	5	7
C Keeley DEF	2	8	1	3
R Brennan MID	2	4	1
E Agbaje DEF	1	2		1
L Burney DEF	1	6
C Kane DEF			1	3
A Quinn DEF		1	1	1
J. Bucknor DEF		1	1	1
E. O'Brien MID		1
K Cruise DEF			2	4
A Bates MID		1
K. Ancelin FWD		2	1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
760	51	173
B Kavanagh	E Agbaje	C Keeley

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
B Kavanagh MID	760	27	80
C Keeley DEF	702	22	173
C Kane DEF	696	31	92
E Agbaje DEF	689	51	160
L Dennison GLK	523		8
R Brennan MID	413	29	95
M Doyle FWD	407	41	133
A Quinn DEF	402	18	94
J. Godden MID	375	19	90
E. O'Brien MID	353	37	71
L Burney DEF	337	7	52
F Talley GLK	335		2
T Oluwa FWD	279	10	119
J. Bucknor DEF	243	15	51
J. Bolger DEF	225	15	58
W Davis FWD	155	24	57
K Cruise DEF	127	9	27
S Farrell MID	115	7	22
A Bates MID	62	6	9
K. Ancelin FWD	24	4	10
R. Markey FWD	2
D. Mare FWD	1	1	1