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

Fri 18th Apr, 19:45 BST, United Park (Drogheda), Drogheda

Friday evening at the United Park (Drogheda), and it’s a Premier Division clash between Drogheda United FC and Shelbourne FC. Kevin Doherty and Damien Duff going all-out to guide their side to victory. All statistics, including an in-depth look at the form of both sides and head to head (H2H) history, will update as you browse each of the seventeen betting markets using the tabs below. Odds from leading bookmakers and, of course, KickOff's predictions will too.


Best Tip: Under 2.5 goals

It's not the news we want to be reporting, but we don't predict a high-scoring affair here. The stats suggest Drogheda and Shelbourne both can struggle to find the net on occasion, and the odds are leaning towards there being fewer than 2 goals in total as they go head-to-head. We think they're probably right and, in the absence of obvious outright winners to back, under 2.5 goals seems a good bet.

In-Play
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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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Drogheda
39%
7/4-
Draw
30%
19/10-
Shelbourne
31%
6/4-
Drogheda 1-0
14%
6/1-
Draw 1-1
13%
5/1-
Draw 0-0
13%
11/2-
Shelbourne 1-0
12%
11/2-
Drogheda 2-0
8%
11/1-
Drogheda 2-1
7%
11/1-
Shelbourne 2-1
7%
10/1-
Shelbourne 2-0
6%
10/1-
Draw 2-2
4%
18/1-
Drogheda 3-0
3%
28/1-
Drogheda 3-1
3%
28/1-
Shelbourne 3-1
2%
25/1-
Shelbourne 3-0
2%
25/1-
Drogheda 3-2
1%
40/1-
Shelbourne 3-2
1%
40/1-
Over 2.5 Goals
34%
8/5-
Under 2.5 Goals
66%
19/40-
Home 1st Goal
48%
5/4-
Away 1st Goal
44%
10/11-
No 1st Goal
9%
11/2-
BTTS - Yes
42%
11/10-
BTTS - No
58%
4/6-
BTTS - Home Win
13%
13/2-
BTTS - Draw
18%
15/4-
BTTS - Away Win
11%
11/2-
Home/draw
69%
4/9-
Away/draw
61%
4/11-
Home/away
70%
4/11-
Over 1.5 Goals
62%
1/2-
Under 1.5 Goals
38%
6/4-
Over 3.5 Goals
16%
9/2-
Under 3.5 Goals
84%
1/7-
Over 4.5 Goals
6%
12/1-
Under 4.5 Goals
94%
1/25-
Over 5.5 Goals
2%
25/1-
Under 5.5 Goals
98%
1/100-
Over 0.5 Goals
88%
1/10
1%
-
Under 0.5 Goals
13%
6/1
8%
-
Home DNB
60%
10/11-
Away DNB
52%
4/5-
Drogheda win to nil
25%
3/1-
Shelbourne win to nil
20%
11/4-
Drogheda / Drogheda
16%
4/1-
Drogheda / Shelbourne
2%
33/1-
Drogheda / Draw
6%
14/1-
Draw / Drogheda
14%
5/1-
Draw / Shelbourne
15%
9/2-
Draw / Draw
21%
3/1-
Shelbourne / Drogheda
2%
33/1-
Shelbourne / Shelbourne
18%
7/2-
Shelbourne / Draw
6%
14/1-
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Win / draw / win Premier Division table

Drogheda have played 9 matches so far this season and lay in 1st place in the Premier Division league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 9 games against teams below in the table, having won 5, drawn 3 and lost 1 match. They have kept 5 clean sheets and have failed to score in 1 fixture. Drogheda have outscored their opponents by 13 goals to 10 goals.

Home League Performance

Drogheda have played 4 games at home winning 2, drawing 1 and losing 1 game. They have scored 7 goals, kept 2 clean sheets and conceded 3 goals at home.

Shelbourne are in 5th position in the Premier Division on 16 points having played 9 matches so far this season. Shelbourne are winless in the 4 games they have played against teams above them in the table and have conceded in 3 of those games. Shelbourne are unbeaten away after 4 games and have kept 2 clean sheets in those matches.

Away League Performance

zero of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 2 goals and kept 2 clean sheets. They have scored 4 goals in total and failed to score in 1 fixture.

Performance against teams above them in the league

4 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 1 games, drawn 3 and won zero. Shelbourne have conceded 3 goals, scored 2, failed to score in 2 fixtures and have kept 1 clean sheet.

Won
Draw
Lost
Drogheda
Shelbourne
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Drogheda H9818 
-
-
-
-
l
 
0-1A
Apr 18
May 19
Sep 12
2
St Patrick's9717 
Apr 21
d
 
0-00-0
Aug 22
Jun 13
May 9
d
 
0-00-0
Nov 1
Jun 16
3
Shamrock9617 
l
 
1-2F
May 9
Jun 16
Aug 29
d
 
1-1F
Apr 25
Jun 13
Aug 22
4
Galway9416 
d
 
1-1F
Apr 25
Jul 4
Oct 24
Apr 21
d
 
1-1F
Aug 29
Jun 27
5
Shelbourne A9416 
Apr 18
w
 
0-1F
Sep 12
May 19
-
-
-
-
6
Derry9-411 
May 16
w
 
1-3A
Sep 26
Jun 27
w
 
3-1F
May 2
Jun 20
Sep 19
7
Bohemians9-39 
May 23
w
 
0-1F
Nov 1
Aug 1
w
 
1-0F
May 16
Aug 8
Oct 24
8
Waterford9-79 
w
 
2-0F
May 30
Aug 8
Oct 3
May 5
w
 
0-1F
Sep 26
Jun 23
9
Cork9-67 
May 5
d
 
1-1A
Oct 17
Jun 23
d
 
1-1A
May 30
Jul 4
Oct 3
10
Sligo9-94 
w
 
3-0F
May 2
Jun 20
Sep 20
May 23
w
 
1-2F
Oct 17
Aug 2
Win / draw / win form
5
Shelbourne have not lost in 5 consecutive away league games
Drogheda 1ST
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
32
Conceded
19
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
7
Draw
9
L
4
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Drogheda2 - 0Waterford
Drogheda1 - 2Shamrock
Drogheda1 - 1Galway
Drogheda3 - 0Sligo
Drogheda0 - 0Dundalk
Drogheda0 - 1Shamrock
Drogheda2 - 1Derry
Drogheda0 - 0Galway
Drogheda7 - 0Sligo
Drogheda2 - 2Bohemians
Drogheda2 - 0Waterford
Drogheda1 - 1Shelbourne
Drogheda0 - 0St Patrick's
Drogheda0 - 2Shamrock
Drogheda2 - 3Galway
Drogheda2 - 1Dundalk
Drogheda3 - 1Sligo
Drogheda2 - 2Derry
Drogheda2 - 2Shelbourne
Drogheda0 - 0St Patrick's
Goals: Scored
28
Conceded
16
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
10 / 20
Clean sheets
10 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
8
Draw
8
L
4
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ADrogheda3 - 1Derry
HDrogheda2 - 0Waterford
ADrogheda1 - 1Cork
HDrogheda1 - 2Shamrock
ADrogheda1 - 0Shelbourne
ADrogheda1 - 0Bohemians
HDrogheda1 - 1Galway
HDrogheda3 - 0Sligo
ADrogheda0 - 0St Patrick's
HDrogheda0 - 0Dundalk
ADrogheda1 - 2Shelbourne
HDrogheda0 - 1Shamrock
ADrogheda0 - 0Waterford
HDrogheda2 - 1Derry
HDrogheda0 - 0Galway
ADrogheda1 - 0Bohemians
ADrogheda1 - 4St Patrick's
HDrogheda7 - 0Sligo
ADrogheda1 - 1Shamrock
HDrogheda2 - 2Bohemians
Shelbourne 5TH
20 league games
Away
5
Overall
Goals: Scored
21
Conceded
15
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
9
Draw
7
L
4
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
St Patrick's0 - 0Shelbourne
Sligo1 - 2Shelbourne
Galway1 - 1Shelbourne
Waterford0 - 1Shelbourne
Derry0 - 1Shelbourne
Shamrock2 - 0Shelbourne
Galway1 - 0Shelbourne
Bohemians1 - 1Shelbourne
Dundalk0 - 1Shelbourne
Sligo2 - 1Shelbourne
Drogheda1 - 1Shelbourne
Waterford0 - 1Shelbourne
Shamrock0 - 2Shelbourne
St Patrick's1 - 2Shelbourne
Derry1 - 1Shelbourne
Dundalk0 - 0Shelbourne
Galway1 - 0Shelbourne
Drogheda2 - 2Shelbourne
St Patrick's1 - 2Shelbourne
Bohemians0 - 2Shelbourne
Goals: Scored
22
Conceded
18
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
8
Draw
7
Lost
5
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HShelbourne1 - 0Bohemians
AShelbourne0 - 0St Patrick's
AShelbourne2 - 1Sligo
HShelbourne1 - 1Cork
HShelbourne0 - 1Drogheda
AShelbourne1 - 1Galway
HShelbourne1 - 1Shamrock
AShelbourne1 - 0Waterford
HShelbourne3 - 1Derry
AShelbourne1 - 0Derry
HShelbourne2 - 1Drogheda
HShelbourne3 - 1Waterford
AShelbourne0 - 2Shamrock
HShelbourne2 - 3St Patrick's
HShelbourne0 - 0Sligo
AShelbourne0 - 1Galway
AShelbourne1 - 1Bohemians
AShelbourne1 - 0Dundalk
HShelbourne1 - 1Bohemians
AShelbourne1 - 2Sligo
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Drogheda since 2022
Drogheda
Shelbourne
Goals: Scored
9
11
Games: Scored
5 / 6
6 / 6
Clean sheets
0 / 6
1 / 6
DRO
1
D
3
SHE
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Drogheda
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 / 7
4 / 7
Clean sheets
3 / 7
2 / 7
DRO
1
D
2
SHE
4
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Shelbourne
0 - 1Drogheda
Shelbourne2 - 1
Draw1 - 1Draw
Shelbourne3 - 2
Draw0 - 0Draw
Shelbourne6 - 0
Shelbourne1 - 0
Goal Statistics

Shelbourne FC's defensive record is very strong, D. Duff's men having conceded 1 or less in 11 consecutive Premier Division games. An underwhelming PG rating of 1.1 for Drogheda United FC makes sense in this context.

Drogheda 1st Shelbourne 5th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.1
goals
1.0
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
38%
1
37%
2
18%
3
4+
There is a 75% probability of Shelbourne scoring 1 goal or less
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+27
Drogheda have scored 27% more goals at home than predicted
-6
Shelbourne’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.6
average goals scored
1.1
average goals scored
1.0
conceded
0.8
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Premier Division - 2025/2025 season
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Drogheda
PG (predicted goals)
Shelbourne
1.1
1
Attack rating
21%
better
DRO
SHE
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Games scored8
7
Failed to score1
2
Scored first6
6
Goals scored13
10
Avg. goals scored1.4
1.1
Avg. shots per game8
10
Avg. shots per goal5
9
Conversion rate for18
11
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
+21%
Defence rating
20%
better
DRO
SHE
view stats
Games conceded4
6
Clean sheets5
3
Conceded first2
2
Goals conceded5
6
Avg. goals conceded0.6
0.7
Avg. shots/game conceded9
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded16
11
Conversion rate against6%
9%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
+20%

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
8313
L DennisonW DavisC KaneR Brennan
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
L Dennison GLK8
1
-
O Lambe DEF8
-
C Keeley DEF81
1
-
C Kane DEF81
1
-
R Brennan MID811
3
-
D Markey MID821
-
L Heeney MID811
-
W Davis MID831
2
-
S Farrell MID8
3
-
T Oluwa FWD811
-
A Quinn DEF71
-
S. Bawa MID6
1
-
G Cooper DEF4
-
K Cruise DEF3
1
-
J Thomas FWD21
-
A. Haper-Bailey DEF1
-
P Doyle MID1
-
Shelbourne Premier Division squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
8326
C KearnsE CaffreyS BoydS Boyd
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
C Kearns GLK8
-
K Ledwidge DEF8
-
K McInroy MID81
2
-
E Chapman MID8
-
E Caffrey MID83
-
M Coyle MID8
4
-
J Lunney MID8
-
J Martin FWD81
1
-
H Wood FWD811
1
-
A Odubeko FWD81
-
J Norris DEF71
2
-
A Coote MID7
-
S Boyd FWD722
6
-
P Barrett DEF6
1
-
S Gannon DEF4
1
-
L Temple DEF3
-
S Bone DEF3
-
R O'Kane FWD3
-
J O'Sullivan MID2
1
-
R Tulloch FWD2
1
-