Week 6 features a match on Mon Mar 14th, where Dundalk hosts Shamrock Rovers in a Premier Division match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 7 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. Dundalk sits at 2nd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Sligo Rovers. Neither Sligo Rovers nor Dundalk could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 10 and 7 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. Dundalk is looking for direction having 1 win and 0 losses in their last 10 matches, while 3rd placed Shamrock Rovers is fresh off their 0-1 loss against St Patrick’s. Chris Forrester struck first for St Patrick’s in the 54th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Shamrock Rovers couldn’t manage to score, and St Patrick’s took the shutout win. Shamrock Rovers is looking for direction having 2 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 2 wins each.
Graham Burke has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, the attacker has scored four goals for Shamrock Rovers. Dundalk is fortunate enough to have Steven Bradley in top form. In the last 5 matches the midfielder has scored 4 goals.