Week 19 brings us a match on Jun 27th where St Patrick’s will play host to Shamrock Rovers in a meeting of these two Premier Division teams in the ever popular Dublin derby. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 15 degrees, which is great football weather. St Patrick’s sits at 4th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-1 win against UCD. Eoin Doyle scored the first goal for St Patrick’s in the 50th minute, then Eoin Doyle added another in the 72nd minute on a penalty kick. With 17 points in their last 10 matches St Patrick’s should be reasonably happy with their performance, while shamrock Rovers is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Dundalk. Robbie Benson scored the first goal for Dundalk in the 80th 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 Dundalk took the shutout win. Shamrock Rovers is on a hot streak lately, with only 2 loss in their last 10 matches.
St Patrick’s and Shamrock Rovers last played eachother at the Waterford Regional Sports Centre on the 15th of April. Shamrock Rovers was victorious by a score of 1 to 0. Rory Gaffney scored the first goal for Shamrock Rovers in the 51st minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed St Patrick’s couldn’t manage to score, and Shamrock Rovers took the shutout win.
For Shamrock Rovers, their top scorers are Daniel Mandroiu and Rory Gaffney, each having 2 goals in their last 5 matches. St Patrick’s’s most prolific scorer has been Tunde Owolabi. The attacker has netted three goals over the last 5 matches.