Week 28 brings us a match on Aug 21st where Shamrock Rovers and Dundalk will play a match in Dublin in a meeting of these two evenly matched Premier Division teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 16 degrees, which is great football weather. Shamrock Rovers sits at 1st place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Derry City. Derry City had 11 on net, and Shamrock Rovers had 8, but no one could beat the goalie, and the game ended in a 0-0 draw,. With 20 points in their last 10 matches Shamrock Rovers should be reasonably happy with their performance, while 2nd placed Dundalk is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Bohemians. Tadhg Ryan scored the first goal for Dundalk on an own goal in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed Bohemians couldn’t manage to score, and Dundalk took the shutout win. With 21 points in their last 10 matches Dundalk should be reasonably happy with their performance.
In their last match together, in Oriel Park, Dundalk won by a score of 1 to 0. Robbie Benson struck first for Dundalk in the 80th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Shamrock Rovers was frustrated by Dundalk’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Dundalk ended the match with the shutout victory.
Dundalk hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last five matches are Kelly and Steven Bradley, and they each have 1 goal. Shamrock Rovers’s most prolific scorer has been Emakhu. He has netted three goals over the last five matches.