📊 Form Guide
Shamrock Rovers WDWWWL
Shamrock Rovers will be hoping to return to winning ways here following a 2-0 Premier Division loss in their previous game against Bohemian FC.
In that match, Shamrock Rovers had 59% possession and 12 shots on goal with 2 on target. For their opponents, Bohemian FC got 18 attempts at goal with 6 on target. Dayle Rooney (2') and James Clarke (40') scored for Bohemian FC.
It’s not been often in recent times where Shamrock Rovers haven’t conceded. The reality is that Shamrock Rovers have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 matches, leaking 6 goals on the way.
Waterford LDDLWD
In their last fixture, Waterford drew 2-2 in the Premier Division match with Shelbourne.
In that match, Waterford managed 41% possession and 6 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. For Waterford, goals were scored by Grant Horton (8') and Pádraig Amond (48'). For their opponents, Shelbourne got 21 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. Harry Wood (3', 49') was the scorer for Shelbourne.
The stats don’t lie, and Waterford have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing opposing sides hit 9 goals in total. At the back, Waterford could really do with shoring things up. Let’s see if that trend can be continued on in this game.
Leading up to this clash, Waterford:
- haven't beaten Shamrock Rovers when they have played them away from home in the previous 2 matches in the league.
- haven’t won away from home in the past 2 matches in the league.
🤜🤛 Head to head
An examination of their most recent head to head clashes going back to 01/04/2024 shows that Shamrock Rovers have won 5 of these games and Waterford 1, with the number of drawn results standing at 0.
A combined total of 19 goals were scored between them in these games, with 12 from The Hoops and 7 being from The Blues. The average goals per game has been 3.17.
The previous league contest featuring these sides was Premier Division match day 16 on 16/05/2025 which finished with the scoreline of Waterford 1-3 Shamrock Rovers.
In that game, Waterford had 57% possession and 9 shots on goal with 1 on target. Their only player to score was Pádraig Amond (10').
At the other end, Shamrock Rovers got 12 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. Rory Gaffney (25'), Michael Noonan (76') and Graham Burke (93') scored.
The match was refereed by Aaron O'Dowd.
🗞️ Team News: Shamrock Rovers
It looks as if The Hoops will possibly make use of the 5-3-2 system for this one with Edward McGinty, Danny Grant, Josh Honohan, Lee Grace, Roberto Lopes, Daniel Cleary, Matthew Healy, Aaron McEneff, Jack Byrne, Graham Burke and Aaron Greene.
ℹ️ Team News: Waterford
From a largely available group of players, there is only the one fitness problem for the Waterford manager John Coleman to contend with. Matty Smith (Knee injury) misses out for this game.
We are inclined to think that The Blues seem likely to make use of a 4-3-1-2 formation, giving starts to Stephen McMullan, Grant Horton, Darragh Leahy, Jesse Dempsey, Ryan Burke, Sam Glenfield, James Olayinka, Rowan McDonald, Andrew Boyle, Padraig Amond and Tom Lonergan.
🧠 Prediction
It’s likely that Waterford will have to play really well to be putting goals past a Shamrock Rovers lineup who will likely do really well if they play to their full potential.
We think that it’s going to be a very comprehensive 3-0 win for Shamrock Rovers at the end of the game.