📏 Form Guide

Drogheda United

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Drogheda United will be looking to improve on their last outing here following a 4-1 Premier Division losing effort in their last game against St. Patrick's Athletic.

In that game, Drogheda United had 34% possession and 5 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. The scorer for Drogheda United was Thomas Oluwa (6'). St Patrick's Athletic got 24 attempts at goal with 8 on target. Ryan Edmondson (53'), Aidan Keena (65'), Kian Leavy (68') and Romal Palmer (82') scored for St. Patrick's Athletic.

Drogheda United haven’t had any problems with scoring, finding the back of the net in each and every one of their last 6 games.

They have claimed a sum of 7 during that time while seeing the number of goals scored against them stand at 9.

Ahead of this clash, Drogheda United have not beaten Shamrock Rovers in their last 10 league games.

Shamrock Rovers

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Shamrock Rovers will come into the clash after a 0-2 Premier Division win against Sligo Rovers in their last match.

In that match, Shamrock Rovers managed 46% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. For Shamrock Rovers, the goals were scored by Matt Healy (40') and Danny Grant (45'). On the other side, Sligo Rovers got 13 attempts on goal with 3 on target.

Stephen Bradley's Shamrock Rovers have turned their attacks into goals a total of 8 times throughout their latest six matches. The number of goals that have been scored against them during those same matches adds up to 6.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Shamrock Rovers:

• have not been beaten by Drogheda United when having played them away from home in the previous 7 league matches. Away fans have certainly had plenty to cheer about.
• have not been beaten in their last 2 away league matches.

👥 Head to head

An examination of their past head to head results going back to 18/10/2024 shows that these encounters have ended in disappointment for Drogheda United. They’ve not managed to come away with any wins whatsoever whereas Shamrock Rovers have simply been better than them, beating them in 83 per cent of those matches played.

A total of 15 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 4 of them for The Drogs and 11 being from The Hoops. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.5.

ℹ️ Team News: Drogheda United

We are thinking that The Drogs may well employ a 5-3-2 formation for this game, utilising Luke Dennison, Edwin Agbaje, Leo Burney, Conor Keeley, Andrew Quinn, Conor Kane, Shane Farrell, Jago Godden, Brandon Kavanagh, Thomas Oluwa and Mark Doyle.

📋 Team News: Shamrock Rovers

Shamrock Rovers manager Stephen Bradley has not got a full squad to pick from. Daniel Mandroiu (Cruciate ligament injury), Max Kovalevskis (unknown injury), Dan Cleary (unknown injury) and Rory Gaffney (unknown injury) are not ready for selection. Roberto Lopes is ineligible for this match because of suspension.

We reckon that The Hoops seem most likely to utilise a 5-3-2 lineup, going with Edward McGinty, Tunmise Sobowale, Lee Grace, Adam Matthews, Cory O'Sullivan, Danny Grant, Dylan Watts, Matthew Healy, Jack Byrne, Aaron Greene and John McGovern.

⚡ Prediction

Our thinking is that Drogheda United will have to play well to breach the defence of this Shamrock Rovers outfit who we reckon will win and very possibly keep a clean sheet.

We’re therefore tipping a very even contest with a 0-1 winning score for Shamrock Rovers at the end of the 90.

Hopefully it’s a good one.

Andre Moura, 08:06 16/03/2026