Match Report
1 points and 1 places separated them: Derry City 6th with 34, Shelbourne 5th with 35. Per game in the league, Derry City were scoring 1.41 and conceding 1.38, Shelbourne 1.37 and 1.44, against a competition average of 1.38 goals per team per game.
Derry City's winless run stood at 5. Shelbourne had not lost in 5 games. Derry City had banked 4 of the last 15 points on offer; Shelbourne, 11.
16 meetings are on record — 6 won by Derry City, 4 by Shelbourne, 6 drawn, at 1.69 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 19% of the wins in this fixture. Historically tight: 25% of the meetings went beyond two goals.
Brandywell Stadium, capacity 2,000, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-0 the final score.
Key stats
Possession: Derry City 72% · Shelbourne 28% · Total shots: 10-2 · On target: 1-0 · Corners: 4-4