Match Report
5 points and 2 places separated them: Shelbourne 6th with 36, Dundalk 4th with 41. Scoring rates set the scale: Shelbourne 1.28 scored and 1.38 conceded per game, Dundalk 1.57 and 1.53, with the league averaging 1.37.
The sides have met 12 times in the GioScore results database: 7 wins for Shelbourne, 1 draw and 4 for Dundalk, at 2.67 goals per meeting. Expect goals on precedent — three or more in 67% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 58%. Recent editions have opened up: 3.8 goals per game across the last five meetings against 2.67 historically.
The match was played at Tolka Park (capacity 9,681). Shelbourne led 2-1 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 2-1.
Goal scorers
Shelbourne: Daniel Kelly (39'), Harry Wood (41') · Dundalk: John Ross Wilson (4')
Key stats
Possession: Shelbourne 45% · Dundalk 55% · Total shots: 8-14 · On target: 5-3 · Corners: 1-5