2018
| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shamrock Rovers | 15 | W1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5/15 | 3-10 |
| Limerick | 15 | L1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6/15 | 5-12 |
Computed over each team's finished games before kickoff — see the Games column for the sample behind each row.
Aggregated from 3 finished meetings (2013-06-14 – 2018-06-15) in the GioScore fixtures corpus.
| Date | Home | Score | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-06-15 | Limerick | 0-2 | Shamrock Rovers |
| 2018-03-19 | Limerick | 0-1 | Shamrock Rovers |
| 2013-06-14 | Shamrock Rovers | 1-0 | Limerick |
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shamrock Rovers | 3 | 36 | 62 | 30 | WDWWL | 2 | +1 |
| Limerick | 9 | 36 | 27 | -50 | WLLLL | 8 | +1 |
Form rank = league-wide rank by points from the last 5 league games; "Form vs pos" > 0 means over-performing the table.
Figures computed from the GioScore results database · data cutoff: kickoff 2018-09-14
On the table this was a mismatch: Shamrock Rovers (3rd, 62 pts) held a 35-point advantage over Limerick (9th, 27 pts). Against a league average of 1.39 goals per team per game, Shamrock Rovers ran at 1.58 scored and 0.75 conceded, Limerick at 0.69 and 2.08.
The venue was Tallaght Stadium in Dublin, with room for 5,500 spectators. On the scoreboard, Shamrock Rovers led 4-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 5-0.
