SHAMROCK ROVERS v DROGHEDA UNITED
Friday 23rd June 2017 – Kickoff: 2000hrs
Football – Ireland – Premier Division Betting Tips
Fourth placed Shamrock Rovers have a great opportunity to move into the Europa League places in the Irish Premier Division on Friday night when they take on relegation threatened Drogheda United at their Tallaght Stadium.
Shamrock are just one point shy of the european places ahead of this clash, and they head into this encounter having suffered just one defeat from their last five matches, which was unsurprisingly, a 4-1 loss away at runaway league leaders, Cork City.
Shamrock Rovers have bounced back well though from that heavy defeat as they’ve chalked up wins over Bray Wanderers and Finn Harps along with a draw against St Patricks Athletic, and they possess a pretty strong home record of 6-2-2 15/9 which includes a seven match unbeaten run.
Visitors Drogheda United currently occupy one of the relegation spots at the bottom of the Irish Premier Division ahead of this difficult looking trip to Shamrock, and they come into this clash on the back of a heavy 6-0 thrashing at home to Dundalk last time out at their Hunky Dorys Park.
Drogheda are suffering a dire run of form right now as they’ve now gone eight matches without a win, and this poor run of results includes failing to score in each of their last six Premier Division matches on the trot.
Drogheda’s away record stands at a below average 2-1-6 5/19 and they’ve conceded 2 goals or more on six occasions on their travels so far this season.
This last statistic leads me to believe that Shamrock Rovers can cover the -1 asian handicap here and take all three points.
Pick: Shamrock Rovers AH-1 @ 1.61 Bet Victor
