Shamrock Rovers vs Waterford United Predictions

Goals on the cards at Tallaght Stadium

Waterford’s recent matches have often seen goals at both ends and that looks set to continue in their game against Shamrock Rovers at Tallaght Stadium on Friday. The hosts have scored two or more goals in 14 of their 23 league games this season.

Shamrock Rovers are top of the league, with 13 wins from their 23 games this season, while Waterford are eighth, having won eight times.

Shamrock Rovers have recorded 17 victories in the last 18 Premier Division head-to-heads with Waterford and have won eight of their last nine home games against them. Waterford, who have failed to win five of their last six league games, have five wins and five defeats in their 12 games against top-half teams this season.

Waterford’s 2-2 draw with Shelbourne in their last Premier Division game kept up their recent trend of matches with both teams scoring.

Both teams have had their defensive struggles of late. It’s four games since Shamrock Rovers last kept a clean sheet, while Waterford have conceded 34 goals this season in the Premier Division – an average of 1.62 goals per game.

Both teams have scored in seven of the last nine Premier Division meetings between Shamrock Rovers and Waterford, with BTTS a winning bet by half time when they last met in the league last month. This has also been a winning bet in four of Shamrock Rovers’ last six games.

A 3-1 home win for Shamrock Rovers is an attractive correct-score bet. 

Over 3.5 goals has been a winning bet in six of Waterford’s 21 Premier Division games this season, and the hosts have run out two-goal winners on the last two occasions they’ve faced these opponents in the league.

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Edited by Mark Langdon