Shelbourne vs Dundalk Predictions

• Shelbourne have three wins in their last four games.
• Dundalk have scored in six of their last eight road games.
• Shelbourne have conceded in four of their last six games.

Improving Dundalk face the leaders

Shelbourne lead the way in Ireland’s Premier Division but they may not have it all their own way when they entertain Dundalk on Friday.

The visitors sit in the drop zone but a return of seven points from their last four games has seen them move off the bottom of the table.

Shelbourne have won 10 of their 20 games, losing just three, and should be expected to win here but Dundalk can make a game of it and a home win with both teams to score looks a reasonable play here.

Shelbourne have the best defence in the division but they have shown a few signs of weakness at the back recently and have conceded in four of their last six games.

Meanwhile, Dundalk have scored in six of their last eight trips, hitting eight goals in total during that run, and they managed a consolation strike when they last visited this venue in March as they slipped to a 2-1 loss.

A repeat of that 2-1 win for Shelbourne is the correct score prediction as the Shels have scored exactly two goals in two of their last three fixtures.