Since our last set of predictions, there has been a huge change at the foot of the table as U.C.D. have picked up four points in games between Derry City and Bohemians respective, hauling themselves off the foot of the table and three points clear of Finn Harps.
In a further boost, U.C.D.’s 1-0 win over Bohemians has been converted to a 3-0 win in the students favor when it was discovered that the Bohs had played an ineligible player. With things so tight at the bottom this boost to U.C.D.’s goal difference could make all the difference come the end of the season.
With just three matches last week and two shock results it was a low scoring week last week for our panel with no dramatic changes to the leaderboard, which you can see below:-
| 1: Darren | 74 |
| 2: Cameron | 70 |
| 3: Bryan | 65 |
| 4: Rodney/Liam | 63 |
| 6: Keith O’D | 58 |
| 7: Adrian | 47 |
This week there are four fixtures taking place, one of the more intriguing fixtures takes place tonight when Waterford welcome Finn Harps to the Regional Sports Centre. Waterford need to start getting some wins on the board before they find themselves getting sucked closer to the bottom two and Finn Harps have a chance to move level on points with U.C.D., at least until they play on Sunday.
The full fixture list for this week is as follows, all games kick off tonight at 19:45 unless otherwise stated:-
Derry City v Sligo Rovers
Waterford v Finn Harps (tonight at 20:00)
Bohemians v St. Patrick’s Athletic (Sunday at 15:00)
Shamrock Rovers v U.C.D. (Sunday at 16:00)
Here is the full Premier Division league table:-
| Pos | Club | Pl | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | PTS |
| 1 | Dundalk | 24 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 46 | 13 | 33 | 56 |
| 2 | Shamrock Rovers | 24 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 35 | 15 | 20 | 48 |
| 3 | Bohemians | 25 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 20 | 7 | 42 |
| 4 | Derry City | 24 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 36 | 24 | 12 | 37 |
| 5 | St. Patrick’s Athletic | 25 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 22 | -1 | 37 |
| 6 | Sligo Rovers | 25 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 25 | 30 | -5 | 31 |
| 7 | Cork City | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 29 | -10 | 26 |
| 8 | Waterford | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 28 | 33 | -5 | 24 |
| 9 | U.C.D. | 24 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 18 | 40 | -22 | 17 |
| 10 | Finn Harps | 25 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 49 | -29 | 14 |
As always our team get three points for the correct outcome in a fixture and a point for the correct result. Keith kicks things off this week.
Keith
Derry City 0-2 Sligo Rovers
Waterford 2-1 Finn Harps
Bohemians 1-1 St. Patrick’s Athletic
Shamrock Rovers 1-0 U.C.D.
Liam
Derry City 0-0 Sligo Rovers
Waterford 1-0 Finn Harps
Bohemians 2-2 St. Patrick’s Athletic
Shamrock Rovers 3-1 U.C.D.
Adrian
Derry City 2-0 Sligo Rovers
Waterford 2- 0 Finn Harps
Bohemians 2-1 St. Patrick’s Athletic
Shamrock Rovers 3-0 U.C.D.
Bryan
Derry City 1-0 Sligo Rovers
Waterford 1-1 Finn Harps
Bohemians 2-1 St. Patrick’s Athletic
Shamrock Rovers 2-0 U.C.D.
Cameron
Derry City 2-1 Sligo Rovers
Waterford 2-0 Finn Harps
Bohemians 3-1 St. Patrick’s Athletic
Shamrock Rovers 4-0 U.C.D.
Darren
Derry City 2-0 Sligo Rovers
Waterford 1-0 Finn Harps
Bohemians 1-0 St Patrick’s
Shamrock Rovers 2-0 U.C.D.
There is also plenty of First Division matches this week with the following games kicking off tonight at 19:45 unless otherwise stated:-
Athlone Town v Shelbourne
Cabinteely v Longford Town
Galway United v Bray Wanderers
Limerick v Drogheda United
Cobh Ramblers v Wexford (Saturday at 19:00)
| Pos | Club | Pl | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | PTS |
| 1 | Shelbourne | 20 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 14 | 17 | 44 |
| 2 | Longford Town | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 15 | 11 | 39 |
| 3 | Drogheda United | 20 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 42 | 27 | 15 | 38 |
| 4 | Cabinteely | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 24 | 4 | 36 |
| 5 | Limerick | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 32 |
| 6 | Bray Wanderers | 20 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 31 |
| 7 | Cobh Ramblers | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 26 | 33 | -7 | 22 |
| 8 | Athlone Town | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 24 | 43 | -19 | 16 |
| 9 | Galway United | 20 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 20 | 28 | -8 | 15 |
| 10 | Wexford | 20 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 40 | -24 | 10 |
