Bohemians secured a big win last week to move above champions Dundalk and into 2nd place in the table, this still leaves the Dublin side six points behind leaders Shamrock Rovers with The Lilywhites now eight points off the place and having lost almost as many games as they did in the whole of last season.
It’s another full programme this weekend with Rovers guaranteed to retain their lead as they seek to win their first title since 2011.
The full fixture this for the SSE Airtricity Premier Division is as follows: –
Dundalk v Waterford (Friday 14th August at 17:45)
Cork City v Sligo Rovers (Friday 14th August at 19:45)
Finn Harps v Bohemians (Saturday 15th August at 14:00)
Shelbourne v Derry City (Saturday 15th August at 17:00)
St. Patrick’s Athletic v Shamrock Rovers (Sunday 16th August at 17:00)
The full Premier Division table currently stands as: –
| Pos | Club | Pl | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | PTS |
| 1 | Shamrock Rovers | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 14 | 21 |
| 2 | Bohemians | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 15 |
| 3 | Dundalk | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 13 |
| 4 | St. Patrick’s Athletic | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| 5 | Waterford | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 10 |
| 6 | Shelbourne | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 9 |
| 7 | Derry City | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 7 |
| 8 | Sligo Rovers | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 6 |
| 9 | Finn Harps | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | -9 | 4 |
| 10 | Cork City | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 12 | -11 | 4 |
In our prediction league Liam still leads the way after picking up eight points last week, correctly predicting 2-1 and 2-0 wins for Bohemians and St. Pat’s respectively and also backing Sligo and Rovers.
Also scoring high were Rodney and Cameron who both scored six points to move further up the table.
The current standings are: –
| 1. Liam (Irish Cancer Society) | 31 |
| 2. Richard (The National Autistic Society) | 23 |
| 3. Bryan (Children’s Cancer Unit at Royal Victoria Hospital)/Rodney (Marie Curie Cancer Care) | 22 |
| 5. Darren (Cancer Research UK) | 21 |
| 6. Cameron (Prostate Cancer UK) | 19 |
| 7. Adrian (Alzheimer’s Society) | 18 |
| 8. Keith (North-West Hospice) | 17 |
As usual our writer’s will get three points for predicting a result correctly and a point for predicting the correct outcome in a game. Rodney goes first this week.
Rodney
Dundalk 2-0 Waterford
Cork City 2-1 Sligo Rovers
Finn Harps 1-2 Bohemians
Shelbourne 1-1 Derry City
St. Patrick’s Athletic 1-3 Shamrock Rovers
Liam
Dundalk 1-0 Waterford
Cork City 0-1 Sligo Rovers
Finn Harps 0-2 Bohemians
Shelbourne 1-1 Derry City
St. Patrick’s Athletic 0-2 Shamrock Rovers
Richard
Dundalk 1-0 Waterford
Cork City 0-0 Sligo Rovers
Finn Harps 1-1 Bohemians
Shelbourne 0-3 Derry City
St. Patrick’s Athletic 1-2 Shamrock Rovers
Adrian
Dundalk 3-0 Waterford
Cork City 1-0 Sligo Rovers
Finn Harps 1-2 Bohemians
Shelbourne 0-1 Derry City
St. Patrick’s Athletic 1-1 Shamrock Rovers
Keith
Dundalk 1-1 Waterford
Cork City 1-3 Sligo Rovers
Finn Harps 0-2 Bohemians
Shelbourne 1-2 Derry City
St. Patrick’s Athletic 2-1 Shamrock Rovers
Darren
Dundalk 3-0 Waterford
Cork City 1-2 Sligo Rovers
Finn Harps 0-2 Bohemians
Shelbourne 0-1 Derry City
St. Patrick’s Athletic 1-1 Shamrock Rovers
Cameron
Dundalk 2-0 Waterford
Cork City 1-1 Sligo Rovers
Finn Harps 0-3 Bohemians
Shelbourne 2-1 Derry City
St. Patrick’s Athletic 0-3 Shamrock Rovers
Bryan
Dundalk 3-0 Waterford
Cork City 0-1 Sligo Rovers
Finn Harps 0-3 Bohemians
Shelbourne 1-1 Derry City
St. Patrick’s Athletic 0-2 Shamrock Rovers
There is also a full First Division fixture this weekend with the following games kicking off tonight (Friday 14th August 2020) at 19:45 unless otherwise stated: –
Athlone Town v Drogheda United
Bray Wanderers v U.C.D.
Cabinteely v Cobh Ramblers
Galway United v Longford Town
Shamrock Rovers II v Wexford (Saturday 15th August at 15:00)
The First Division table is: –
| Pos | Club | Pl | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | PTS |
| 1 | Cabinteely | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| 2 | Drogheda United | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 10 |
| 3 | Longford Town | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | U.C.D. | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 8 |
| 5 | Bray Wanderers | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | Wexford | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | Cobh Ramblers | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 5 |
| 8 | Galway United | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 4 |
| 9 | Shamrock Rovers II | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 2 |
| 10 | Athlone Town | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -7 | 1 |
