It has gone from a three-way tie at the top of the Premier Division to a two-way one following last weeks result, Sligo and Shamrock Rovers picked up wins to keep themselves ahead of the pack, but St. Pat’s had a 3-2 defeat against Bohemians, which sees them slip three points behind.
Here are the full results from last weekend’s fixtures: –
Drogheda United 3-1 Finn Harps
Derry City 2-0 Waterford
Bohemians 3-2 St. Patrick’s Athletic
Shamrock Rovers 3-1 Dundalk
Longford Town 0-1 Sligo Rovers
That left the full Premier Division looking like this: –
| Pos | Club | Pl | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | PTS |
| 1 | Shamrock Rovers | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 15 | 38 |
| 2 | Sligo Rovers | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 13 | 14 | 38 |
| 3 | St. Patrick’s Athletic | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 20 | 12 | 35 |
| 4 | Bohemians | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 33 | 22 | 11 | 30 |
| 5 | Drogheda United | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 22 | 11 | 29 |
| 6 | Derry City | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 23 | -2 | 25 |
| 7 | Dundalk | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 27 | -3 | 24 |
| 8 | Finn Harps | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 29 | -12 | 20 |
| 9 | Waterford | 19 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 13 | 39 | -26 | 13 |
| 10 | Longford Town | 19 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 33 | -20 | 9 |
St. Pat’s have a chance to get back on level terms with Sligo and Shamrock Rovers as neither of the top two are playing this weekend due to European games taking place earlier in the week, Alan Matthews side welcome Derry to Richmond Park with a win moving them back to at least level points with the top two and possibly even further up the league.
There is a significant game at the bottom of the table, Finn Harps host Waterford with the visitors currently occupying the relegation/promotion play-off spot and trial their opponents tonight by seven points. A defeat for Waterford could prove to big a gap to claw back at this stage while a win moves them to within four points of guaranteed safety.
Here are the full fixtures for this round of fixtures: –
Finn Harps v Waterford (Friday 9th July 2021 at 17:30)
St. Patrick’s Athletic v Derry City (Friday 9th July 2021 at 19:45)
Longford Town v Drogheda United (Saturday 10th July 2021 at 19:30)
In the First Division Shelbourne remain the only side in the top two divisions who are unbeaten at this stage of the season, they sit 11 points clear at the top.
Here are the full First Division results from last weekend: –
Bray Wanderers 2-1 Cobh Ramblers
Shelbourne 1-0 Cabinteely
Cork City 2-3 Treaty United
U.C.D. 0-2 Galway United
Wexford 4-4 Athlone Town
Here is the current First Division leaderboard: –
| Pos | Club | Pl | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | PTS |
| 1 | Shelbourne | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 11 | 19 | 36 |
| 2 | Galway United | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 25 |
| 2 | Treaty United | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 25 |
| 4 | U.C.D. | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 21 | 7 | 22 |
| 5 | Bray Wanderers | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 21 |
| 6 | Athlone Town | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 18 |
| 7 | Cabinteely | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 22 | -9 | 18 |
| 8 | Cobh Ramblers | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 25 | -11 | 14 |
| 9 | Cork City | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 17 | -2 | 12 |
| 10 | Wexford | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 32 | -21 | 4 |
There is a full First Division fixture list tonight (Friday 9th July 2021) with the following games all kicking off at 19:45: –
Cork City v Bray Wanderers
U.C.D. v Wexford
Cabinteely v Athlone Town
Treaty United v Shelbourne
Galway United v Cobh Ramblers
This week Liam is first up with his League of Ireland Premier Division predictions, as always it is three points for predicting a correct result and a point for predicting an outcome correctly.
Liam
Finn Harps 1-0 Waterford
St. Patrick’s Athletic 2-0 Derry City
Longford Town 0-2 Drogheda United
Adrian
Finn Harps 1-1 Waterford
St. Patrick’s Athletic 2-1 Derry City
Longford Town 1-2 Drogheda United
Cameron
Finn Harps 2-1 Waterford
St. Patrick’s Athletic 3-1 Derry City
Longford Town 0-2 Drogheda United
Richard
Finn Harps 3-1 Waterford
St. Patrick’s Athletic 2-3 Derry City
Longford Town 1-1 Drogheda United
Here is the current League of Ireland prediction league leaderboard: –
| 1. Liam | 31 |
| 2. Richard | 29 |
| 3. Rodney/Adrian | 23 |
| 5. Darren | 17 |
| 6. Cameron | 14 |
