In a weekend match in week 25, on Fri Jul 22nd, UCD and Shelbourne will play a match in Dublin in a meeting of these two closely matched Premier Division teams in the ever popular Dublin derby. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 16 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. UCD is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Sligo Rovers. Donal Higgins struck first for UCD in the 23rd minute, then Dara Keane added another in the 68th minute In the end, Sligo Rovers couldn’t muster any offence and UCD ran away with the shutout win. UCD looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10, while shelbourne sits at 7th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 3-1 win against Finn Harps. Molloy struck first for Shelbourne in the 14th minute, then Ethan Boyle got the equalizer for Finn Harps in the 19th minute on a feed from Regan Donelon. Shelbourne is looking for direction having 5 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Tolka Park, Shelbourne won by a score of 2 to 0. Sean Boyd scored the first goal for Shelbourne in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time on a penalty kick, then Jack Moylan added another in the 46th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed UCD couldn’t manage to score, and Shelbourne took the shutout win.
Molloy has been the most prolific scorer on Shelbourne in the last 5 matches with two goals. Alex Nolan and Tom Lonergan are the top scorers for UCD in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.




