Shelbourne FC 1-2 St. Patrick's Athletic result, 9 Aug 2026

The story of the match

St. Patrick's Athletic took the lead on 7 minutes thanks to A. Olusanya, set up by A. Keena. St. Patrick's Athletic extended their lead to 2-0 on 34 minutes thanks to J. Brown. It was Shelbourne FC 0-2 St. Patrick's Athletic at half-time.

Shelbourne FC pulled one back to make it 1-2 in the 70th minute through J. Norris, set up by M. Mbeng. Shelbourne FC were a man down from the 77th minute, when R. Freitas was sent off.

The statistics

Booked for Shelbourne FC: A. Coote (10'), R. Freitas (47'), R. Freitas (77') and O. Casey (82'). St. Patrick's Athletic's yellow cards went to A. Olusanya in the 12th minute, J. Lennon in the 81st minute, R. Sheridan in the 92nd minute and R. Edmondson in the 96th minute.

Ratings and substitutions

Behind him, J. Brown at 7.8, J. Henry-Francis at 7.2 and A. Olusanya at 7.2 were next in the ScoreMondo ratings. Shelbourne FC made 5 changes: J. Lunney for J. Henry-Francis (46'), S. Moore for A. Coote (46'), P. Barrett for S. Bone (71') and K. Ledwidge for J. Norris (71'). From the St. Patrick's Athletic bench came R. Edmondson on 59 minutes, R. Sheridan on 66 minutes, B. Baggley on 76 minutes and A. Breslin on 76 minutes.

The context

In 11 previous meetings, Shelbourne FC have won 6, St. Patrick's Athletic 3, and 2 have been drawn. When they last met, on 15 May 2026, Shelbourne FC won 1-0. There have been 24 goals in the 11 meetings, 2.2 a game. R. Hennessey was the referee, averaging 4.8 yellow cards per match across 21 matches in our records.