Matchday

UEFA Conference League 25/26, Playoff round · 21 Aug 2025

Shelbourne 3–1 Linfield

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Jul 2025; the outlined result is what happened.

Expected xG
0.8 – 0.7
Actual xG
–
Goals
3 – 1

Footybot saw it as open: Shelbourne 36%, the draw 36%, Linfield 29%.

No xG was recorded for this match, so only the result can be read.

Going in

Each side's last five results before this match.

Shelbourne

12 Aug 2025L 1–3v HNK Rijeka Europa League
6 Aug 2025W 2–1at HNK Rijeka Europa League
30 Jul 2025L 0–1at Qarabağ FK Champions League
23 Jul 2025L 0–3v Qarabağ FK Champions League
16 Jul 2025D 1–1at Linfield Champions League

Linfield

14 Aug 2025W 2–0v Víkingur Gøta Conference League
7 Aug 2025L 1–2at Víkingur Gøta Conference League
31 Jul 2025W 2–0v FK Žalgiris Conference League
24 Jul 2025D 0–0at FK Žalgiris Conference League
16 Jul 2025D 1–1v Shelbourne Champions League

Head to head

16 Jul 2025Linfield 1–1 Shelbourne Champions League
9 Jul 2025Shelbourne 1–0 Linfield Champions League

Shelbourne

No player stats recorded.

Linfield

No player stats recorded.