Shamrock Rovers vs TNS Predictions

• Shamrock have won their last five games.
• Rovers have three clean sheets in their last six at home.
• TNS have lost three of their last four European trips.

TNS looking to follow up historic win

Welsh outfit TNS made history in the last round of Conference League fixtures with a 2-0 home win over Kazakhstan’s Astana, and now face a tricky trip to Shamrock Rovers in Dublin.

Shamrock come into the game after domestic disappointment after their Premier Division dominance was ended by Shelbourne at the weekend, but they have enough quality to respond here.

The Hoops won at Northern Ireland’s Larne in the last round of games and are on a five-game winning streak. TNS are also in fine form, but this is a step up from their usual level of opposition and they have found results hard to come by on the road in Europe – losing three of their last four trips including qualifiers.

A home win looks a strong play for our main bet as Shamrock won nine of their 18 home games in Ireland’s top tier, losing just three, and can avoid an upset.

TNS can keep things respectable, however, and a 2-0 Shamrock win is the correct score prediction. The visitors managed to restrict Italy’s Fiorentina to just two goals earlier in the league phase, while Shamrock have scored exactly twice in each of their last two home games.