National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Bohemians or St Patrick's that keep their silverware dream alive.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
Bohemians form and stats
Bohemians participated in FAI Cup the last season, where they reached the quarter-finals.Bohemians have collected 31 points from their Premier Division home games so far after 9-4-5. 4W-0D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the FAI Cup for Bohemians. Bohemians has recorded two wins in a row here at Aviva Stadium, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
The home team returns to Aviva Stadium after being equal after 90 minutes with Sligo Rovers on their last time out; the Premier Division game ended 1-1. The hometeam coach K. Long made a successful contribution in the game against Sligo Rovers, bringing on G. Kelly who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw.
Before that game, the 3-1 home victory against Shamrock Rovers.This is expected to be a close game, with Bohemians perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Bohemians as a small favourite), we find six games. Bohemians has won four of these, drawn zero and lost two.
The Bohemians manager K. Long has got the team scoring with 38 from 18 home games in the league. On the other hand, Bohemians have conceded 22 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
St Patrick's form and stats
They also participated in FAI Cup last season. This ended in the 1st round.6-6-6 is the win-draw-loss statistic for St Patrick's in their Premier Division matches away. When we have look at the FAI Cup statistics, we find 3W-1D-0L. This is both home and away.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Waterford United in their previous outing. The Premier Division match ended in a draw 0-0.
Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against Finn Harps in the Premier Division.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by St Patrick's in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Patrick's, zero draws and five defeats.
The visiting Patrick's have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 26 goals from 18 games. 24 goals have been conceded by Patrick's in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head to head totals (for the last ten meetings): Bohemians won five games, three matches ended with a tie and St Patrick's managed two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  G. Kelly 21 goals |  M. Smith 11 goals | L. Burt 9 goals |
Bohemians missing players
St Patrick's missing players
| Bohemians | St Patrick's | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Won | W | 3 | 13 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 45 | 25 | Scored | S | 15 | 46 | ||
| 28 | 13 | Conceded | C | 16 | 29 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 76% | ||
| 60% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 45% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 24% | ||
| 68% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 20% | ||
| 4.2 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.7 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 4.3 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 5 | ||
| 11.6 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.1 | 9.2 | ||
| 4.7 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.6 | ||
| 38% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 50% | ||
| 8 | 7.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.5 | 7.2 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Shamrock Rovers | 36 | 24 | 6 | 6 | 59 | 28 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 32 | 13 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 15 | 31 | 78 |
| 2 | St Patrick's | 36 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 56 | 42 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 14 | 62 |
| 3 | Sligo Rovers | 36 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 43 | 32 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 11 | 57 |
| 4 | Derry City | 36 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 49 | 42 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 26 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 22 | 7 | 54 |
| 5 | Bohemians | 36 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 60 | 46 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 38 | 22 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 24 | 14 | 52 |
| 6 | Dundalk | 36 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 44 | 46 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 24 | -2 | 48 |
| 7 | Drogheda United | 36 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 45 | 43 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 17 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 26 | 2 | 44 |
| 8 | Finn Harps | 36 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 44 | 52 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 22 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 30 | -8 | 44 |
| 9 | Waterford United | 36 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 36 | 56 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 29 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 27 | -20 | 42 |
| 10 | Longford Town | 36 | 2 | 9 | 25 | 22 | 71 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 32 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 39 | -49 | 15 |