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- Bohemians have the most dropped points from leading position (25) in Premier Division
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Bohemians form and stats
The overall Premier Division statistics at home this season for Bohemians are 4-4-4 (wins-draws-losses).
Bohemians's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus St Patrick's (placed 4th).
In the game before, a strong away win at Lucan United. A FAI Cup match.
Bohemians are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 12 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 16 goals have been conceded.
St Patrick's form and stats
As the visiting team in Premier Division matches, St Patrick's have produced an overall stat of 5-3-4 so far. Momentum is building for St Patrick's in their away games, having won their two previous outings.
Two trips in a row for Patrick's, whose coach Clancy could celebrate last time after the win against Bohemians.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus UCD at their stadium, the result 2-1.The visiting St Patrick's have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 17 goals from 12 games. It's not easy to score on Patrick's as they have only conceded 10 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
This isn't the first time these parties get together this campaign, as the statistics show this recent fixture: St Patrick's - Bohemians 3-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - three - three (Bohemians wins - draws - St Patrick's wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  E. Doyle 11 goals |  L. Burt 5 goals | J. Ogedi-Uzokwe 4 goals |
Bohemians missing players
St Patrick's missing players
| Bohemians | St Patrick's | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 13 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 13 | 27 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 33 | 17 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 18 | 37 |
| 34 | 17 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 10 | 23 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 93% |
| 70% | 69% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 62% | 70% |
| 44% | 54% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 46% | 48% |
| 26% | 31% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 15% | 11% |
| 7% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 63% | 62% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 38% | 41% |
| 19% | 23% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 38% | 44% |
| 19% | 15% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 31% | 22% |
| 5.8 | 5.7 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 4.1 | 4.2 |
| 4 | 3.3 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.4 | 5.3 |
| 1.8 | 1.9 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.2 | 1.5 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 9.2 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 8 | 9.4 |
| 3.7 | 3.7 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.9 | 3.5 |
| 33% | 35% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 47% | 39% |
| 8.6 | 6.8 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17 | 9.2 | 9 |
| 3.7 | 3.4 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
- Bohemians have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Bohemians have the most dropped points from leading position (25) in Premier Division
- Bohemians haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 41 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 26 | 56 |
| 2 | Dundalk | 27 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 37 | 20 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 17 | 49 |
| 3 | Derry City | 26 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 42 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 18 | 46 |
| 4 | St Patrick's | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 36 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 42 |
| 5 | Sligo Rovers | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 35 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 4 | 35 |
| 6 | Bohemians | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 33 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 0 | 33 |
| 7 | Shelbourne | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 25 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 15 | -7 | 32 |
| 8 | Drogheda United | 28 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 29 | 43 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 25 | -14 | 31 |
| 9 | Finn Harps | 27 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 26 | 49 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 29 | -23 | 18 |
| 10 | UCD | 27 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 53 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 31 | -34 | 16 |
