This is shaping up to be another intriguing skirmish at The Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium in the Premier Division. Derry City is in 3rd place and receive St Patrick's in 1st position. Read all about the fixture here!
- Derry City have not yet lost a game.
- St Patrick's have the most scored goals (9) in Premier Division
2 - 4 - 3 with 11-12. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for St Patrick's when playing on artifical turf like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. St Patrick's play their home games on grass so that's why we provide these numbers.
It's no vacation for neither Derry City nor St Patrick's as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Derry City form and stats
Derry City have collected seven points from their first three Premier Division games here at The Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium, a promising start.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Derry, as their goalkeeper Brian Philip Maher has completely shut out the opponents for 288 minutes in the Premier Division.
A nice win for Derry City last time playing, versus Drogheda United. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0 with McGonigle (2) scoring for the victors.
Before that match, a win away at Shelbourne.The Derry City fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 4 in 3 matches. Defensively Derry have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (1 in 3 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
St Patrick's form and stats
It's gone fairly well in the Premier Division away games so far for St Patrick's with six points collected from three matches.
The St Patrick's goalkeeper Joseph Anang is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 311 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Doyle and Doyle scored in Patrick's's previous match, the home game against UCD that ended 2-0.
Prior to that result St Patrick's won their away game at Finn Harps. The scoreline was 2-0.Patrick's are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 5 times in 3 away games so far. St Patrick's are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 1 away goal have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
Derry City-St Patrick's H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Derry City three wins, St Patrick's four wins, three draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The games between these clubs have sometimes been a bit wild, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten duels.Top Goalscorers
  J. McGonigle 4 goals |  E. Doyle 3 goals |  J. Thomson 1 goals |
Derry City missing players
St Patrick's missing players
| Derry City | St Patrick's | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 80% | 67% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 67% |
| 40% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 60% | 67% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 67% | 67% |
| 20% | 33% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 4.4 | 4.3 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 3.2 |
| 4.2 | 3 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 5.5 |
| 0.6 | 0.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.4 | 10.7 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 7.7 | 9.8 |
| 4.8 | 5.3 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 4.2 |
| 29% | 25% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 56% | 36% |
| 5.8 | 5 | 5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 10.3 | 10.7 |
| 3.2 | 2.3 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 4.8 |
- Derry City have not yet lost a game.
- Derry City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- St Patrick's have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- St Patrick's have the most clean sheets (4) in Premier Division
- St Patrick's have the most scored goals (9) in Premier Division
- St Patrick's have the most scored goals in the second half (7) in Premier Division
- St Patrick's haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- St Patrick's is in the best form (4-0-2) in Premier Division
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | St Patrick's | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 2 | Sligo Rovers | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 3 | Derry City | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 4 | Shamrock Rovers | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 5 | Dundalk | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 6 | Bohemians | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | Shelbourne | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -2 | 6 |
| 8 | Drogheda United | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -7 | 3 |
| 9 | Finn Harps | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -7 | 2 |
| 10 | UCD | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -7 | 2 |
