The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Derry City are in the 6th position while the guesting St Patrick's worry at 8th.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
1 - 3 - 7 with 9-21. 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.
Derry City form and stats
2-1-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier Division numbers at home for Derry City so far this season.
Derry drew their last game, 0-0 away at Finn Harps (placed 9th). A Europa League defeat was the result before that one, 2-3 away at Trakai (after extra-time).
This is expected to be a close game, with Derry City perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Derry City as a small favourite), we find three games. Derry City has won one of these, drawn zero and lost two.
Derry has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. On the other hand, Derry have conceded 6 goals.
St Patrick's form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier Division travels is 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats. Patrick's seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
St Patrick's aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 422 league minutes without a goal. G. Kelly was the last player to find the net.
Patrick's played 0-0 against Sligo Rovers in their previous match. Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting Waterford United's place.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by Patrick's in our archives, and the results are: two wins for St Patrick's, zero draws and four defeats.
The attacking power of St Patrick's when travelling is not overwhelming with 3 goals scored from 5 league matches away. St Patrick's have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: St Patrick's - Derry City 0-2. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Derry City won five games, one match ended with a draw and St Patrick's has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / fourTop Goalscorers
  W. Capango Figueira 3 goals | J. Akintunde 2 goals |  G. Kelly 2 goals |
Derry City missing players
St Patrick's missing players
| Derry City | St Patrick's | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 11 | 7 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 82% |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 55% |
| 30% | 40% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 20% | 9% |
| 10% | 20% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 60% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 20% | 9% |
| 30% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 20% | 45% |
| 30% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 60% | 64% |
| 3.7 | 4.8 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.4 | 4.9 |
| 4.3 | 3 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.4 | 3.5 |
| 1.8 | 2.2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.4 | 2.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 101 | 66 | 33 | Total Shots | T S | 22 | 49 | 103 |
| 34 | 19 | 11 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 12 | 31 |
| 32% | 37% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 25% | 19% |
- All of Derry City's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Derry City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Derry City have scored at least twice as many goals at home as St Patrick's have scored away.
- Derry City have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Derry City haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- St Patrick's has the fewest scored goals in the second half (1) in Premier Division
- St Patrick's have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- St Patrick's have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- St Patrick's haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 17 | 29 |
| 2 | Bohemians | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 21 |
| 3 | Dundalk | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 20 |
| 4 | Waterford United | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 17 |
| 5 | Sligo Rovers | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 16 |
| 6 | Derry City | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 7 | Shelbourne | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 12 |
| 8 | St Patrick's | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 12 |
| 9 | Finn Harps | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -11 | 8 |
| 10 | Cork City | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 14 | -13 | 8 |