A swift glance at the Premier Division table suggest an edge to St Patrick's when they visit Drogheda United. However; let's play the match before we elect a winner!
- Drogheda United haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- St Patrick's is in the best form (5-0-1) in Premier Division
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.
Drogheda United form and stats
Drogheda United's results here at United Park in the Premier Division have been very modest with 2 victories, 2 draws and 5 defeats.
Drogheda faced defeat in their previous match, away at Shelbourne (2-3).
Preceding that match was a defeat to Cork City (0-1).The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Drogheda United here at United Park in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (7 from 9 games). On the other hand, Drogheda have conceded 11 goals.
St Patrick's form and stats
5-1-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for St Patrick's in their Premier Division matches away. The fact that St Patrick's have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.
Patrick's are travelling after their nice 4-1 home win in the game against Derry City (placed 2nd).
Before that one, a nice away victory 3-1 at UCD.St Patrick's are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 18 times in 10 away games so far.
Head 2 Head
The 5 most recent fixtures involving these sides have all finished as St Patrick's victories. More of the same or streak broken?St Patrick's - Drogheda 3-0 was the result in these squads' last head to head match, earlier this season.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Forrester 9 goals |   F. Draper 8 goals | M. Doyle 5 goals |
Drogheda United missing players
St Patrick's missing players
| Drogheda United | St Patrick's | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 18 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 7 | 18 | 36 |
| 26 | 11 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 20 | 28 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 63% | 56% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 90% | 85% |
| 37% | 22% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 80% | 65% |
| 26% | 22% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 70% | 45% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 40% | 25% |
| 53% | 44% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 70% | 50% |
| 21% | 11% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 10% | 25% |
| 32% | 44% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 25% |
| 6.2 | 7.3 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 5.7 | 5.5 |
| 4.7 | 3.8 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.7 | 5.5 | 5.7 |
| 2.5 | 2.7 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.7 | 2.2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 13.2 | 17 | 16.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.3 | 12.1 | 12.4 |
| 3.1 | 3.6 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 4.1 | 4.3 |
| 31% | 22% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 44% | 42% |
| 12.6 | 10.9 | 16 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.7 | 12.8 | 11.7 |
| 3.7 | 3.2 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.8 | 3.8 |
- Drogheda United haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- St Patrick's have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- St Patrick's have scored at least twice as many goals away as Drogheda United have scored home.
- St Patrick's have the fewest dropped points from leading position (3) in Premier Division
- St Patrick's have the most matches over the total-line (13) in Premier Division
- St Patrick's haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- St Patrick's is in the best form (5-0-1) 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 | Shamrock Rovers | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 40 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 22 | 39 |
| 2 | Derry City | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 35 |
| 3 | St Patrick's | 20 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 36 | 28 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 8 | 35 |
| 4 | Bohemians | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 33 |
| 5 | Shelbourne | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 29 |
| 6 | Dundalk | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 29 |
| 7 | Sligo Rovers | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -7 | 22 |
| 8 | Cork City | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 34 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 22 | -11 | 21 |
| 9 | Drogheda United | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -8 | 20 |
| 10 | UCD | 19 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 45 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 28 | -34 | 6 |
