Happy home supporters, the away team runs away as victors or a score draw? It's all up in the air when the mid-table sides Drogheda United and St Patrick's battle at United Park.
- Drogheda United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- St Patrick's have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It's no vacation for neither Drogheda United 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.
Drogheda United form and stats
1-1-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier Division numbers at home for Drogheda United so far this season. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Drogheda United, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
Drogheda's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus St Patrick's (placed 6th).
In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Derry City.Drogheda United aren't scoring a lot here at United Park in the league, with only {2 goals} from 3 games. From these home matches, Drogheda United have conceded only 2 goals.
St Patrick's form and stats
The Premier Division season is young and St Patrick's have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 2 defeats so far.
Patrick's have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Dean Lyness. It's been 216 minutes since they last conceded in Premier Division.
St Patrick's play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Drogheda United (placed 4th).
Before that, St Patrick's secured a home win against Cork City with the score 4-0.{3 goals} so far away for St Patrick's, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 9. All from 3 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
St Patrick's have put together a streak of 6 consecutive matches without defeat (5-1-0) when facing Drogheda United.Top Goalscorers
  C. Forrester 3 goals |  J. Mulraney 3 goals |  E. Doyle 2 goals |
Drogheda United missing players
St Patrick's missing players
| Drogheda United | St Patrick's | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 14 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 10 | 13 |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 44% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 11% |
| 44% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 44% |
| 44% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 22% |
| 7.8 | 9.5 | 12 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 4.5 | 4.7 |
| 5.1 | 5.8 | 11 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 10 | 4.2 | 5 |
| 2.4 | 2.5 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | 2.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13.6 | 17.8 | 20 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 10.2 | 11.4 |
| 2.6 | 3 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.8 | 4.4 |
| 30% | 25% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 33% | 35% |
| 12 | 10.8 | 20 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 24 | 13.2 | 11.4 |
| 2.9 | 2.8 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 4.2 | 3.4 |
- All of St Patrick's's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Drogheda United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Drogheda United have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Drogheda United haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- St Patrick's have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- 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.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bohemians | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 21 |
| 2 | Derry City | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 15 |
| 3 | Sligo Rovers | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| 4 | Drogheda United | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 12 |
| 5 | Shamrock Rovers | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| 6 | St Patrick's | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 11 |
| 7 | Dundalk | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| 8 | Shelbourne | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 9 |
| 9 | Cork City | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 9 |
| 10 | UCD | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | -16 | 2 |
