Trying to decrease the distance up to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table teams duel. Both will be aiming to better their league status, Dundalk in 4th and Bohemians in 6th place.
- Dundalk have not yet lost a game at home.
- Bohemians have the most dropped points from leading position (15) in Premier Division
1 - 3 - 1 with 4-4. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Bohemians when playing on artifical turf like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Bohemians play their home games on grass so that's why we provide these numbers.
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.
Dundalk form and stats
17 points is a decent return from 7 Premier Division games here at Oriel Park for Dundalk. The data says 5 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses. After failing to beat Shamrock Rovers here at Oriel Park, Dundalk has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.
Dundalk drew their last game, 2-2 away at UCD (placed 10th). Opportunity lost for Dundalk in the UCD match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw.
Before that game, the 4-1 home victory against Drogheda United.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Dundalk handle that role? We have found 7 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
Dundalk can score goals in their home matches. After 7 league matches they have found the net 15 times. Dundalk are not conceding a lot of goals here at Oriel Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 7 matches.
Bohemians form and stats
As the visiting team in Premier Division matches, Bohemians have produced an overall stat of 2-4-1 so far.
Bohemians are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Derry City (placed 2nd).
Prior to that match, a home win 3-0 against UCD.Bohemians find the net regularly in their away games. 9 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far).
Head 2 Head
The latest reported meeting involving both these sides is the Bohemians - Dundalk 2-2 played previously this season. Head to head data (for the last ten meetings): Dundalk won two games, three matches ended with a tie and Bohemians have five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / threeTop Goalscorers
  P. Hoban 6 goals |   P. Omochere 5 goals |  S. Bradley 4 goals |
Dundalk missing players
Bohemians missing players
| Dundalk | Bohemians | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| 5 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 20 | 15 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 9 | 20 |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 16 |
| 79% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 64% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 71% | 79% |
| 50% | 71% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 14% | 43% |
| 29% | 29% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 29% |
| 7% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 7% |
| 50% | 57% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 71% | 71% |
| 36% | 43% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 14% | 21% |
| 36% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 7% |
| 4.6 | 5.4 | 1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 5.7 | 6.1 |
| 4.4 | 3.7 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 3.9 | 3.4 |
| 2.1 | 1.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10.1 | 11.7 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 10.3 | 9.7 |
| 4.7 | 5.9 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
| 30% | 37% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 36% | 37% |
| 9.6 | 9.3 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 9.9 | 8.6 |
| 3.6 | 3.3 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 4 | 3.9 |
- Bohemians have the most dropped points from leading position (15) in Premier Division
- Bohemians haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Dundalk have not yet lost a game at home.
- Dundalk have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Dundalk have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
| 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 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 33 |
| 2 | Derry City | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 18 | 32 |
| 3 | St Patrick's | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 24 |
| 4 | Dundalk | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 22 |
| 5 | Sligo Rovers | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 20 |
| 6 | Bohemians | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 19 |
| 7 | Shelbourne | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | -8 | 15 |
| 8 | Drogheda United | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | -12 | 13 |
| 9 | Finn Harps | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -12 | 10 |
| 10 | UCD | 14 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 23 | -23 | 5 |
