Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for Dundalk - Bohemians!
Dundalk have less rest than Bohemians in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Premier Division game only three days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Cork City.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Bohemians have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 3-1-6 (win-draw-loss) from ten matches.
Dundalk form and stats
The story so far in the Premier Division for Dundalk, who have the most conceded goals (11) at home in Premier Division, at their home stadium (Oriel Park) is 4 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat.
Dundalk are confident in defense, having played 187 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
A good away victory last time out for Dundalk, who won 2-0 against Cork City (placed 10th). Preceding that game was the home draw versus Finn Harps that ended 0-0.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Dundalk have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found four games) they have won three times, drawn one and lost zero.
The Dundalk fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 13 goals in 8 league matches. Dundalk have conceded 11 in these home matches. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Bohemians form and stats
Bohemians's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Bohemians, who have the fewest conceded goals (9) in Premier Division, collect 15 points from their 7 away matches in the Premier Division. 5 victories and 0 draws have created these points (and only 2 defeats). The fact that Bohemians have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Bohemians are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
Impressive finishing from A. Wright (2) and D. Grant secured the home win 3-0 against Cork City in their previous game. Before that one, a nice away victory 3-1 at Shelbourne.
Bohemians are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, zero draws and one defeat. From a total of one match.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Bohemians have scored 8 goals in 7 league games away. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Bohemians are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 7 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Bohemians - Dundalk 2-1 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Dundalk seven wins, one draw and Bohemians two victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Hoban 9 goals |  A. Wright 7 goals | D. Grant 6 goals |
Dundalk missing players
Bohemians missing players
| Dundalk | Bohemians | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 25 | 13 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 21 |
| 20 | 11 | 6 | Conceded | C | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 93% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 86% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 43% | 67% |
| 71% | 62% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 14% | 27% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 7% |
| 21% | 25% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 57% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 14% | 20% |
| 36% | 38% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 57% | 53% |
| 14% | 25% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 29% | 27% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.4 | 0.6 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.4 | 2.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 143 | 81 | 27 | Total Shots | T S | 12 | 72 | 139 |
| 54 | 28 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 27 | 55 |
| 41% | 36% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 30% | 38% |
- Bohemians has the fewest conceded goals (4) away in Premier Division
- Bohemians has the fewest conceded goals (9) in Premier Division
- Bohemians have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Bohemians haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Dundalk has the fewest matches under the total-line (4) in Premier Division
- Dundalk has the most conceded goals (11) at home in Premier Division
- Dundalk has the most conceded goals in the first half (13) 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 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 30 | 38 |
| 2 | Bohemians | 15 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 33 |
| 3 | Dundalk | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 24 |
| 4 | Waterford United | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -5 | 20 |
| 5 | St Patrick's | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 19 |
| 6 | Sligo Rovers | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | -6 | 19 |
| 7 | Derry City | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 16 |
| 8 | Shelbourne | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -6 | 16 |
| 9 | Finn Harps | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -11 | 11 |
| 10 | Cork City | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 18 | -19 | 9 |