Dundalk are positioned 3rd, while St Patrick's are hanging back 4 points behind in the league table. Can they shorten the gap?
- Dundalk have not yet lost a game at home.
- St Patrick's have the most scored goals in the second half (28) in Premier Division
The visiting St Patrick's played their last game only four days ago, a Premier Division match. That game was also an away game, at Shelbourne. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Dundalk form and stats
Dundalk are steadily winning Premier Division games and points here at Oriel Park. 11 wins, 4 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 15 games.
A nice win for Dundalk last time playing, versus Drogheda United. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0 with Hauge scoring for the victors.
Before that match, a defeat in the away fixture against Waterford United in the FAI Cup. The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Dundalk have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 6 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 2 and lost 2.
It should be considered that a peek at the 15 latest league games reveals that 12 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored).
A decent goal production from Dundalk in their home games so far, with 29 goals from 15 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Defensively Dundalk have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (7 in 15 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
St Patrick's form and stats
As the visiting team in Premier Division matches, St Patrick's have produced an overall stat of 7-4-4 so far.
St Patrick's are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 4-4 draw at Shelbourne (placed 7th). An inspired comeback made the scores level in St Patrick's's duel with Shelbourne. It looked bad at 2-4 but the team were not done and fought back to 4-4 after Doyle found the equalizer.
A 0-1 loss hosting Derry City before that.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with St Patrick's playing away and similar expectations, we found 9 relevant matches. Results were 2 St Patrick's wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
The travelling fans enjoy Patrick's's attacking play in away games, having scored 26 goals in 15 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
The fixture history shows this score when the squads faced each other earlier this season; St Patrick's - Dundalk 1-1. Last ten meetings with these teams: Dundalk won two, St Patrick's were winners in three and we saw five draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, eight matches with under 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  E. Doyle 13 goals |  P. Hoban 9 goals | D. Kelly 6 goals |
Dundalk missing players
St Patrick's missing players
| Dundalk | St Patrick's | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 15 | 31 |
| 15 | 11 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 7 | 15 |
| 11 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 44 | 29 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 26 | 47 |
| 23 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 15 | 30 |
| 84% | 87% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 93% | 94% |
| 61% | 73% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 73% | 74% |
| 45% | 53% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 53% | 52% |
| 19% | 20% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 27% | 16% |
| 6% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 3% |
| 39% | 40% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 47% | 45% |
| 48% | 60% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 33% | 39% |
| 29% | 13% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 27% | 23% |
| 5.1 | 5.5 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.7 | 3.9 | 4.2 |
| 4.1 | 3.7 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 10 | 5.6 | 5.2 |
| 2 | 1.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.9 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 10.5 | 11.3 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3.7 | 9 | 9.6 |
| 4 | 4.8 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0.7 | 3.5 | 3.7 |
| 35% | 40% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 50% | 41% |
| 9.2 | 8.5 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.3 | 10.2 | 9.5 |
| 3.5 | 2.7 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.7 | 3.8 |
- 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.
- St Patrick's have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- St Patrick's have the most scored goals (26) away in Premier Division
- St Patrick's have the most scored goals in the second half (28) 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 | 31 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 50 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 11 | 32 | 66 |
| 2 | Derry City | 31 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 49 | 24 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 25 | 61 |
| 3 | Dundalk | 31 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 44 | 23 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 21 | 56 |
| 4 | St Patrick's | 31 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 47 | 30 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 17 | 52 |
| 5 | Bohemians | 31 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 38 | 37 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 42 |
| 6 | Sligo Rovers | 31 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 40 | 38 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 18 | 2 | 41 |
| 7 | Shelbourne | 31 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 30 | 40 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 16 | -10 | 36 |
| 8 | Drogheda United | 31 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 29 | 49 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 29 | -20 | 31 |
| 9 | Finn Harps | 31 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 29 | 59 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 23 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 36 | -30 | 19 |
| 10 | UCD | 31 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 60 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 36 | -38 | 19 |
