Only a few games have been played in the Premier Division so far, with Dundalk placed 2nd and St Patrick's sitting in the 4th position.
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.
1-2-7 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for St Patrick's when playing away games on artifical turf, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has grass). Their goal statistics from those ten matches are 8-20 (scored/conceded).
Dundalk form and stats
As mentioned below, Dundalk are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 Premier Division games.
A strong away win for Dundalk against Finn Harps the last match. Prior to that, an away loss at Shamrock Rovers.
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Dundalk played a great game against Finn Harps and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
Dundalk has scored 4 goals so far and conceded 0 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
St Patrick's form and stats
St Patrick's are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Premier Division, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).
St Patrick's had fun at their own home (Oriel Park) last time out, beating Cork City 1-0. A 0-1 defeat away at Shelbourne before that.
A new game in only three days for St Patrick's, the Premier Division home match versus Derry City. Busy days.
2 goals so far away for St Patrick's, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Dundalk won six, St Patrick's won one and three draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
 P. Hoban 5 goals | J. Flores 2 goals | M. Duffy 2 goals |
Dundalk missing players
St Patrick's missing players
| Dundalk | St Patrick's | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 80% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 60% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 6.2 | 7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.5 | 5 |
| 3.2 | 2.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4 | 2.5 |
| 2.2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 58 | 33 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 13 | 42 |
| 27 | 14 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 4 | 14 |
| 44% | 29% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 21% |
- Dundalk has the fewest conceded goals (0) at home
- Dundalk has the fewest matches under the total-line (1)
- Dundalk has the most matches over the total-line (3)
- Dundalk has the most scored goals in the first half (6)
| Dundalk | Last season | St Patrick's | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 27 | 16 | Won | W | 7 | 14 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 6 | 12 | ||
| 73 | 43 | Scored | S | 16 | 29 | ||
| 18 | 8 | Conceded | C | 19 | 35 | ||
| 97% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 89% | ||
| 69% | 72% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 61% | 56% | ||
| 53% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 28% | 25% | ||
| 25% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 11% | 8% | ||
| 8% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 31% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 39% | 33% | ||
| 64% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 28% | 36% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 39% | 42% | ||
| 6.8 | 7.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.9 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 4.1 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.9 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 423 | 244 | Total Shots | T S | 163 | 372 | ||
| 174 | 100 | Shots on Target | S O | 68 | 139 | ||
| 37% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 19% | ||
| 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 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 12 |
| 2 | Dundalk | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| 3 | Bohemians | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | St Patrick's | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Shelbourne | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 6 |
| 6 | Waterford United | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 6 |
| 7 | Derry City | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | Finn Harps | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 4 |
| 9 | Cork City | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | -10 | 3 |
| 10 | Sligo Rovers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 0 |