Shamrock Rovers perform at a high level so far being 1st in the table. St Patrick's can look both up and down from their 6th position.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Shamrock and St Patrick's.
This is a local derby, usually meaning added tension and importance.
Shamrock Rovers form and stats
Home games in the Premier Division have been a walk in the park for Shamrock Rovers so far, with 19 points won from 7 matches; 6 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of five straight victories regardless of arena. There’s a good atmosphere here at Tallaght Stadium after three straight home wins.
The Shamrock goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 293 minutes without conceding a goal in the Premier Division.
Before that game, the 4-0 home victory against Sligo Rovers.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Shamrock as they are travelling to their away game against Shelbourne in the Premier Division. That match is four days after this one.
With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Shamrock is on fire here. A stunning 23 from 7 league matches. From these home matches, Shamrock have conceded only 4 goals.
St Patrick's form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for St Patrick's so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-4 (win-draw-lose).
A quick return to home after this game, as Patrick's are hosting Bohemians in the Premier Division only four days away.
The attacking power of Patrick's when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 8 league matches away. 11 goals have been conceded by Patrick's in these games.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: St Patrick's - Shamrock 0-0. Shamrock Rovers-St Patrick's H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Shamrock six wins, St Patrick's two wins, two draws. one of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  J. Byrne 8 goals |  G. Burke 7 goals |  A. Greene 5 goals |
Shamrock Rovers missing players
St Patrick's missing players
| Shamrock Rovers | St Patrick's | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 42 | 23 | 10 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 11 | 15 |
| 88% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 81% |
| 75% | 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 62% |
| 62% | 71% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 38% | 19% |
| 50% | 71% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 6% |
| 31% | 43% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 6% |
| 38% | 43% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 38% | 25% |
| 62% | 57% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 44% |
| 12% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 189 | 101 | 31 | Total Shots | T S | 22 | 66 | 135 |
| 84 | 48 | 18 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 20 | 45 |
| 50% | 48% | 56% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 35% | 29% |
- Shamrock Rovers has the fewest conceded goals (10) in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers has the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers has the most clean sheets (10) in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers has the most points (19) at home in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers has the most points from losing position (6) in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers has the most scored goals (23) at home in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers has the most scored goals (42) in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers has the most scored goals in the first half (23) in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers has the most scored goals in the second half (19) in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers has the the best goal difference (+19) at home in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers has the the best goal difference (+32) in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers have not yet lost a game at home.
- Shamrock Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Shamrock Rovers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Shamrock Rovers have scored more than double the goals of St Patrick's.
- Shamrock Rovers is in the best form (5-0-1)
- St Patrick's has the fewest scored goals in the second half (4) in Premier Division
- St Patrick's have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 42 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 32 | 41 |
| 2 | Bohemians | 17 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 34 |
| 3 | Dundalk | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 29 |
| 4 | Waterford United | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -4 | 24 |
| 5 | Sligo Rovers | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 12 | -6 | 22 |
| 6 | St Patrick's | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -2 | 20 |
| 7 | Derry City | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 19 |
| 8 | Shelbourne | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -7 | 19 |
| 9 | Finn Harps | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -10 | 17 |
| 10 | Cork City | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 20 | -20 | 10 |