Another engrossing fixture in the Premier Division. Shamrock Rovers is in the 8th position from playing five fixtures. They receive St Patrick's who are placed 9th from five fixtures.
- Shamrock Rovers have the most dropped points from leading position (6) in Premier Division
- St Patrick's have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Premier Division
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
Shamrock Rovers have less rest than St Patrick's in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Leinster Senior Cup game only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Bray Wanderers.
Shamrock Rovers form and stats
The story so far in the Premier Division for Shamrock Rovers at their home stadium (Tallaght Stadium) is 0 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
The supporters are hoping that Shamrock Rovers will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Leinster Senior Cup fixture against Bray Wanderers.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Shelbourne (after extra-time) that finished 0-0.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Shamrock's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 4 games, won 3 matches, drawn 1 and lost 0.
At Tallaght Stadium, Shamrock Rovers has the goal stats of 5-6 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
St Patrick's form and stats
No Premier Division points yet away for St Patrick's, from their first 2 matches.
St Patrick's failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Bohemians (after extra-time) (placed 1st) that ended with defeat 0-2.
Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Sligo Rovers (after extra-time)'s place.{1 goals} so far away for St Patrick's, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 7. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Head to head data (for the previous ten meetings): Shamrock Rovers won six games, three matches ended with a tie and St Patrick's have one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six. The games between these teams have had a tendency to be rough and physical, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Burke 2 goals |  S. Hoare 1 goals | L. Grace 1 goals |
Shamrock Rovers missing players
St Patrick's missing players
| Shamrock Rovers | St Patrick's | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| 80% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 80% |
| 40% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 40% |
| 20% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 20% |
| 20% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 20% |
| 80% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 8.6 | 11 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5.5 | 5.2 |
| 4.8 | 1.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3 | 5.2 |
| 2.8 | 2.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 4 | 3.4 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18.4 | 23 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 12 | 10.2 |
| 2.2 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 64% | 83% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 17% | 20% |
| 13.8 | 10 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 10.5 | 10.4 |
| 3.8 | 5.5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 6 | 3.8 |
- All of Shamrock Rovers's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- All of St Patrick's's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Shamrock Rovers have scored more than double the goals of St Patrick's.
- Shamrock Rovers have the most dropped points from leading position (6) in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Shamrock Rovers have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Shamrock Rovers have yet to win a game.
- St Patrick's have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- St Patrick's have lost all their away matches so far.
- St Patrick's have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Premier Division
- St Patrick's have the the worst goal difference (-6) away in Premier Division
- St Patrick's haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Shamrock Rovers | Last season | St Patrick's | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 24 | 16 | Won | W | 8 | 18 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 61 | 39 | Scored | S | 29 | 57 | ||
| 22 | 10 | Conceded | C | 21 | 37 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 94% | ||
| 58% | 61% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 72% | 75% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 56% | 56% | ||
| 25% | 39% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 28% | 22% | ||
| 8% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 6% | ||
| 42% | 44% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 47% | ||
| 47% | 56% | Clean Sheets | C S | 28% | 36% | ||
| 19% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 28% | 22% | ||
| 6.9 | 7.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 4.1 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5.3 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 5 | ||
| 11.9 | 13.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 9.4 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.8 | ||
| 34% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 48% | 41% | ||
| 6.6 | 5.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 9.3 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bohemians | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 2 | Derry City | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| 3 | Dundalk | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 4 | Sligo Rovers | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 5 | Drogheda United | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 8 |
| 6 | Cork City | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Shelbourne | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 8 | Shamrock Rovers | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 9 | St Patrick's | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -7 | 4 |
| 10 | UCD | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -10 | 1 |
