The football year has been a rollercoaster for these sides so far, ups and downs leading to mid-table places so far. Pave the way for Shelbourne - St Patrick's!
- Shelbourne have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Premier Division
- St Patrick's have the fewest dropped points from leading position (3) in Premier Division
This is a local derby, usually meaning extra mental strain and significance.
It's no vacation for neither Shelbourne nor St Patrick's as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Shelbourne form and stats
4-3-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier Division numbers at home for Shelbourne so far this season.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Shelbourne, as their goalkeeper Conor Kearns has completely shut out the opponents for 221 minutes in the Premier Division.
The Shelbourne fans got no joy from their last match, also played here at Tolka Park: A 0-1 defeat against St Patrick's (placed 6th). Until that beating this club had gone eight consecutive league meetings without a loss.
In the game before, an away victory match versus Sligo Rovers with a 3-0 scoreline.Shelbourne aren't scoring a lot here at Tolka Park in the league, with only {7 goals} from 8 games. Shelbourne are not conceding a lot of goals here at Tolka Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 8 matches. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
St Patrick's form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier Division travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats.
It's the second away game in a row for St Patrick's, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Shelbourne (placed 5th) last time out.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Shamrock Rovers wasn't a success with a 2-3 loss.St Patrick's has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 14 goals from 8 games. For Patrick's, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
The latest recorded history involving both these participants is the St Patrick's - Shelbourne 1-0 played not long ago this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Shelbourne two wins, two draws and St Patrick's six victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Forrester 8 goals |   J. Moylan 6 goals |  J. Mulraney 4 goals |
Shelbourne missing players
St Patrick's missing players
| Shelbourne | St Patrick's | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 9 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 9 | 17 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 16 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 15 | 27 |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 19 | 25 |
| 81% | 78% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 33% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 82% |
| 31% | 22% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 78% | 59% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 67% | 41% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 44% | 24% |
| 38% | 33% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 41% |
| 44% | 44% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 29% |
| 38% | 44% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 22% | 29% |
| 3.2 | 2.6 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.9 | 5.1 |
| 4.9 | 5.7 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.7 | 5.8 |
| 2.6 | 2.6 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.9 | 2.4 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8.7 | 8.7 | 5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 11 | 11.5 |
| 3 | 2.7 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
| 33% | 29% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 44% | 40% |
| 11.4 | 11.2 | 19 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 13.1 | 12 |
| 2.9 | 2.9 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8 | 4.7 | 3.8 |
- Shelbourne have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
- Shelbourne have the fewest conceded goals (4) at home in Premier Division
- Shelbourne have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Premier Division
- Shelbourne have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- St Patrick's have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- St Patrick's have scored at least twice as many goals away as Shelbourne have scored home.
- St Patrick's have the fewest dropped points from leading position (3) in Premier Division
- St Patrick's haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 34 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 19 | 33 |
| 2 | Derry City | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 13 | 31 |
| 3 | Bohemians | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 28 |
| 4 | Dundalk | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 25 |
| 5 | Shelbourne | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 24 |
| 6 | St Patrick's | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 26 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 1 | 23 |
| 7 | Sligo Rovers | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | -2 | 19 |
| 8 | Drogheda United | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -9 | 14 |
| 9 | Cork City | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 22 | -15 | 9 |
| 10 | UCD | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 17 | -24 | 6 |
