Struggling St Patrick's will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Dundalk in the upcoming league round. It’s 7th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago. Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game! This pitch has grass, which is not Dundalk's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass Dundalk have performed like this: 16 matches played resulting in 11 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats with the goal stats 29-14 (scored/conceded).
St Patrick's form and stats
1-1-1 (win-draw-lost) are the numbers at home for St Patrick's, who have the fewest scored goals (3) in Premier Division, so far this season. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for St Patrick's with their four defeats in a row. Not since the UCD game, 34 days ago, have they avoided a loss. The St Patrick's manager H. Kenny might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.St Patrick's's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Dundalk. Prior to that, an away loss at Bohemians in the Premier Division.
St Patrick's have scored 1 goal here in 3 matches, a depressing statistic. Defensively St Patrick's have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game (1 in 3 games).
Dundalk form and stats
Things could have gone better for Dundalk in their away games, but 5 points from 3 games is all right. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games. Dundalk hope to make it five in this match. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Dundalk are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.Dundalk play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting St Patrick's. A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Cork City.
Dundalk find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 3 goals from 3 away fixtures. Dundalk are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 1 away goal have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 1 St Patrick's victory, 3 draws and 6 Dundalk wins.St Patrick's missing players
Dundalk missing players
| St Patrick's | Dundalk | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | Played | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | Scored | 3 | 11 |
| 5 | 1 | Conceded | 1 | 3 |
| 86% | 67% | Over 0.5 | 67% | 86% |
| 29% | 0% | Over 1.5 | 67% | 71% |
| 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | 0% | 29% |
| 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | 0% | 14% |
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 0% |
| 14% | 0% | Both teams to score | 33% | 43% |
| 43% | 67% | Clean Sheet | 67% | 57% |
| 57% | 67% | Failed To Score | 33% | 14% |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Shamrock Rovers | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 22 |
| 2 | Dundalk | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 15 |
| 3 | Bohemians | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 14 |
| 4 | Derry City | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 5 | Waterford United | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 10 |
| 6 | Cork City | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 10 |
| 7 | St Patrick's | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 8 |
| 8 | Sligo Rovers | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 7 |
| 9 | UCD | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -6 | 4 |
| 10 | Finn Harps | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 11 | -14 | 2 |
