St Patrick's fights Dundalk in Premier Division battle

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Competition: Republic of Ireland Premier Division
Date: Sat 27.July
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Richmond Park (5340 seats)

This could be an interesting match as St Patrick's have their presumed home advantage while Dundalk are ahead 22 points in the Premier Division table.

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 St Patrick's and Dundalk.

This stadium uses grass, unlike Dundalk's home stadium. The visitors last 37 games on grass have ended in 24 wins, 7 draws and 6 losses.

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St Patrick's form and stats

6-3-5 (win-draw-lost) are the numbers at home for St Patrick's so far this season. It's trouble wherever St Patrick's are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways. Game days at Richmond Park have recently become somewhat of a nightmare for St Patrick's as they have lost three home games in a row. It hurts.

The St Patrick's fans got no joy from their last match, a Premier Division game also here at Richmond Park: A 0-1 defeat against Dundalk. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-3 away at Bohemians.

St Patrick's aren't scoring a lot here at Richmond Park with only 11 goals from 14 games. St Patrick's have only conceded 13 in these games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Dundalk form and stats

The away team, who have the most points (27) away in Premier Division, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 8 wins, 3 draws and only 2 losses. Things are running smoothly for Dundalk who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 20 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Sligo Rovers. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Sligo Rovers game have they lost an away game, meaning Dundalk has taken points from nine away matches in a row.

Dundalk play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting St Patrick's. Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Qarabag in the Champions League.

Dundalk are not goal shy away from home, finding the net 21 times in 13 away games so far. It's not easy to score on Dundalk as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result St Patrick's - Dundalk 0-1 entered in the official records. St Patrick's-Dundalk H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: St Patrick's 1 win, Dundalk 6 wins, 3 draws. 5 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

P. Hoban
12 goals / 1 assists
M. Duffy
7 goals
M. Drennan
6 goals

St Patrick's missing players

Dundalk missing players

St Patrick's Dundalk
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
27 14 3 Played 3 13 25
10 6 0 Won 1 8 18
7 3 1 Drew 1 3 5
10 5 2 Lost 1 2 2
21 11 1 Scored 5 21 47
26 13 4 Conceded 4 7 13
96% 93% 100% Over 0.5 100% 92% 96%
56% 50% 67% Over 1.5 100% 69% 72%
19% 21% 0% Over 2.5 67% 38% 52%
4% 7% 0% Over 3.5 33% 15% 20%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 29% 33% BTTS 67% 31% 36%
33% 43% 0% Clean Sheets 33% 62% 60%
37% 36% 67% Failed To Score 0% 15% 8%
 
4.8 4.2 3 Corners For (avg) 8 5.4 6.7
4 3.4 5.7 Corners Against (avg) 4.3 3.6 3.2
2 2.1 3.3 Yellow Cards (avg) 3 1.6 1.5
4 2 0 Red Cards 0 1 2
Key stats this season:
  • Dundalk have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Dundalk have scored more than double the goals of St Patrick's.
  • Dundalk have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Dundalk have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • St Patrick's have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

St Patrick's
All Premier Division Europa League League Cup Club Friendlies Leinster Senior Cup FAI Cup
All Home Away
11-07-19 EL St Patrick's 0 - 2 Norrköping
13-07-19 CF St Patrick's 0 - 4 Chelsea
18-07-19 EL Norrköping 2 - 1 St Patrick's
21-07-19 PD Bohemians 3 - 0 St Patrick's
27-07-19 PD St Patrick's 0 - 1 Dundalk
02-08-19 PD Cork City 19:00 St Patrick's
11-08-19 FAI St Patrick's - Bray Wanderers
16-08-19 PD St Patrick's 18:45 Sligo Rovers
30-08-19 PD Finn Harps 19:00 St Patrick's
13-09-19 PD St Patrick's 18:45 UCD
Dundalk
All Champions League Premier Division Europa League League Cup Club Friendlies Leinster Senior Cup FAI Cup
All Home Away
05-07-19 PD Derry City 2 - 2 Dundalk
10-07-19 CL Dundalk 0 - 0 Riga
17-07-19 CL Riga 0 - 0 Dundalk
24-07-19 CL Dundalk 1 - 1 Qarabag
27-07-19 PD St Patrick's 0 - 1 Dundalk
31-07-19 CL Qarabag 17:00 Dundalk
03-08-19 PD Sligo Rovers 18:45 Dundalk
05-08-19 LC Dundalk - Bohemians
11-08-19 FAI Cobh Ramblers - Dundalk
16-08-19 PD Dundalk 18:45 Finn Harps

  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 Dundalk 25 18 5 2 47 13 12 10 2 0 26 6 13 8 3 2 21 7 34 59
2 Shamrock Rovers 25 16 3 6 42 15 13 8 3 2 25 6 12 8 0 4 17 9 27 51
3 Bohemians 26 13 6 7 30 18 13 7 3 3 18 10 13 6 3 4 12 8 12 45
4 Derry City 26 10 10 6 39 25 12 6 3 3 20 10 14 4 7 3 19 15 14 40
5 St Patrick's 27 10 7 10 21 26 14 6 3 5 11 13 13 4 4 5 10 13 -5 37
6 Sligo Rovers 26 7 10 9 25 33 13 4 6 3 14 11 13 3 4 6 11 22 -8 31
7 Waterford United 24 7 6 11 30 35 12 4 3 5 17 15 12 3 3 6 13 20 -5 27
8 Cork City 24 6 8 10 19 29 11 2 5 4 8 13 13 4 3 6 11 16 -10 26
9 Finn Harps 27 5 5 17 22 49 14 4 2 8 16 22 13 1 3 9 6 27 -27 20
10 UCD 26 5 2 19 17 49 14 5 1 8 14 17 12 0 1 11 3 32 -32 17

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