Premier Division match preview: St Patrick's versus Sligo Rovers

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Competition: Republic of Ireland Premier Division
Date: Fri 16.August
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Richmond Park (5340 seats)

St Patrick's and Sligo Rovers have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the Premier Division.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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St Patrick's form and stats

6 victories, 3 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what St Patrick's have to build on here at Richmond Park. 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.

Happy days for St Patrick's in their previous game, a Premier Division match away at Cork City that ended with a 1-0 victory. Preceding that match was a defeat to Dundalk (0-1).

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for St Patrick's here at Richmond Park, with less than one goal per game on average (11 from 14 games). St Patrick's are not conceding a lot of goals here at Richmond Park, averaging less than one per game. The total is 13 from 14 matches.

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Sligo Rovers form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Sligo Rovers so far with only 13 points returning home. The records show 3-4-6 (win-draw-lose).

There were no winners in Sligo Rovers's previous match, a Premier Division home game that ended 1-1 vs Bohemians. A 0-3 defeat away at Derry City before that.

The attacking power of Sligo Rovers when travelling is not overwhelming with 11 goals scored in 13 matches. Sligo Rovers have conceded 22 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

St Patrick's and Sligo Rovers have met before this season: Sligo Rovers - St Patrick's 1-1. Last ten meetings between the teams: St Patrick's won 4, Sligo Rovers won 1 and 5 draws. 3 games with over 2,5 goals, 7 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

R. Parkes
7 goals
M. Drennan
6 goals
R. Coughlin
6 goals

St Patrick's missing players

Sligo Rovers missing players

St Patrick's Sligo Rovers
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
28 14 1 Played 1 13 27
11 6 0 Won 1 3 7
7 3 1 Drew 0 4 11
10 5 0 Lost 0 6 9
22 11 1 Scored 2 11 26
26 13 1 Conceded 1 22 34
96% 93% 100% Over 0.5 100% 85% 81%
54% 50% 100% Over 1.5 100% 85% 74%
18% 21% 0% Over 2.5 100% 54% 41%
4% 7% 0% Over 3.5 0% 15% 11%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 8% 7%
32% 29% 100% BTTS 100% 38% 48%
36% 43% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 23% 26%
36% 36% 0% Failed To Score 0% 54% 44%
 
4.8 4.2 3 Corners For (avg) 1 3 3.8
4 3.4 6 Corners Against (avg) 11 6.5 6.3
2 2.1 5 Yellow Cards (avg) 2 2.8 2.1
4 2 0 Red Cards 0 0 2
Key stats this season:
  • Sligo Rovers have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Sligo Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sligo Rovers 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
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 0 - 1 St Patrick's
09-08-19 FAI St Patrick's 18:45 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
20-09-19 PD Shamrock Rovers 19:00 St Patrick's
Sligo Rovers
All Premier Division League Cup Club Friendlies FAI Cup Challenge Cup
All Home Away
05-07-19 PD Shamrock Rovers 0 - 0 Sligo Rovers
08-07-19 CF Sligo Rovers 1 - 0 Accrington Stanley
13-07-19 PD Sligo Rovers 0 - 0 Waterford United
19-07-19 PD Derry City 3 - 0 Sligo Rovers
27-07-19 PD Sligo Rovers 1 - 1 Bohemians
09-08-19 FAI Glebe North 18:45 Sligo Rovers
16-08-19 PD St Patrick's 18:45 Sligo Rovers
30-08-19 PD Cork City 18:45 Sligo Rovers
14-09-19 PD Sligo Rovers 18:45 Finn Harps
20-09-19 PD UCD 18:45 Sligo Rovers

  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 26 16 4 6 43 16 13 8 3 2 25 6 13 8 1 4 18 10 27 52
3 Derry City 28 12 10 6 44 26 13 7 3 3 22 10 15 5 7 3 22 16 18 46
4 Bohemians 28 13 7 8 31 20 13 7 3 3 18 10 15 6 4 5 13 10 11 46
5 St Patrick's 28 11 7 10 22 26 14 6 3 5 11 13 14 5 4 5 11 13 -4 40
6 Sligo Rovers 27 7 11 9 26 34 14 4 7 3 15 12 13 3 4 6 11 22 -8 32
7 Waterford United 25 7 6 12 30 37 12 4 3 5 17 15 13 3 3 7 13 22 -7 27
8 Cork City 26 6 9 11 20 31 13 2 6 5 9 15 13 4 3 6 11 16 -11 27
9 Finn Harps 28 6 5 17 23 49 15 5 2 8 17 22 13 1 3 9 6 27 -26 23
10 UCD 27 5 2 20 18 52 15 5 1 9 15 20 12 0 1 11 3 32 -34 17

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