Most experts are most impressed by St Patrick's at this point, with the 2nd position in the Premier Division table and looking forward to facing Bohemians (who are in 5th).
- St Patrick's have the most scored goals in the second half (34) in Premier Division
- Bohemians have won significantly less corners away then at home.
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.
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
Bohemians are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.
St Patrick's form and stats
St Patrick's are steadily winning Premier Division games and points here at Richmond Park. 12 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats is the summary from 15 games.
A strong away win for St Patrick's against Longford Town the last match, as M. Smith (3) and A. Lewis were on target. What a game it was for M. Smith when beating Longford Town, applying the finishing touch to three goals!
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Dundalk in a game that was won 1-0.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Patrick's matches with similar probabilities have ended with four wins, zero draws and two defeats (from six games).
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Patrick's, as the Premier Division home game vs Sligo Rovers is only four days away.
St Patrick's have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Richmond Park with 26 goals in 15 league matches. Patrick's have only conceded 11 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Bohemians form and stats
As the visiting team in Premier Division matches, Bohemians have produced an overall stat of 5-4-7 so far. Visiting Bohemians has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Derry City (placed 4th) in their previous outing. The Premier Division match ended in a draw 1-1.
The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Waterford United.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Bohemians playing away, we found six games. Results were one away win, three draws and two home wins.
Bohemians find the net regularly in their away games. 19 goals from 16 away fixtures in the league. 21 goals have been conceded by Bohemians in these games.
Head 2 Head
Here's the final score when the participants played each other earlier this season; Bohemians - St Patrick's 3-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Patrick's victories, two draws and six Bohemians wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Kelly 20 goals |  M. Smith 11 goals | L. Burt 9 goals |
St Patrick's missing players
Bohemians missing players
| St Patrick's | Bohemians | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 16 | 32 |
| 18 | 12 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 12 |
| 52 | 26 | 7 | Scored | S | 2 | 19 | 52 |
| 35 | 11 | 1 | Conceded | C | 7 | 21 | 41 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 78% | 73% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 78% |
| 47% | 47% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 44% | 56% |
| 31% | 13% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 19% | 31% |
| 16% | 13% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 19% |
| 56% | 40% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 62% | 62% |
| 31% | 47% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 19% | 25% |
| 12% | 13% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 19% | 12% |
| 5.4 | 4.9 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.8 |
| 3.9 | 3.4 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.2 | 3.5 |
| 2 | 1.9 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.8 | 1.7 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | 9.4 | 11.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 10.9 | 11.2 |
| 3.5 | 3.5 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.2 | 4.8 |
| 46% | 49% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 11% | 28% | 34% |
- Bohemians have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Bohemians haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- St Patrick's have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- St Patrick's have the fewest conceded goals (11) at home in Premier Division
- St Patrick's have the most clean sheets (7) at home in Premier Division
- St Patrick's have the most scored goals in the second half (34) 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 | 33 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 53 | 23 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 11 | 30 | 72 |
| 2 | St Patrick's | 32 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 52 | 35 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 17 | 59 |
| 3 | Sligo Rovers | 32 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 38 | 29 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 50 |
| 4 | Derry City | 32 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 42 | 38 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 46 |
| 5 | Bohemians | 32 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 52 | 41 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 11 | 44 |
| 6 | Drogheda United | 32 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 43 | 38 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 22 | 5 | 43 |
| 7 | Dundalk | 33 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 40 | 44 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 24 | -4 | 42 |
| 8 | Waterford United | 32 | 12 | 3 | 17 | 32 | 50 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 15 | 26 | -18 | 39 |
| 9 | Finn Harps | 32 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 36 | 49 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 28 | -13 | 38 |
| 10 | Longford Town | 32 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 21 | 62 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 31 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 31 | -41 | 14 |