St Patrick's will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 13 points behind Bohemians.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
St Patrick's form and stats
3 victories, 3 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what St Patrick's have to build on here at Richmond Park in the Premier Division.
Patrick's drew their last game, 0-0 away at Shamrock Rovers (placed 1st). Preceding that game was the home draw versus Dundalk that ended 1-1.
Patrick's have scored 6 league goals here from 8 matches, not a lot. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Patrick's have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 4 goals.
Bohemians form and stats
Bohemians, who have the fewest conceded goals (4) away in Premier Division, have an excellent away record in the Premier Division so far with 5-1-2 from 8 games.
Bohemians aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 218 league minutes without a goal. A. Wright was the last player to find the net.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Premier Division home defeat versus Finn Harps with 0-2 on the scoreboard. Before that, Bohemians travelled to Dundalk and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.
Bohemians have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 8 league away games 8 goals have been scored. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Bohemians are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 4 goals away.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Bohemians - Patrick's 2-0 entered in the official records. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one St Patrick's victory, three draws and six Bohemians wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Wright 7 goals | D. Grant 6 goals |  G. Kelly 3 goals |
St Patrick's missing players
Bohemians missing players
| St Patrick's | Bohemians | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 21 |
| 15 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 76% | 75% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 94% |
| 59% | 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 38% | 65% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 12% | 24% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 6% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 24% | 12% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 12% | 18% |
| 47% | 62% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 62% | 53% |
| 53% | 50% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 38% | 35% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 149 | 69 | 9 | Total Shots | T S | 25 | 79 | 149 |
| 50 | 25 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 30 | 60 |
| 26% | 24% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 27% | 35% |
- Bohemians has the fewest conceded goals (4) away in Premier Division
- Bohemians has the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in Premier Division
- St Patrick's has the fewest scored goals in the second half (4) in Premier Division
| 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 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 44 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 34 | 45 |
| 2 | Bohemians | 17 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 34 |
| 3 | Dundalk | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 29 |
| 4 | Waterford United | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -4 | 24 |
| 5 | Sligo Rovers | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 12 | -6 | 22 |
| 6 | St Patrick's | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -2 | 21 |
| 7 | Derry City | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 19 |
| 8 | Shelbourne | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -7 | 19 |
| 9 | Finn Harps | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -10 | 17 |
| 10 | Cork City | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 20 | -20 | 10 |