This promises to be another interesting encounter at Richmond Park in the Premier Division. St Patrick's is in 5th position and welcome Derry City in 10th place. Read all about the match here!
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Derry City have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 12-11-16 (win-draw-loss) from 39 matches.
St Patrick's form and stats
The hosts won their first Premier Division game here at Richmond Park, lifting spirits. Home statistics for St Patrick's last season were 3 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses from 9 games.
Patrick's drew their last game, 0-0 away at Bohemians (placed 7th). Previous to that game, a home match hosting Drogheda United in a game that was won 2-1.
Early season league goal statistics from St Patrick's's 1 home game: 2 goals, 1 conceded.
Derry City form and stats
Derry City have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Premier Division were 1 victory, 3 draws and 5 defeats from 9 fixtures.
There were no winners in Derry's previous match, a Premier Division home game that ended 0-0 vs Waterford United (placed 9th). It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Longford Town wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.
A new game in only four days for Derry, the Premier Division home match versus Shamrock Rovers. Busy days.
It's early days yet, but Derry City has scored 0 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Let's have a look at how Derry City performed last season in the Premier Division: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 5 victories, 5 draws and 8 defeats. In total they scored 18 and conceded 18 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 1 - drew 3 and lost 5 with 6/10 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - two - four (St Patrick's wins - draws - Derry City wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. King 1 goals | R. Coughlin 1 goals |
St Patrick's missing players
Derry City missing players
| St Patrick's | Derry City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6.3 | 18 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 7 | 5 |
| 2.3 | 6 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 43% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| St Patrick's | Last season | Derry City | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 18 | 9 | Played | P | 9 | 18 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Scored | S | 6 | 18 | ||
| 17 | 6 | Conceded | C | 10 | 18 | ||
| 78% | 78% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 89% | ||
| 61% | 56% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 78% | ||
| 22% | 11% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 22% | 28% | ||
| 6% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 6% | ||
| 6% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 28% | 22% | BTTS | BTTS | 44% | 44% | ||
| 44% | 56% | Clean Sheets | C S | 22% | 33% | ||
| 50% | 44% | Failed to Score | F T | 44% | 33% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.8 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.2 | 9.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.3 | 7.9 | ||
| 3 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 3.1 | ||
| 26% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 32% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sligo Rovers | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | Finn Harps | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Longford Town | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Shamrock Rovers | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | St Patrick's | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Drogheda United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Bohemians | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 8 | Dundalk | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 9 | Waterford United | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 10 | Derry City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 44 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 37 | 48 |
| 2 | Bohemians | 18 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 37 |
| 3 | Dundalk | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 26 |
| 4 | Sligo Rovers | 18 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 19 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 | -4 | 25 |
| 5 | Waterford United | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -5 | 24 |
| 6 | St Patrick's | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -3 | 21 |
| 7 | Derry City | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| 8 | Finn Harps | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -9 | 20 |
| 9 | Shelbourne | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -9 | 19 |
| 10 | Cork City | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 20 | -20 | 11 |