Premier Division: St Patrick's welcome Derry City in what should be an entertaining football match. Here's all the pre-match info you need!
- St Patrick's have the most scored goals in the second half (24) in Premier Division
- Derry City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
St Patrick's and Derry City should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Derry City play their home games on artifical turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for Derry City when playing on grass are 14 wins, 12 draws and 12 defeats from 38 matches. They have scored 43 goals and conceded 42 times in these games.
St Patrick's form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Richmond Park as St Patrick's have scored 17 goals to get 21 points from 9 games. The overall stats in the Premier Division are 7-0-2 (wins-draws-losses). Patrick's has recorded two wins in a row here at Richmond Park, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
Patrick's are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 2-3 away versus Bohemians.
A 1-1 draw away before that, with Waterford United the opponent.A decent goal production from Patrick's in their home games so far, with 17 goals from 9 league matches. From these home matches, Patrick's have conceded only 7 goals.
Derry City form and stats
The visitors are W5-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Premier Division.
Derry City won their last game, 2-0 versus Waterford United played at home.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Dundalk wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Derry have scored 10 goals in 9 league games away. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Derry have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Derry City - Patrick's 2-2. Patrick's-Derry City H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: St Patrick's four wins, Derry City three wins, three draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  R. Coughlin 7 goals |  W. Patching 6 goals | M. Smith 5 goals |
St Patrick's missing players
Derry City missing players
| St Patrick's | Derry City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 10 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 32 | 17 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 21 |
| 20 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 10 | 23 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 89% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 78% | 89% |
| 47% | 56% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 44% | 37% |
| 26% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 11% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 63% | 44% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | 68% |
| 32% | 44% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 22% | 16% |
| 5% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 22% | 16% |
| 6.1 | 5 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0.5 | 2.9 | 3.9 |
| 4.1 | 3.2 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 5.2 | 4.5 |
| 2.1 | 2 | 5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.6 | 2.2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 9.4 | 10.7 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 6.4 | 6.8 |
| 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 2.6 | 2.9 |
| 43% | 46% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 43% | 38% |
- Derry City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Derry City have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Derry City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- St Patrick's have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- St Patrick's have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- St Patrick's have the fewest matches under the total-line (4) in Premier Division
- St Patrick's have the most points (21) at home in Premier Division
- St Patrick's have the most scored goals in the second half (24) in Premier Division
- St Patrick's have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- 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 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 15 | 38 |
| 2 | Sligo Rovers | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 35 |
| 3 | St Patrick's | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 35 |
| 4 | Bohemians | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 33 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 30 |
| 5 | Drogheda United | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 29 |
| 6 | Derry City | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | -2 | 25 |
| 7 | Dundalk | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 15 | -3 | 24 |
| 8 | Finn Harps | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 17 | -12 | 20 |
| 9 | Waterford United | 19 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 13 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 18 | -26 | 13 |
| 10 | Longford Town | 18 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 17 | -19 | 9 |