It's still early in the Premier Division season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the St Patrick's - Derry City preview!
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.
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, 7 draws and 14 defeats from 35 matches. They have scored 46 goals and conceded 58 times in these games.
St Patrick's form and stats
The home fans saw their team lose the first Premier Division game of the season here at Richmond Park. Last season these fans witnessed 7 wins, 5 draws and 6 losses from St Patrick's's 18 home games.
St Patrick's enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Sligo Rovers's place. The match ended 2-0. Ahead of that match, St Patrick's lost 0-1 at home to Waterford United.
St Patrick's are traveling soon after this match as the Premier Division match at Shelbourne awaits in four days.
St Patrick's has scored 0 goals so far and conceded 1 goal from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
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 6 victories, 8 draws and 4 defeats from 18 fixtures.
Derry City delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Finn Harps (placed 3rd) in their previous match; a Premier Division game. Prior to that match, the Derry City manager Declan Devine faced defeat when travelling to Dundalk and losing 0-1.
A new game in only four days for Derry City, the Premier Division home match versus Bohemians. Busy days.
Derry City have the goal stats of 0-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: St Patrick's won four, Derry City won four and two draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Forrester 1 goals |
St Patrick's missing players
Derry City missing players
| St Patrick's | Derry City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 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% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | 18 | 18 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 11 | 27 |
| 12 | 8 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| St Patrick's | Last season | Derry City | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Won | W | 6 | 15 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Drew | D | 8 | 12 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | ||
| 29 | 13 | Scored | S | 25 | 56 | ||
| 35 | 16 | Conceded | C | 19 | 34 | ||
| 89% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 86% | ||
| 56% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 75% | ||
| 25% | 22% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 44% | 44% | ||
| 8% | 6% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 39% | 36% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 8% | ||
| 33% | 28% | BTTS | BTTS | 56% | 39% | ||
| 36% | 44% | Clean Sheets | C S | 22% | 39% | ||
| 42% | 44% | Failed to Score | F T | 39% | 36% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.9 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.6 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 372 | 209 | Total Shots | T S | 186 | 343 | ||
| 139 | 71 | Shots on Target | S O | 57 | 124 | ||
| 19% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 44% | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 |
| 2 | Dundalk | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Finn Harps | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Bohemians | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | St Patrick's | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Shelbourne | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Waterford United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| 8 | Derry City | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 9 | Sligo Rovers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 |
| 10 | Cork City | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | -7 | 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 | Dundalk | 36 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 73 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 43 | 8 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 10 | 55 | 86 |
| 2 | Shamrock Rovers | 36 | 23 | 6 | 7 | 62 | 21 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 7 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 14 | 41 | 75 |
| 3 | Bohemians | 36 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 47 | 28 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 34 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 19 | 60 |
| 4 | Derry City | 36 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 56 | 34 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 22 | 57 |
| 5 | St Patrick's | 36 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 29 | 35 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 19 | -6 | 52 |
| 6 | Waterford United | 36 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 46 | 53 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 26 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 27 | -7 | 43 |
| 7 | Sligo Rovers | 36 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 38 | 47 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 30 | -9 | 42 |
| 8 | Cork City | 36 | 9 | 10 | 17 | 29 | 49 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 26 | -20 | 37 |
| 9 | Finn Harps | 36 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 64 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 24 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 40 | -38 | 28 |
| 10 | UCD | 36 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 25 | 82 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 17 | 30 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 52 | -57 | 19 |