A total of twelve sets of fixtures have gone by and both St Patrick's and Derry City are doing great. Let's start!
- St Patrick's have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in Premier Division
- Derry City have the most scored goals (24) in Premier Division
This stadium has the surface grass, unlike Derry City's home stadium. The latest 29 games by the guests on grass have resulted in 12 wins, 8 draws and 9 losses.
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.
St Patrick's form and stats
St Patrick's have collected 11 points from their Premier Division home games so far after 3-2-1.
A nice win for St Patrick's last time playing, versus Finn Harps. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0.
A strong away win before that one, visiting UCD and winning 2-1.Patrick's are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 6 games. From these home matches, St Patrick's have conceded only 3 goals.
Derry City form and stats
Derry City have an excellent away record in the Premier Division so far with 4-2-0 from 6 games.
Derry City won their last game, 7-1 versus UCD played at home. As you can tell from the results above, Derry City was very dominant against UCD, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 7-1 (!) with McJannet, Patching, McGonigle (3), Boyce and Dummigan providing the goals. It's hard not to mention McGonigle's lethal finishing against UCD. three goals were a big reason for the important victory.
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Drogheda United.Derry has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 10 goals from 6 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far).
Head 2 Head
This isn't the first time these sides get together this season, as the results database show this recent fixture: Derry City - St Patrick's 2-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): St Patrick's four wins, three draws and Derry City three victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. McGonigle 7 goals | W. Patching 6 goals |  E. Doyle 5 goals |
St Patrick's missing players
Derry City missing players
| St Patrick's | Derry City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 10 | 24 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 92% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 92% |
| 67% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 83% | 83% |
| 33% | 17% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 58% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 67% |
| 50% | 67% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 25% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 4.2 | 4.7 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 7 | 6.8 |
| 5.8 | 4.8 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5.7 | 4.1 |
| 1.4 | 1.5 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 0.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.1 | 11 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 12.7 | 12.9 |
| 3.3 | 4.5 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 5.8 |
| 38% | 26% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 34% |
| 8.6 | 7.8 | 17 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 7.2 | 6.2 |
| 3.9 | 3.5 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.8 | 2.6 |
- Derry City have not yet lost a game away.
- Derry City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Derry City have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Derry City have the most points (14) away in Premier Division
- Derry City have the most scored goals (10) away in Premier Division
- Derry City have the most scored goals (24) in Premier Division
- Derry City have the most scored goals in the second half (13) in Premier Division
- Derry City have the the best goal difference (+14) in Premier Division
- Derry City have the the best goal difference (+5) away in Premier Division
- Derry City haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- 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 in the second half (5) 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 | Derry City | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 27 |
| 2 | Shamrock Rovers | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 26 |
| 3 | St Patrick's | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 20 |
| 4 | Sligo Rovers | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 19 |
| 5 | Dundalk | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 18 |
| 6 | Bohemians | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 15 |
| 7 | Drogheda United | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -5 | 13 |
| 8 | Shelbourne | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | -8 | 12 |
| 9 | Finn Harps | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -11 | 7 |
| 10 | UCD | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 20 | -20 | 4 |
