Derry City pay a visit to St Patrick's and Richmond Park loaded with happy thoughts, but the hosts is not a walk in the park. More information on the match here!
- St Patrick's is in the best form (5-1-0) in Premier Division
- Derry City have the most scored goals (48) in Premier Division
This football pitch has grass, which is not Derry City's normal surface at their own arena. When appearing on grass Derry City have performed like this: Played 30 matches with the results 15 wins, 6 draws and 9 defeats with the goal data 38-31 (scored/conceded).
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
The story so far in the Premier Division for St Patrick's at their home stadium (Richmond Park) is 8 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of five straight victories regardless of arena.
It's back home for St Patrick's, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Drogheda United away with the result 2-0. Forrester and Doyle found the net in that victory. Breslin was on the receiving end of a red card in the St Patrick's-Drogheda United match, being sent off in the 23rd minute. The game was drawn at that point, but the home side still managed to pull off a 2-0 victory.
Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Finn Harps.The manager Clancy will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Shelbourne in only three days.
Patrick's are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 21 goals in 15 games. St Patrick's have only conceded 14 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Derry City form and stats
Derry City have an excellent away record in the Premier Division so far with 9-4-2 from 15 games.
The Derry City goalkeeper Brian Philip Maher is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 398 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
The club members enjoyed Derry's previous fixture versus Shamrock Rovers, a FAI Cup win (3-1) played at home.
That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Sligo Rovers in the Premier Division.The travelling fans enjoy Derry City's attacking play in away games, having scored 24 goals in 15 league matches away. Derry are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 13 times in 15 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Derry City have managed a sequence of 4 consecutive matches without losing (3-1-0) when playing St Patrick's.The newest logged scoreline featuring both these teams is the Derry City - St Patrick's 0-0 played previously this season.
Top Goalscorers
  E. Doyle 11 goals |  J. McGonigle 10 goals | W. Patching 10 goals |
St Patrick's missing players
Derry City missing players
| St Patrick's | Derry City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 15 | 30 |
| 15 | 8 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 9 | 16 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 43 | 21 | 3 | Scored | S | 6 | 24 | 48 |
| 25 | 14 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 13 | 24 |
| 93% | 93% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 76% | 80% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 73% | 70% |
| 52% | 53% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 47% | 47% |
| 14% | 7% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 20% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 7% | 7% |
| 45% | 47% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 57% |
| 41% | 47% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 40% |
| 21% | 13% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 7% | 13% |
| 4.1 | 4.3 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 5.9 | 5.9 |
| 5.3 | 4.9 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 4.8 | 4.1 |
| 1.7 | 1.8 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.7 | 10.5 | 9.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 11.3 | 11.6 |
| 3.8 | 4.1 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.9 | 5.1 |
| 39% | 34% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 32% | 31% |
| 9.5 | 8.7 | 10.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.7 | 7.1 | 6.2 |
| 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 3.1 | 2.6 |
- Derry City have the most points (31) away in Premier Division
- Derry City have the most scored goals (24) away in Premier Division
- Derry City have the most scored goals (48) in Premier Division
- Derry City haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- St Patrick's have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- St Patrick's have the most scored goals in the second half (26) in Premier Division
- St Patrick's is in the best form (5-1-0) 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 | 30 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 47 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 10 | 30 | 63 |
| 2 | Derry City | 30 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 48 | 24 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 24 | 58 |
| 3 | Dundalk | 30 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 42 | 23 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 19 | 53 |
| 4 | St Patrick's | 29 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 43 | 25 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 11 | 18 | 51 |
| 5 | Sligo Rovers | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 39 | 35 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 18 | 4 | 41 |
| 6 | Bohemians | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 37 | 37 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 39 |
| 7 | Shelbourne | 29 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 35 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 15 | -10 | 34 |
| 8 | Drogheda United | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 29 | 47 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 27 | -18 | 31 |
| 9 | UCD | 30 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 22 | 59 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 35 | -37 | 19 |
| 10 | Finn Harps | 30 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 28 | 58 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 22 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 36 | -30 | 18 |
