St Patrick's are probable winners of this home fixture versus Drogheda United, if the league table is anything to judge by. Or are we in for a surprise?
- St Patrick's have the most clean sheets (4) in Premier Division
- Drogheda United have the most conceded goals (12) in Premier Division
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
St Patrick's form and stats
St Patrick's must be fairly happy with 6 points from their first three Premier Division games here at Richmond Park. Two home wins in a row for Patrick's bring valid hopes of a third.
St Patrick's lost their last game at Derry City (placed 1st) after a 1-2 scoreline.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting UCD in a game that was won 2-0.Patrick's are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found four matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won four, drew zero and lost zero.
St Patrick's has scored 4 league goals at home this season, in 3 matches. St Patrick's are not conceding a lot of goals here at Richmond Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 2 from 3 matches.
Drogheda United form and stats
It's not happening yet for Drogheda United on their Premier Division travels, with zero points from their first 2 away games. Maybe today will be different? With two straight losses from their last two away games, Drogheda are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Drogheda United won their last game, 1-0 versus Dundalk played at home.
Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Derry City's place.Drogheda have another game away in just three sleeps, a Premier Division match against Finn Harps. A hard itinerary for the guests!
Drogheda United have the goal stats of 1-5 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
St Patrick's-Drogheda United H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: St Patrick's seven wins, Drogheda United two wins, one draw. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  C. Lyons 2 goals |  D. Williams 2 goals |
St Patrick's missing players
Drogheda United missing players
| St Patrick's | Drogheda United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 43% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 57% | 67% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 2.9 | 3.3 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4 | 5.2 |
| 6.3 | 6 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 6 | 4.7 |
| 1 | 1.3 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.4 | 12 | 21 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 5.5 | 8.8 |
| 3.9 | 5.3 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2 | 4.2 |
| 37% | 25% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 24% |
| 10.7 | 11 | 5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 13 | 10.3 |
| 5 | 4.7 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 6.5 | 5 |
- All of Drogheda United's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Drogheda United have lost all their away matches so far.
- Drogheda United have the most conceded goals (12) in Premier Division
- Drogheda United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Drogheda United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- St Patrick's have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- St Patrick's have the most clean sheets (4) in Premier Division
- St Patrick's have the most scored goals in the second half (8) in Premier Division
- 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 | Derry City | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 |
| 2 | Sligo Rovers | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 3 | St Patrick's | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 4 | Shamrock Rovers | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 5 | Dundalk | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | Bohemians | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 7 | Shelbourne | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -5 | 6 |
| 8 | Drogheda United | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -6 | 6 |
| 9 | Finn Harps | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 5 |
| 10 | UCD | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -7 | 3 |
