St Patrick's have won 10 of their 20 in total here at their precious home ground. Will they claim the win against Drogheda United?
- St Patrick's have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Premier Division
- Drogheda United is in the worst form (0-2-4)
St Patrick's and Drogheda United 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
All-inclusive Premier Division statistics playing at home this season for St Patrick's are 3-1-3 (wins-draws-losses). We have seen two home losses in a row now for St Patrick's, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
Happy days for Patrick's in their previous game, a fixture away at Cork City (placed 9th) that ended with a 3-2 victory. Finally, a league victory after three games without one.
Before that game, the home loss against Sligo Rovers with the scoreline 0-1.There will be little rest for St Patrick's after this match as they are travelling to Shamrock Rovers for a Premier Division game in only three days.
The Patrick's fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 7 matches. From these home matches, St Patrick's have conceded only 6 goals.
Drogheda United form and stats
2 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Drogheda United playing as the away team in the Premier Division this season.
This match can not go any worse than the previous one, the home defeat versus Derry City with 0-1 on the scoreboard.
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Shelbourne.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Drogheda United playing away, we found 6 games. Results were 1 away win, 1 draw and 4 home wins.
Lacking goals? 8 of this side's most recent 10 league fixtures have contained two goals or less.
As opposed to that, Drogheda have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
St Patrick's have won all of the 4 most recent battles versus this opponent. Will the streak continue?The dueling parties have battled before this season: Drogheda United - St Patrick's 1-3.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Forrester 6 goals |  J. Mulraney 4 goals |  E. Doyle 3 goals |
St Patrick's missing players
Drogheda United missing players
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| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 21 | 9 | 7 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| 22 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 86% | 93% |
| 86% | 71% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 57% | 57% |
| 57% | 29% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 29% | 21% |
| 43% | 14% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 29% | 21% |
| 21% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 14% | 7% |
| 43% | 14% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 57% | 50% |
| 21% | 43% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 43% | 29% |
| 36% | 43% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 14% | 29% |
| 5.1 | 5.1 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.6 | 6.7 |
| 5.5 | 5.7 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 4.3 | 4.4 |
| 2.5 | 2 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.4 | 2.7 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 11.5 | 11.7 | 14.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 9.4 | 12.9 |
| 3.9 | 3.7 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.9 |
| 39% | 35% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 39% | 28% |
| 12.1 | 10.9 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 12.3 | 11.7 |
| 3.9 | 2.9 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.1 | 3.1 |
- Drogheda United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Drogheda United have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Premier Division
- Drogheda United have the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in Premier Division
- Drogheda United have the most matches under the total-line (11) in Premier Division
- Drogheda United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Drogheda United is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- St Patrick's have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Premier Division
- St Patrick's have the most points from losing position (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 | Bohemians | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 28 |
| 2 | Shamrock Rovers | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 15 | 27 |
| 3 | Derry City | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 25 |
| 4 | Dundalk | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 22 |
| 5 | Shelbourne | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 21 |
| 6 | St Patrick's | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 16 | -1 | 20 |
| 7 | Sligo Rovers | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 19 |
| 8 | Drogheda United | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -6 | 14 |
| 9 | Cork City | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 20 | -14 | 9 |
| 10 | UCD | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 17 | -21 | 6 |
