This has the potential to be an appealing fixture as St Patrick's have their expected home advantage, while Dundalk are in front by 6 points in the Premier Division standings.
- St Patrick's have the most scored goals in the second half (22) in Premier Division
- Dundalk is in the best form (4-1-1) in Premier Division
Dundalk play their home fixtures on artifical turf, while this game will be played on grass. Up to date statistics for Dundalk when featuring on grass are 11 wins, 16 draws and 14 defeats from 41 matches. They have managed to score 63 goals and conceded 58 times on these occasions.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
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 6 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
The St Patrick's club members enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Drogheda United and win 3-0.
Ahead of that match, St Patrick's lost 1-2 at home to Shamrock Rovers.This is expected to be a close game, with Patrick's perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with St Patrick's as a small favourite), we find 6 games. St Patrick's has won 1 of these, drawn 4 and lost 1.
St Patrick's has scored 17 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches.
Dundalk form and stats
Playing away, Dundalk have won 2 games, drawn 6 and suffered 3 defeats in the Premier Division this season.
Dundalk play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Drogheda United (placed 8th). That loss stopped this club's string of league matches in a row without losing; ten games in all!
Prior to that match, a home win 3-0 against UCD.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 6 similar matches played by Dundalk in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Dundalk, 3 draws and 1 defeat.
Some information for sports gamblers wanting to bet on only one (or no) team scoring in this match: This club have played 5 consecutive league matches with just one or no side finding the net.
The visitors have scored 8 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Dundalk are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 9 times in 11 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
These competitors have battled earlier this season: Dundalk - St Patrick's 1-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Patrick's three wins, four draws and Dundalk three victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Doyle 10 goals |  P. Hoban 8 goals | D. Kelly 5 goals |
St Patrick's missing players
Dundalk missing players
| St Patrick's | Dundalk | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 22 |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 32 | 17 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 31 |
| 21 | 12 | 6 | Conceded | C | 2 | 9 | 15 |
| 91% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 73% | 82% |
| 74% | 83% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 36% | 55% |
| 52% | 58% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 27% | 45% |
| 13% | 8% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 18% | 23% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 39% | 42% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 36% | 41% |
| 43% | 50% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 36% | 45% |
| 26% | 17% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 55% | 32% |
| 4.3 | 4.6 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 4.5 | 4.9 |
| 5.6 | 5.2 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.9 | 4.1 |
| 1.6 | 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9.2 | 10.3 | 7.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 10.1 | 11 |
| 3.4 | 4 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.2 | 4.1 |
| 41% | 35% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 23% | 34% |
| 9 | 8.4 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 9.8 | 9.5 |
| 3.9 | 3.9 | 5.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 4.1 | 3.5 |
- Dundalk have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Dundalk is in the best form (4-1-1) in Premier Division
- St Patrick's have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- St Patrick's have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Dundalk have scored away.
- St Patrick's have the most scored goals in the second half (22) 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 | 23 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 23 | 51 |
| 2 | Dundalk | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 31 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 41 |
| 3 | Derry City | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 38 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 17 | 40 |
| 4 | St Patrick's | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 35 |
| 5 | Sligo Rovers | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 31 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 32 |
| 6 | Bohemians | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 30 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 29 |
| 7 | Shelbourne | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 12 | -7 | 28 |
| 8 | Drogheda United | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 21 | -12 | 25 |
| 9 | Finn Harps | 22 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 40 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 24 | -22 | 12 |
| 10 | UCD | 22 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 47 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 30 | -34 | 9 |
