St Patrick's are prepared for a new task after their 1-0 against Dundalk last time out. Dundalk are coming to visit!
- St Patrick's have the fewest dropped points from leading position (3) in Premier Division
- St Patrick's have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Dundalk have scored away.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Dundalk have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 11-13-12 (win-draw-loss) from 36 matches.
It's no vacation for neither Patrick's nor Dundalk as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
St Patrick's form and stats
4-1-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier Division numbers at home for St Patrick's so far this season. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Richmond Park.
St Patrick's's previous game was also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Dundalk (placed 5th). The home side are looking to build on that result.
In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Shelbourne.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does St Patrick's handle that role? We have found 7 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats.
A decent goal production from Patrick's in their home games so far, with 12 goals from 8 league matches. From these home matches, St Patrick's have conceded only 6 goals.
Dundalk form and stats
3-2-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Dundalk in their Premier Division matches away. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Dundalk have lost on their last two travels.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Dundalk, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-1 versus St Patrick's (placed 4th).
Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs Bohemians.We have checked recent matches where Dundalk have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 5 games were 0 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
The visitors have scored 6 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (7 so far). It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The duelists have battled previously this season: Dundalk - St Patrick's 5-0. Last ten meetings involving these teams: St Patrick's won four, Dundalk triumphed in three and we saw three draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Forrester 8 goals |  J. Mulraney 4 goals |   P. Hoban 4 goals |
St Patrick's missing players
Dundalk missing players
| St Patrick's | Dundalk | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 9 | 18 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 28 | 13 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 24 |
| 25 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 8 | 23 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 94% |
| 78% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 44% | 72% |
| 56% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 22% | 56% |
| 39% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 28% |
| 22% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 39% | 11% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 22% | 50% |
| 33% | 56% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 44% | 28% |
| 28% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 44% | 28% |
| 5.2 | 5.2 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 4 | 4.6 |
| 5.6 | 5.4 | 11 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5.3 | 5.1 |
| 2.4 | 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.2 | 1.9 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11.6 | 11.7 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 19 | 8.2 | 10.1 |
| 3.8 | 3.9 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.3 | 3.6 |
| 41% | 37% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 29% | 38% |
| 11.6 | 9.8 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5 | 12 | 11.2 |
| 3.6 | 2.4 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.4 | 3.5 |
- St Patrick's have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- St Patrick's have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Dundalk have scored away.
- St Patrick's have the fewest dropped points from leading position (3) 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 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 16 | 34 |
| 2 | Shamrock Rovers | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 35 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 18 | 33 |
| 3 | Bohemians | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 29 |
| 4 | St Patrick's | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 27 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 2 | 26 |
| 5 | Dundalk | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 26 |
| 6 | Shelbourne | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 24 |
| 7 | Sligo Rovers | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | -3 | 19 |
| 8 | Drogheda United | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -8 | 17 |
| 9 | Cork City | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 33 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 22 | -14 | 12 |
| 10 | UCD | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 21 | -27 | 6 |
