Neutral parties would believe there's a notable contrast in quality between these sides based on results so far, with St Patrick's in front of Finn Harps by 10 points.
- Finn Harps have the most conceded goals in the second half (12) in Premier Division
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
St Patrick's form and stats
2-2-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier Division numbers at home for St Patrick's so far this season. Two draws in a row at home now for St Patrick's.
St Patrick's are returning here after visiting UCD and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Redmond and McCormack scored the goal(s).
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Shamrock Rovers (0-1).The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier St Patrick's matches with similar probabilities have ended with three wins, zero draws and one defeat (from four games).
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 3 from 5 matches.
Finn Harps form and stats
The visitors are W1-D2-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Premier Division.
Home advantage was not enough for Finn Harps in their previous game as they lost hosting Sligo Rovers, 0-1.
Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Bohemians.Finn Harps find the net regularly in their away games. 6 goals from 5 away fixtures in the league. In the opposite end, Finn Harps have conceded 8 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The squads have met each other already this season, with the final score Finn Harps - Patrick's 0-2 written in the official records. St Patrick's-Finn Harps H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: St Patrick's six wins, Finn Harps three wins, one draw. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  E. Doyle 3 goals | D. Burns 2 goals |  F. Mihaljević 2 goals |
St Patrick's missing players
Finn Harps missing players
| St Patrick's | Finn Harps | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 13 | 5 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 10 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 8 | 19 |
| 91% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 80% | 91% |
| 64% | 60% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 80% | 82% |
| 36% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 80% | 64% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 27% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 36% | 40% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 45% |
| 45% | 60% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 18% |
| 27% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 45% |
| 4.2 | 4.8 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5.4 | 4.6 |
| 5.6 | 4.4 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3.6 | 5.2 |
| 1.5 | 1.6 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3.2 | 2.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9.1 | 11.4 | 17.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 7.4 | 8.6 |
| 3.2 | 4.4 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.4 | 3.2 |
| 37% | 23% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 35% | 29% |
| 9 | 8.6 | 4.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 8.4 | 7.8 |
| 4 | 3.6 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.8 | 3.1 |
- Finn Harps have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Finn Harps have the most conceded goals in the second half (12) 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 | Derry City | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 24 |
| 2 | Shamrock Rovers | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 23 |
| 3 | St Patrick's | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 17 |
| 4 | Sligo Rovers | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 16 |
| 5 | Dundalk | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 15 |
| 6 | Bohemians | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 15 |
| 7 | Drogheda United | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -4 | 13 |
| 8 | Shelbourne | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | -7 | 12 |
| 9 | Finn Harps | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -9 | 7 |
| 10 | UCD | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -14 | 4 |
