The league table in Premier Division tells a story about these teams so far, with St Patrick's leading Longford Town by 12 points. Match preview to follow:
- St Patrick's have the fewest conceded goals (3) in Premier Division
- Longford Town have yet to win a game away.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
St Patrick's form and stats
As mentioned below, St Patrick's are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 3 Premier Division games.
Patrick's are confident in defense, having played 185 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Happy days for St Patrick's in their previous game, a Premier Division match away at Finn Harps (placed 4th) that ended with a 2-0 victory. Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Waterford United.
Patrick's are traveling soon after this match as the Premier Division match at Sligo Rovers awaits in three days.
Patrick's have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Richmond Park with 5 goals in 3 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Patrick's have only let in 1 goal at home.
Longford Town form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Premier Division for Longford Town with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.
Longford's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Finn Harps that finished 0-0. Prior to that match, the Longford manager D. Doyle faced defeat when travelling to Shamrock Rovers and losing 1-2.
It's early days yet, but Longford Town has scored 3 and conceded 4 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Patrick's won seven, Longford Town won one and two draws. eight games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. King 2 goals | D. Burns 2 goals | R. Coughlin 2 goals |
St Patrick's missing players
Longford Town missing players
| St Patrick's | Longford Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | 5 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 71% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 14% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 43% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 33% |
| 57% | 67% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.6 | 1.3 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.3 | 15 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 8 | 7.3 |
| 3.7 | 5.7 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4 | 2.8 |
| 38% | 29% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 38% | 29% |
- All of Longford Town's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Longford Town have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Longford Town have yet to win a game away.
- St Patrick's have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- St Patrick's have scored in all their matches so far.
- St Patrick's have the fewest conceded goals (1) at home in Premier Division
- St Patrick's have the fewest conceded goals (3) in Premier Division
- St Patrick's have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Premier Division
- 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 have the the best goal difference (+4) at home in Premier Division
- St Patrick's have the the best goal difference (+7) in Premier Division
- St Patrick's have won all their matches at home so far.
- 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 | St Patrick's | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 17 |
| 2 | Shamrock Rovers | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 17 |
| 3 | Sligo Rovers | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 14 |
| 4 | Finn Harps | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| 5 | Drogheda United | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 6 | Bohemians | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | -3 | 7 |
| 7 | Longford Town | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -4 | 5 |
| 8 | Dundalk | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 3 |
| 9 | Waterford United | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 3 |
| 10 | Derry City | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -7 | 2 |