St Patrick's greet Shamrock Rovers for another exciting Premier Division fixture here at Richmond Park.
- Shamrock Rovers is in the best form (2-0-1) in Premier Division
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Patrick's and Shamrock Rovers.
St Patrick's form and stats
The home fans saw their team lose the first Premier Division game of the season here at Richmond Park. Last season these fans witnessed 12 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses from St Patrick's's 18 home games.
St Patrick's are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Bohemians.
Ahead of that match, Patrick's lost 1-2 at home to Sligo Rovers.St Patrick's has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 2 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Shamrock Rovers form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the Premier Division ended in defeat. Last season Shamrock Rovers had these away match statistics: Played 18; won 12, drew 1 and lost 5.
The fans enjoyed Shamrock Rovers's previous match versus Drogheda United (placed 10th), a 3-1 win played at home.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Derry City wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Shamrock Rovers has managed 1 goal and let in 2 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings with these contenders: St Patrick's won zero, Shamrock Rovers were winners in six and we saw four draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, eight matches with less than 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  G. Burke 2 goals |   E. Doyle 1 goals |  S. Gannon 1 goals |
St Patrick's missing players
Shamrock Rovers missing players
| St Patrick's | Shamrock Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 2.7 | 3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 2 | 7.7 |
| 5.3 | 6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 4.3 |
| 0.7 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.3 | 9 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 5 | 11.3 |
| 4.3 | 8 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 31% | 12% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 39% |
| 10 | 11 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 9 | 6 |
| 5.3 | 6 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 2.3 |
- Shamrock Rovers have the most scored goals in the first half (4) in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers have the the best goal difference (+4) in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers is in the best form (2-0-1) in Premier Division
| St Patrick's | Last season | Shamrock Rovers | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 18 | 12 | Won | W | 12 | 24 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 6 | ||
| 56 | 30 | Scored | S | 27 | 59 | ||
| 42 | 18 | Conceded | C | 15 | 28 | ||
| 97% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 78% | 78% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 56% | 72% | ||
| 50% | 56% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 39% | 44% | ||
| 33% | 22% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 22% | 17% | ||
| 14% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 6% | ||
| 56% | 44% | BTTS | BTTS | 44% | 56% | ||
| 31% | 39% | Clean Sheets | C S | 44% | 36% | ||
| 17% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 11% | 8% | ||
| 5.7 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.9 | 6.4 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.1 | 3.1 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.7 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 9.1 | 9.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 10.7 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.8 | ||
| 44% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 35% | ||
| 6.6 | 6.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.1 | 6.1 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.8 | 2 | ||
| 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 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Dundalk | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | Derry City | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Bohemians | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Sligo Rovers | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Shelbourne | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| 7 | St Patrick's | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | UCD | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 2 |
| 9 | Finn Harps | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 10 | Drogheda United | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -4 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 36 | 24 | 6 | 6 | 59 | 28 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 32 | 13 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 15 | 31 | 78 |
| 2 | St Patrick's | 36 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 56 | 42 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 14 | 62 |
| 3 | Sligo Rovers | 36 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 43 | 32 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 11 | 57 |
| 4 | Derry City | 36 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 49 | 42 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 26 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 22 | 7 | 54 |
| 5 | Bohemians | 36 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 60 | 46 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 38 | 22 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 24 | 14 | 52 |
| 6 | Dundalk | 36 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 44 | 46 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 24 | -2 | 48 |
| 7 | Drogheda United | 36 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 45 | 43 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 17 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 26 | 2 | 44 |
| 8 | Finn Harps | 36 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 44 | 52 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 22 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 30 | -8 | 44 |
| 9 | Waterford United | 36 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 36 | 56 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 29 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 27 | -20 | 42 |
| 10 | Longford Town | 36 | 2 | 9 | 25 | 22 | 71 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 32 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 39 | -49 | 15 |
