St Patrick's will hope to draw on their home advantage to help shorten the gap to today’s opponents. The host team are currently 13 points behind Shamrock Rovers.
- St Patrick's have the most scored goals in the second half (19) in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers have the fewest conceded goals (13) in Premier Division
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
It's no vacation for neither Patrick's nor Shamrock Rovers 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
The story so far in the Premier Division for St Patrick's at their home stadium (Richmond Park) is 5 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats. Two home wins in a row for St Patrick's bring valid hopes of a third.
Patrick's shared the glory with Finn Harps in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2. Opportunity lost for St Patrick's in the Finn Harps match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw.
Before that, Patrick's had a home game versus UCD which ended with a victory 2-1.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for St Patrick's, as the Premier Division home game vs Drogheda United is only four days away.
St Patrick's has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches.
Shamrock Rovers form and stats
4-2-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Shamrock Rovers, who have the fewest conceded goals (13) in Premier Division, in their Premier Division matches away. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Shamrock are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Shamrock Rovers are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the match against Bohemians (placed 6th).
A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Shelbourne.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Premier Division trip to Finn Harps.
Shamrock Rovers have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 10 league away games 13 goals have been scored. It's not easy to score on Shamrock Rovers as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The sides have faced each other already this season, with the match result Shamrock Rovers - Patrick's 1-0 entered in the official records. Stats for the preceeding ten meetings involving these two contenders are: one win for St Patrick's, four draws and five wins for Shamrock Rovers. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: eight games.Top Goalscorers
  E. Doyle 8 goals |  D. Mandroiu 7 goals |  G. Burke 7 goals |
St Patrick's missing players
Shamrock Rovers missing players
| St Patrick's | Shamrock Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 21 |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 14 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 28 | 13 | 0 | Scored | S | 4 | 13 | 34 |
| 19 | 10 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 8 | 13 |
| 90% | 90% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 95% |
| 71% | 80% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 60% | 57% |
| 48% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 48% |
| 14% | 10% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 10% | 24% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 38% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 40% | 38% |
| 43% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 30% | 48% |
| 29% | 20% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 19% |
| 4.2 | 4.6 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 6 | 7 |
| 5.5 | 5 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
| 1.6 | 1.9 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.1 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8.8 | 9.8 | 5.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 11.2 | 12.1 |
| 3.2 | 3.8 | 1.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 4.8 | 5.2 |
| 41% | 34% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 27% | 31% |
| 9.2 | 8.8 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6 | 6 | 5.2 |
| 4 | 4.1 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2 |
- Shamrock Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Shamrock Rovers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Shamrock Rovers have the fewest conceded goals (13) in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9) in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers have the most clean sheets (10) in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers have the the best goal difference (+21) in Premier Division
- St Patrick's have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- St Patrick's have the most scored goals in the second half (19) 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 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 45 |
| 2 | Dundalk | 20 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 28 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 38 |
| 3 | Derry City | 21 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 35 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 16 | 37 |
| 4 | St Patrick's | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 32 |
| 5 | Sligo Rovers | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 28 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 29 |
| 6 | Bohemians | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 25 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 26 |
| 7 | Shelbourne | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | -7 | 25 |
| 8 | Drogheda United | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -10 | 22 |
| 9 | Finn Harps | 20 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 36 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -19 | 12 |
| 10 | UCD | 20 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 12 | 41 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 27 | -29 | 9 |
