League round two of the Premier Division campaign and the squads have learned from the first fixture. Here's the ultimate St Patrick's - Shelbourne pre-match guide:
This is a game between neighbours, usually meaning more mental strain and importance.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
St Patrick's form and stats
The season before, St Patrick's's league results were 18 wins, 7 draws and 11 losses, ending with 4th spot in the Premier Division. During these 36 matches they scored {57 goals} and let in 37. Appearing as the host team in the last season St Patrick's generated 10-3-5 (win-draw-lost) with {28 goals} and 16 conceded. The first Premier Division game here at Richmond Park resulted in a draw. Last season St Patrick's's home game statistics were 10 victories, 3 draws and 5 defeats from 18 games.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for St Patrick's, who played 1-1 against Derry City. That match was also played at this venue (Richmond Park).
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Shelbourne in a game that was won 4-0.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does St Patrick's handle that role? We have found 9 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats.
St Patrick's has scored {1 goals-1} so far and conceded {1 goals-2} from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Shelbourne form and stats
Let's have a look at how Shelbourne performed last season in the Premier Division: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 11 draws and 15 defeats. In total they scored 40 and conceded {49 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 5 and lost 8 with 17/24 goals scored/conceded.
Shelbourne are looking to quickly end their 182 minutes long goal drought in the Premier Division.
Shelbourne played 0-0 against Drogheda United in their previous match.
A loss, in the FAI Cup away at Derry City, before that. Shelbourne are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 9 matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - two - two (St Patrick's wins - draws - Shelbourne wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Redmond 1 goals |
St Patrick's missing players
Shelbourne missing players
| St Patrick's | Shelbourne | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 6 | 6 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 9 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 8 | 8 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| St Patrick's | Last season | Shelbourne | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 18 | 10 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 11 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 8 | 15 | ||
| 57 | 28 | Scored | S | 17 | 40 | ||
| 37 | 16 | Conceded | C | 24 | 49 | ||
| 94% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 89% | ||
| 75% | 78% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 72% | 72% | ||
| 56% | 56% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 39% | 42% | ||
| 22% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 22% | 22% | ||
| 6% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 6% | 11% | ||
| 47% | 44% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 47% | ||
| 36% | 44% | Clean Sheets | C S | 28% | 28% | ||
| 22% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 36% | ||
| 4.1 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 3.4 | ||
| 5.3 | 4.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.3 | ||
| 2 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.5 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 9.4 | 10.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.5 | 7.4 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.2 | ||
| 41% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 35% | ||
| 9.3 | 8.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.7 | 8.9 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 3.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bohemians | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | UCD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | St Patrick's | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Dundalk | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Shamrock Rovers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Sligo Rovers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Derry City | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Shelbourne | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Drogheda United | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Cork City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 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 | 7 | 5 | 61 | 22 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 10 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 12 | 39 | 79 |
| 2 | Derry City | 36 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 53 | 27 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 13 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 26 | 66 |
| 3 | Dundalk | 36 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 53 | 30 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 35 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 23 | 66 |
| 4 | St Patrick's | 36 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 57 | 37 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 21 | 20 | 61 |
| 5 | Sligo Rovers | 36 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 47 | 44 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 24 | 3 | 49 |
| 6 | Bohemians | 36 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 45 | 46 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 23 | -1 | 46 |
| 7 | Shelbourne | 36 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 40 | 49 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 25 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 24 | -9 | 41 |
| 8 | Drogheda United | 36 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 34 | 58 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 37 | -24 | 38 |
| 9 | UCD | 36 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 28 | 67 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 29 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 38 | -39 | 26 |
| 10 | Finn Harps | 36 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 33 | 71 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 43 | -38 | 20 |
