St Patrick's are welcoming Shelbourne for another important game after their 0-0 result against 6th-placed Derry City.
St Patrick's and Shelbourne should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
St Patrick's form and stats
St Patrick's, who have the fewest conceded goals (3) at home in Premier Division, have collected 8 points from their Premier Division home games so far after 2-2-2. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.
Stress levels are on the rise for Patrick's's attacking players as they have now played 512 minutes without scoring in a league game. G. Kelly was their last goal scorer. Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Brendan Clarke not having conceded a league goal in 190 minutes.
The home team returns to Richmond Park after being equal after 90 minutes with Derry City (placed 6th) on their last time out; the Premier Division game ended 0-0. Before that, St Patrick's drew at home versus Sligo Rovers.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Patrick's have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found three games) they have won zero times, drawn one and lost two.
Patrick's has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: 3 goals from 6 games. St Patrick's have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 3 goals.
Shelbourne form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier Division travels is 2 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
Shelbourne's last game was the home draw against Finn Harps (1-1). A 2-3 defeat away at Dundalk before that.
We have checked recent matches where Shelbourne have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those two games were one victory, zero draws and one defeat.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Shelbourne as they have only managed to score 5 times from 6 away games in the league. Shelbourne have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Shelbourne - Patrick's 1-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: seven - two - one (Patrick's wins - draws - Shelbourne wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.St Patrick's missing players
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| St Patrick's | Shelbourne | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | 3 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 10 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 13 |
| 75% | 67% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 92% |
| 50% | 33% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 58% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 50% | 67% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 33% |
| 67% | 67% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.8 | 3 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 107 | 54 | 19 | Total Shots | T S | 8 | 28 | 70 |
| 31 | 19 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 8 | 29 |
| 19% | 16% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 38% | 28% |
- Shelbourne have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Shelbourne is in the worst form (0-4-2)
- St Patrick's has the fewest conceded goals (3) at home in Premier Division
- St Patrick's has the fewest scored goals in the second half (1) in Premier Division
- St Patrick's has the most clean sheets (4) at home 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 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 22 | 32 |
| 2 | Bohemians | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 24 |
| 3 | Dundalk | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 20 |
| 4 | Waterford United | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -3 | 17 |
| 5 | Sligo Rovers | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -2 | 16 |
| 6 | Derry City | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
| 7 | Shelbourne | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 13 |
| 8 | St Patrick's | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 13 |
| 9 | Finn Harps | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -11 | 9 |
| 10 | Cork City | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 14 | -13 | 8 |