Football news and preview: St Patrick's favourites when UCD arrive

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Competition: Republic of Ireland Premier Division
Competition: Mon 14.March
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Richmond Park (2500 seats)

St Patrick's look forward to challenge UCD in this Premier Division match. All you should know about the fixture can be found right here!

Insights:
  • St Patrick's have the most scored goals in the second half (6) in Premier Division
  • UCD have the most conceded goals (7) away in Premier Division

These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.

St Patrick's have less rest than UCD in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Premier Division game only three days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Finn Harps.

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St Patrick's form and stats

Only two Premier Division home games for St Patrick's so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Joseph Anang not having conceded a league goal in 221 minutes.

St Patrick's enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Finn Harps's place. The match ended 2-0 with Scott and Doyle scoring.

Ahead of that match, St Patrick's won a home game hosting Shamrock Rovers (1-0).

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Patrick's as they are travelling to their away game against Derry City in the Premier Division. That match is four days after this one.

At Richmond Park, St Patrick's has the goal stats of 2-2 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.

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UCD form and stats

It's not happening yet for UCD on their Premier Division travels, with zero points from their first 2 away games. Maybe today will be different? UCD has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

UCD play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 2-4 to Drogheda United (placed 8th).

Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Shelbourne.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where UCD played away with similar odds. This revealed four games. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, zero were draws and the home team won as expected four times.

A quick return to home after this game, as UCD are hosting Bohemians in the Premier Division only four days away.

UCD have the goal stats of 2-7 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Stats for the previous ten meetings featuring these two squads are: six wins for St Patrick's, three draws and one win for UCD. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

Patrick'sE. Doyle
E. Doyle
2 goals
St Patrick'sJ. Scott
J. Scott
1 goals
St Patrick'sC. Forrester
C. Forrester
1 goals

St Patrick's missing players

UCD missing players

St Patrick's UCD
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
5 2 0 Played P 1 2 4
3 1 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 2
2 1 0 Lost L 1 2 2
7 2 0 Scored S 0 2 2
3 2 0 Conceded C 3 7 7
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 50%
60% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 50%
40% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 50% 25%
20% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 25%
60% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 50%
20% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 50% 75%
 
3 3 0 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3 2.5
5.6 6.5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 11 8 7.8
1.2 1.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.6 7.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 3 3 3.5
3.8 5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 1.5 1.5
37% 20% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 67% 33%
 
11.8 14 0 Shots against (avg) S A 15 13.5 10.5
5.4 6 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8 6 4
Key stats in Premier Division this season:
  • St Patrick's have the most scored goals in the second half (6) in Premier Division
  • UCD have the most conceded goals (7) away in Premier Division
  • UCD have the the worst goal difference (-5) away in Premier Division
St Patrick's Last season UCD
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 18   Played P   15 30
18 12   Won W   7 15
8 2   Drew D   3 7
10 4   Lost L   5 8
56 30   Scored S   30 61
42 18   Conceded C   22 40
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 90%
78% 78%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   100% 87%
50% 56%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   73% 70%
33% 22%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   47% 43%
14% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   20% 27%
56% 44%   BTTS BTTS   60% 60%
31% 39%   Clean Sheets C S   33% 33%
17% 17%   Failed to Score F T   7% 17%
 
5.7 5.2   Corners for (avg) C F   5 4.7
3.9 3.4   Corners against (avg) C A   4.7 4.6
2.1 2.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.7 1.7
5 1   Red cards R C   1 1
 
9.1 9.6   Shots (avg) S (   9 9.5
3.5 3.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.4 4.6
44% 46%   Goal Efficiency G E   45% 45%
 
6.6 6.2   Shots against (avg) S A   9.5 9.6
3.2 3.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.9 3.9

  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 5 3 0 2 8 4 3 3 0 0 7 1 2 0 0 2 1 3 4 9
2 St Patrick's 5 3 0 2 7 3 2 1 0 1 2 2 3 2 0 1 5 1 4 9
3 Sligo Rovers 4 2 2 0 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 5 1 4 8
4 Derry City 4 2 2 0 5 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 8
5 Dundalk 5 1 4 0 8 5 2 1 1 0 5 2 3 0 3 0 3 3 3 7
6 Bohemians 4 1 2 1 4 4 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 5
7 Shelbourne 5 1 2 2 3 5 3 0 1 2 1 5 2 1 1 0 2 0 -2 5
8 Drogheda United 4 1 0 3 5 10 3 1 0 2 4 7 1 0 0 1 1 3 -5 3
9 UCD 4 0 2 2 2 7 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 7 -5 2
10 Finn Harps 4 0 2 2 1 6 2 0 1 1 1 3 2 0 1 1 0 3 -5 2

Read more about Premier Division

The League of Ireland Premier Division, also known as the SSE Aitricity League Premier Division, is the highest level of football in the Republic of Ireland. It also has teams from Northern Ireland participating. The season runs from February to October with ten teams playing 36 matches each.