Premier Division: What this game might miss in glamour it should pay back in pace and attitude. Bring on St Patrick's - UCD!
- St Patrick's have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Premier Division
- UCD have the fewest scored goals (11) in Premier Division
This is a local derby, usually meaning increased pressure and importance.
St Patrick's form and stats
When playing at home in the Premier Division, St Patrick's have managed 4 wins, 2 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 9 games.
No payout for St Patrick's in their previous match, an away game at Dundalk that ended in defeat 0-1.
Before that, St Patrick's had a home game versus Bohemians which ended with a victory 3-0.The St Patrick's fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 9 matches.
UCD form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for UCD so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-7 (win-draw-lose).
UCD played 1-1 against Sligo Rovers in their previous match.
Prior to that match, the UCD manager Myler faced defeat when travelling to Shelbourne and losing 0-2.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 5 games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 0 times, 1 were draw and the home team won as expected 4 times.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting UCD as they have only managed to score 6 times from 9 away games in the league. UCD are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 6 goals in these matches.
Head 2 Head
Here's what happened when the sides met earlier this season; UCD - St Patrick's 1-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Patrick's six wins, three draws and UCD one victory. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Doyle 6 goals | D. Burns 4 goals | T. Owolabi 4 goals |
St Patrick's missing players
UCD missing players
| St Patrick's | UCD | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 11 |
| 24 | 11 | 6 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 16 | 9 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 25 | 38 |
| 89% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 68% | 78% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 83% |
| 42% | 44% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | 44% |
| 11% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 22% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 22% | 11% |
| 32% | 33% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 33% | 39% |
| 47% | 56% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 17% |
| 32% | 22% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 56% | 56% |
| 3.9 | 4.3 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 3.8 | 3.7 |
| 5.8 | 5.2 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 6.2 | 6.9 |
| 1.6 | 1.9 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.4 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.6 | 9.3 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 4.4 | 4.9 |
| 3.1 | 3.6 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| 41% | 34% | 55% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 30% | 30% |
| 9.3 | 8.4 | 7.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 14.2 | 12.3 |
| 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 6.1 | 5.2 |
- St Patrick's have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- St Patrick's have scored more than double the goals of UCD.
- St Patrick's have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in Premier Division
- St Patrick's have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Premier Division
- UCD have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- UCD have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- UCD have the fewest points (4) away in Premier Division
- UCD have the fewest scored goals (11) in Premier Division
- UCD have the fewest scored goals (6) away in Premier Division
- UCD have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Premier Division
- UCD have the most conceded goals (25) away in Premier Division
- UCD have the most conceded goals (38) in Premier Division
- UCD have the most conceded goals in the first half (20) in Premier Division
- UCD have the most matches under the total-line (9) in Premier Division
- UCD have the the worst goal difference (-19) away in Premier Division
- UCD have the the worst goal difference (-27) in Premier Division
- UCD haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 21 | 42 |
| 2 | Dundalk | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 27 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 34 |
| 3 | Derry City | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 33 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 33 |
| 4 | St Patrick's | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 28 |
| 5 | Sligo Rovers | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 25 |
| 6 | Shelbourne | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | -6 | 24 |
| 7 | Bohemians | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 24 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 23 |
| 8 | Drogheda United | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -10 | 20 |
| 9 | Finn Harps | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -16 | 11 |
| 10 | UCD | 18 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 38 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 25 | -27 | 9 |
