After five games we know a little more about the qualities of St Patrick's and Waterford United in this fresh Premier Division season. Read our match preview!
- St Patrick's have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Premier Division
- Waterford United have the most dropped points from leading position (6) in Premier Division
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
St Patrick's form and stats
As mentioned below, St Patrick's are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 Premier Division games.
St Patrick's shared the glory with Dundalk in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Ahead of that match, Patrick's won a home game hosting Derry City (2-0).
The manager S. O'Donnell will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Finn Harps in only three days.
At Richmond Park, St Patrick's has the goal stats of 4-1 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Waterford United form and stats
Waterford United are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Premier Division, having played 3 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses).
Home advantage was not enough for Waterford in their previous game, as they lost their Premier Division-match, hosting Bohemians, 0-1. A 1-2 defeat away at Finn Harps before that.
After this away game Waterford return home for a Premier Division game against Longford Town. That game is only four sleeps after this.
The visiting Waterford have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 3 goals from 3 games. As opposed to that, Waterford have seen the ball go into their own net 4 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - zero - seven (Patrick's wins - draws - Waterford United wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Coughlin 2 goals | R. Benson 1 goals | B. King 1 goals |
St Patrick's missing players
Waterford United missing players
| St Patrick's | Waterford United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 60% |
| 20% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 60% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 60% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 60% |
| 40% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 40% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.2 | 2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.3 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8.2 | 13.5 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 6 | 6.6 |
| 3.6 | 5.5 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 2.8 |
| 39% | 36% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 29% |
- All of St Patrick's's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- St Patrick's have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- St Patrick's have scored in all their matches so far.
- St Patrick's have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Premier Division
- St Patrick's have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Premier Division
- St Patrick's have the most scored goals in the second half (7) in Premier Division
- St Patrick's have the the best goal difference (+3) at home in Premier Division
- St Patrick's have won all their matches at home so far.
- St Patrick's haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Waterford United have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Waterford United have the most dropped points from leading position (6) in Premier Division
- Waterford United have the most matches over the total-line (3) in Premier Division
- Waterford United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| St Patrick's | Last season | Waterford United | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 18 | 9 | Played | P | 9 | 18 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Scored | S | 8 | 17 | ||
| 17 | 6 | Conceded | C | 13 | 22 | ||
| 78% | 78% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 89% | ||
| 61% | 56% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 56% | 56% | ||
| 22% | 11% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 33% | ||
| 6% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 22% | 17% | ||
| 6% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 11% | ||
| 28% | 22% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 28% | ||
| 44% | 56% | Clean Sheets | C S | 44% | 44% | ||
| 50% | 44% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 39% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.8 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 9.2 | 9.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.4 | 5.1 | ||
| 3 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.1 | 1.9 | ||
| 26% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 50% | ||
| 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 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 2 | St Patrick's | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 3 | Sligo Rovers | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 4 | Finn Harps | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | Drogheda United | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | Bohemians | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 7 | Longford Town | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -4 | 4 |
| 8 | Waterford United | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 3 |
| 9 | Dundalk | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 2 |
| 10 | Derry City | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -7 | 1 |