St. Patricks – Dundalk : Preview & Prediction
St Patricks Athletic and Dundalk face at Richmond Park, in a match for the 14 th round of the Premier League. The two teams tied (1‑1), on 17‑04‑2021, the last time they met in this edition of the league. The head ‑ to ‑ head record at this stadium, favors the visiting team, who have won 4, tied 3 and lost 2 in the last 9 matches. However, in the last match at this stadium, in a match for the Premier League, on 01‑11‑2020, it was not plus a draw by (1‑1). The goals of the match were scored by R. Benson (64 ‘) for St Patricks Athletic and by P. Hoban (23’) for Dundalk. The home / away condition deserves special attention, since although this is a match between 3rd and 7th in the general classification, in fact this is a confrontation between the 1st classified in home games and the 8th as a visitor.
The home team is currently in 3rd place, with 25 points won, after 7 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses. In the penultimate match, they won at home against the Bohemians by (2‑1). In the last match, they tied (2‑2) against Derry City. This is a team affected by the home factor, as they have won 15 points at their stadium, with 11 goals scored and 4 conceded, against 9 points away, where they have scored 9 goals and conceded 8. In the last 6 home matches for the championship, St Patricks Athletic registers 5 wins and 1 loss, having won 15 points out of 18 possible. His attack has scored with great regularity, since he has always scored at least one goal in the last 10 games in this competition. The team does not usually find it difficult to open the scoreboard: they managed to score the first goal in 11 of the last 13 Premier League matches, of those 11 they reached the break in advantage in 2 and managed to maintain the advantage until the end of the 90 ‘in 7. There are 1 highlights in the last 20 home matches for all competitions: he scored 8 of his 22 goals between minutes (46’ ‑ 60 ‘).
St. Patrick’s Athletic starts for this game with an equality, in 2×2, in the trip to the field of Derry City, adding in this way the second game followed without losing in this competition: the goals of the team were scored by Lee Desmond and Billy King. Now in this challenge, the coach Stephen O’Donnell must maintain his usual strategy, favor the maintenance of the possession of the ball and the successive paused attacks: Chris Forrester is largely responsible for transporting the ball to the attack. On the other hand, left winger Billy King is the best finisher on St. Patrick’s with 3 goals scored. All players are available for this game.
The visiting team is currently in 7th place, with 14 points won, after 3 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses. In the penultimate match, they won at home against Shamrock Rovers by (2‑1). In the last match, they lost away to the Bohemians by (5‑1). This is a team little affected by the home factor, since they have achieved similar results at home and away. In the league, Dundalk won 7 points out of 21 possible points, after 1 win, 4 draws and 2 losses in the last 7 home matches. The team allowed goals to the opponent in 9 of the last 10 games, for which reason they have not presented great defensive solidity, but their attack has scored regularly, since they managed to score in 8 of the last 10 games in this competition. In 13 matches in this competition, he has never been able to turn the score around in 8 games in which he suffered the first goal.
Dundalk enters this journey with a heavy defeat, by 5-1, on the trip to the Bohemians’ field, putting an end to both games in a row without losing in this competition: the only goal of the team was scored by Gregory Sloggett. Coach Jim Magilton should maintain the 4-3-3 favoring defensive organization and counterattacks by the runners. Striker Junior Ogedi-Uzokwe is one of the highlights of this Dundalk team with 2 goals and 2 assists. It should be noted that the visiting club exhibits competence in maintaining possession of the ball and finishing. For this match the visiting coach cannot count on Chris Shields and Cameron Dummigan, both suspended.
St. Patricks – Dundalk : Betting Tips
Dundalk – Win Odds: 3.25
Both teams to score / YES – Odds: 1.70
Over 2.5 Goals – Odds: 1.70
