Derry City vs St. Patrick's Athletic Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Derry City

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Derry City will be hoping to return to winning ways here after a 1-3 Premier Division defeat last time out to Shamrock Rovers.

In that match, Derry City had 45% possession and 11 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. The scorer for Derry City was Patrick Hoban (88'). Shamrock Rovers had 10 shots on goal with 8 of them on target. Aaron Greene (57', 62') and Richie Towell (70') scored for Shamrock Rovers.

Ruaidhrí Higgins's Derry City have hit the target a sum total of 7 times over their prior six outings. Conversely, the tally of goals that have been scored against them in those games is 6.

Going into this encounter, Derry City haven't been beaten in the league by St. Patrick's Athletic in their previous 2 matches.

St. Patrick's Athletic

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In their previous fixture, St. Patrick's Athletic drew 1-1 in the Premier Division match with Waterford.

In that match, St. Patrick's Athletic had 60% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. The scorer for St. Patrick's Athletic was Brandon Kavanagh (65'). Waterford had 9 attempts on goal with 2 on target. Maleace Asamoah (13') was the scorer for Waterford.

A series of dependable displays from the St. Patrick's Athletic defenders has resulted in their ‘goals against’ tally standing at 4 from their previous 6 fixtures combined. Over that same period, their own forwards have managed to score 6. That kind of trend might not be sustained into this next game, however.

Leading up to this clash, St. Patrick's Athletic:

• have left without a victory over Derry City when they have played them away from home in the previous 8 league games. A really bad run.
• have not been beaten in their last 2 away league matches.
• are without an away win for the past 4 matches in the league.

👥 Head to head

A glance at their prior head-to-head meetings dating back to 17/02/2023 shows us that Derry City have won 3 of these and St. Patrick's Athletic 1, with the number of draws standing at 2.

A sum of 15 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 9 of them for The Candystripes and 6 coming from Saints. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.5.

📋 Team News: Derry City

Sadou Diallo (Knee injury) and Colm Whelan (Cruciate ligament injury) won’t be playing for Derry City gaffer Ruaidhrí Higgins.

📋 Team News: St. Patrick's Athletic

Out of a mainly full-strength group of players, there is only the lone fitness worry for the St. Patrick's Athletic gaffer Jon Daly to contend with. Tom Grivosti (Cruciate ligament injury) won’t be in action.

⚡ Prediction

Our assessment is that St. Patrick's Athletic certainly have the ability to score a goal against this Derry City team, although that is unlikely to be enough to avoid defeat.

We’re predicting a close game with a 2-1 winning margin for Derry City at the end of this one. Let’s see what happens here.

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Peter Guest, 12:08 20/04/2024