The Premier Division match at Richmond Park on Monday sees home side St. Patrick's Athletic take to the field against Derry City.
View all of the St. Patrick's Athletic v Derry City predictions, poll and stats below - as well as the best betting odds.
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St. Patrick's Athletic
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St. Patrick's Athletic won’t want a repeat of their last result here following the 0-1 Premier Division defeat in their last game at the hands of Shelbourne.
In that match, St. Patrick's Athletic had 57% possession and 13 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. Shelbourne got 3 attempts at goal with 1 on target. Ali Coote (10') scored for Shelbourne.
In their last 6 fixtures, Stephen Kenny's St. Patrick's Athletic have scored 6 times, with that being an average number of goals per match of 1.
Derry City
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Last time out, Derry City drew 1-1 in the Premier Division tie with Galway United.
In that game, Derry City had 68% possession and 19 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Derry City was Kevin Holt (18'). At the other end, Galway United had 5 shots on goal with 1 on target. David Hurley (10') scored for Galway United.
The numbers tell their own story, and Derry City have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing their opponents hit 6 goals in total. Defensively, Derry City can certainly do much better. That sort of trend won’t necessarily be sustained into this match, of course.
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Head to head
Looking at their prior head-to-head clashes stretching back to 22/04/2024 shows that St. Patrick's Athletic have won 2 of these and Derry City 4, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 0.
A combined total of 12 goals were scored between the two sides during those clashes, with 4 of them for Saints and 8 being from The Candystripes. That’s an average goals per game of 2.
The previous league contest featuring these clubs was Premier Division match day 14 on 05/05/2025 which ended up with the score at Derry City 1-0 St. Patrick's Athletic.
In that match, Derry City had 44% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 3 on target. The scorer was Danny Mullen (48').
St. Patrick's Athletic got 9 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target.
The match was refereed by Damien MacGraith.
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Team News: St. Patrick's Athletic
Availability isn’t a big problem, with just one fitness concern for the St. Patrick's Athletic gaffer Stephen Kenny to contend with thanks to an almost full-strength set of players. Romal Palmer (Hamstring injury) won’t play.
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Team News: Derry City
Out of a mainly available squad, there is just the lone fitness issue for the Derry City gaffer Tiernan Lynch to contend with. Cameron Dummigan (Hamstring injury) won’t be in action.
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Prediction
We’re of the opinion that Derry City have the ability to score against this St. Patrick's Athletic side, although it might not be as many as they will have scored against them.
We think that it’s going to be a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 victory for St. Patrick's Athletic after 90 minutes. Hopefully this is a good one.
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⚽️ What are the best odds for this match?
Checking the betting prices for this game on the 90 min. result market, a win for St. Patrick's Athletic is available for 2.1, betting on the game finishing all-square is 3.25 and betting on the win for Derry City gets 3. They are the most competitive prices offered at this very moment.
Peter Guest,
11:03 19/06/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
🏟️ Team Focus:
St. Patrick's Athletic
Formed: 1929
Stadium: Richmond Park (5,340)
Captain: Joe Redmond
Chairman: Garrett Kelleher
Manager: Stephen Kenny
Competitions: Premier Division position 4, FAI Cup (Second Round)
⭐ Key Man: Zachary Elbouzedi
Mostly deployed in the Right Wing position, Zachary Elbouzedi was born in Dublin, Rep. Ireland. Having made his senior debut playing for Elgin City in the 2017 - 2018 season, the gifted Forward has scored 3 league goals in this Premier Division 2025 campaign so far in a total of 21 appearances.