📊 Form Guide

Derry City

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Derry City prepare for this fixture following a 2-2 Premier Division stalemate against Waterford.

In that match, Derry City managed 63% possession and 9 shots at goal with 4 on target. For Derry City, the goals were scored by Kevin Santos (19') and Henry Rylah (94'). Waterford got 15 attempts on goal with 7 of them on target. Tom Lonergan (59') and Kevin Long (81') scored for Waterford.

It has been all too rare in recent games where Derry City haven’t conceded. In fact, Derry City have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, shipping 6 goals along the way.

Looking at their past form shows that Derry City:

• haven't lost in the league to St. Patrick's Athletic in their previous 4 games.
• have not emerged victorious against St. Patrick's Athletic in their last 2 matches in the league.
• are unbeaten in their last 3 league matches at home.

St. Patrick's Athletic

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After a loss in their previous game against Shelbourne in Premier Division action, St. Patrick's Athletic and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

In that match, St. Patrick's Athletic managed 61% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. Shelbourne had 12 shots on goal with 4 on target. Daniel Kelly (82') was the scorer for Shelbourne.

The stats don’t lie, and St. Patrick's Athletic have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 matches, with opponents netting 7 goals overall. At the back, St. Patrick's Athletic have not been doing too well. In any event, we must now wait to see whether such a trend shall continue on in this game or not.

Taking a look at their past results, St. Patrick's Athletic:

• have not won against Derry City in away games against them for the last 11 matches in the league. A very poor run of away results.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 3 league matches away from home.
• have not won away from home in their last 2 league matches.

👥 Head to head

Looking at the statistics for their head to head meetings dating back to 25/10/2024, neither club has come out on top overall with Derry City winning 2 of those games, St. Patrick's Athletic 2 and 2 being draws after 90 minutes of play.

A sum of 9 goals were scored between the two sides during those clashes, with 4 of them for The Candystripes and 5 for Saints. The average number of goals per game works out to 1.5.

The last league clash featuring the two was Premier Division match day 7 on 16/03/2026 when it finished St. Patrick's Athletic 0-0 Derry City.

In that match, St. Patrick's Athletic had 52% possession and 15 shots on goal with 2 on target.

Derry City got 10 attempts on goal with 2 on target.

The match was refereed by Robert Harvey.

🗞️ Team News: Derry City

In our view, The Candystripes will probably make use of the 4-3-3 system in the match featuring Eddie Beach, Barry Cotter, Jamie Stott, Patrick McClean, Brandon Fleming, Adam O'Reilly, Michael Duffy, James Clarke, Kevin Santos, Dipo Akinyemi and James Olayinka.

🗞️ Team News: St. Patrick's Athletic

From a largely healthy squad, there’s only the one fitness problem for the St. Patrick's Athletic manager Stephen Kenny to be concerned about. Simon Power (Knee injury) won’t be playing here. Sean Hoare will not be able to play in this game through being suspended.

We reckon that Saints appear most likely to elect for a 3-4-3 lineup, giving starts to Joseph Anang, Joe Redmond, Tom Grivosti, Luke Turner, James Brown, Jamie Lennon, Barry Baggley, Zak Elbouzedi, Kian Leavy, Ryan Edmondson and Chris Forrester.

💭 Prediction

Looking at these two, we feel that St. Patrick's Athletic and Derry City should both get enough opportunities to score, although it’s hard to separate the two.

Let’s see how it plays out, but a draw is looking likely to us. Our tip is therefore for a tight encounter with a 1-1 draw at full-time.

Lucas Pereira, 18:06 22/05/2026