The Premier Division meeting at Richmond Park on Friday will see home side St. Patrick's Athletic play opponents Drogheda United.
To see all of our predictions, user poll & stats for St. Patrick's Athletic v Drogheda United, scroll down - plus the latest betting odds.
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St. Patrick's Athletic
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St. Patrick's Athletic will be hoping to bounce back here after a 1-0 Premier Division losing effort in their last game against Shamrock Rovers.
In that game, St. Patrick's Athletic had 38% possession and 13 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. Shamrock Rovers had 8 shots on goal with 4 on target. Graham Burke (9') was the scorer for Shamrock Rovers.
It has been a rare occasion in recent games where St. Patrick's Athletic have shown defensive steel. The reality is that St. Patrick's Athletic have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 matches, letting in 6 goals in the process.
Coming into this clash, St. Patrick's Athletic haven't been beaten in the league by Drogheda United in their last 10 matches. Quite a long unbeaten run against them.
Drogheda United
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In their previous fixture, Drogheda United drew 3-3 in the Premier Division tie with Waterford.
In that game, Drogheda United had 55% possession and 13 shots at goal with 4 on target. For Drogheda United, the goalscorers were Mark Doyle (27'), Shane Farrell (58') and Ryan Brennan (69'). Waterford got 17 shots on goal with 5 on target. Tom Lonergan (1'), Kevin Long (21') and Benny Couto (86') scored for Waterford.
Proving their appetite for high-scoring encounters, goals have been scored 20 times in the last six games in which Drogheda United have played, making it an average of 3.33 goals for each meeting. Opposition teams have hit 12 of those goals. We will just have to see if that trend can be continued on into this next match.
Their prior results show that Drogheda United:
- are winless against St. Patrick's Athletic in away games against them for the last 5 matches in the league. Not good.
- are without a win away from home in their last 3 matches in the league.
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Head to head
A glance at their past head-to-head meetings stretching back to 14/02/2025 tells us that St. Patrick's Athletic have won 3 of them & Drogheda United 0, with the number of drawn results being 3.
A sum of 10 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 8 of them for Saints and 2 for The Drogs. That’s an average goals per game figure of 1.67.
The last league match featuring these clubs was Premier Division match day 12 on 17/04/2026 when the final score was Drogheda United 1-3 St. Patrick's Athletic.
On that occasion, Drogheda United had 44% possession and 10 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. The goalscorers were Conor Keeley (34' Own goal) and Brandon Kavanagh (64').
St. Patrick's Athletic had 10 attempts at goal with 6 on target. Aidan Keena (1') and Kian Leavy (37') scored.
The referee was Lucas Keating.
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Team News: St. Patrick's Athletic
It seems likely that Saints may well kick off with a 4-2-3-1 formation for this one, beginning the first half with Joseph Anang, James Brown, Joe Redmond, Sean Hoare, Luke Turner, Jamie Lennon, Barry Baggley, Kian Leavy, Romal Palmer, Zak Elbouzedi and Ryan Edmondson.
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Team News: Drogheda United
It’s our belief that The Drogs appear most likely to play in a 4-2-3-1 system, starting the game with Fynn Talley, Edwin Agbaje, Leo Burney, Andrew Quinn, Conor Kane, Shane Farrell, Ryan Brennan, Ethan O'Brien, Brandon Kavanagh, Thomas Oluwa and Mark Doyle.
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Prediction
In our view, St. Patrick's Athletic should dominate on the ball and be rewarded with decent chances.
At the same time, Drogheda United are also probably going to find it difficult getting goals although we do think that they will probably end up converting at least once here, too.
Therefore, we are anticipating a decent 3-1 victory for St. Patrick's Athletic at the end of this one.
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⚽️ What are the top odds for the game?
Looking at the betting prices for the match on the 90 minute result market, the win for St. Patrick's Athletic can be had for 1.3, a wager on a drawn result is 4.5 & betting on a victory for Drogheda United gets 9.5. They’re the best of the prices that can be secured at this very moment.
Lucas Pereira,
03:02 08/06/2026
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 3
🔑 Key Man: Ryan Edmondson
Typically taking to the field in the Striker position, Ryan Edmondson was born in Harrogate, England. After making a first senior appearance for Leeds United in the 2017 - 2018 season, the skilful Forward has managed 8 league goals in this Premier Division 2026 campaign to date from a total of 19 appearances.