📊 Form Guide

Drogheda United

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Drogheda United will be hoping for a better result following a 3-1 Premier Division loss in their previous game against Sligo Rovers.

In that game, Drogheda United managed 52% possession and 19 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. The only player to score for Drogheda United was Andrew Quinn (58'). Sligo Rovers had 11 attempts at goal with 4 on target. Max Mata (21', 26') and Wilson Waweru (86') scored for Sligo Rovers.

It has been a rare occasion in recent times where Drogheda United have shown defensive steel. The facts show that Drogheda United have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, shipping 14 goals in the process. It will be interesting to find out if that trend can be sustained into this next match.

Going into this contest, Drogheda United have not been beaten in the league by St. Patrick's Athletic in their previous 2 matches.

St. Patrick's Athletic

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After being beaten in their last game against Shelbourne in Premier Division action, St. Patrick's Athletic will be aiming to make amends here.

In that game, St. Patrick's Athletic had 57% possession and 15 attempts at goal with 2 on target. The scorer for St. Patrick's Athletic was Jake Mulraney (71'). On the other side, Shelbourne got 11 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Will Jarvis (48', 58') scored for Shelbourne.

During their six most recent matches, Jon Daly's St. Patrick's Athletic have turned their attacks into goals a total of 5 times thus giving them the goals scored per game average of 0.83.

Going into this encounter, St. Patrick's Athletic are without a win away from home in their last 2 matches in the league.

↔️ Head to head

Checking on their prior head to head meetings stretching back to 01/07/2022 shows that Drogheda United have won 2 of them and St. Patrick's Athletic 4, with the number of drawn games being 0.

In all, 18 goals were scored between them in this period, with 5 for The Drogs and 13 coming from Saints. The average goals per game has been 3.

The last league encounter featuring these clubs was Premier Division match day 30 on 25/09/2023 which ended up with the score at St. Patrick's Athletic 1-2 Drogheda United.

In that match, St. Patrick's Athletic had 64% possession and 10 attempts on goal with 3 on target. The scorer was Chris Forrester (40').

Drogheda United got 5 shots on goal with 3 on target. Warren Davis (6') and Dayle Rooney (82') scored.

The match was refereed by David Dunne.

📰 Team News: Drogheda United

The Drogheda United manager Kevin Doherty has zero fitness concerns whatsoever before this game with a fully healthy group to choose from.

In our view, The Drogs may well opt for a 4-2-3-1 system for this one, utilising Andrew Wogan, Conor Kane, Jack Keaney, Andrew Quinn, Evan Weir, Gary Deegan, Oisin Gallagher, Warren Davis, Darragh Markey, Zishim Bawa and Frantz Pierrot.

📰 Team News: St. Patrick's Athletic

Thanks to a largely available group of players, there’s just the sole fitness problem for the St. Patrick's Athletic gaffer Jon Daly to be concerned about. Tom Grivosti (Cruciate ligament injury) won’t be playing here.

From our viewpoint, Saints appear most likely to play in a 4-2-3-1 system, choosing Daniel Rogers, Kieran Freeman, Joe Redmond, Luke Turner, Anto Breslin, Jamie Lennon, Chris Forrester, Brandon Kavanagh, Kian Leavy, Jason McClelland and Ruairi Keating.

⚡ Prediction

We’ve got the feeling that Drogheda United might well have a job on their hands to breach the defence of this St. Patrick's Athletic outfit who we think might get the win and a maybe even keep a clean sheet as well.

Our tip is therefore for a very competitive encounter with a 0-1 winning margin for St. Patrick's Athletic at full-time.

Let’s see how this one goes.

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Renata Leite, 19:09 29/03/2024