St. Patrick's Athletic vs Waterford Live Stream, Predictions (May 23)

📊 Form Guide

St. Patrick's Athletic

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St. Patrick's Athletic will be hoping to return to winning ways here following a 4-0 Premier Division loss in their previous game against Shamrock Rovers.

In that match, St. Patrick's Athletic managed 42% possession and 19 attempts at goal with 7 on target. Shamrock Rovers got 18 shots at goal with 10 on target. Michael Noonan (22'), Graham Burke (36', 50') and Aaron Greene (69') scored for Shamrock Rovers.

It’s been a rare occasion in recent games that St. Patrick's Athletic haven’t conceded. In fact, St. Patrick's Athletic have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, leaking 11 goals in the process.

Waterford

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Following on from a loss in their previous game against Shamrock Rovers in Premier Division competition, Waterford and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

In that game, Waterford had 57% possession and 9 attempts on goal with 1 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Waterford was Pádraig Amond (10'). Shamrock Rovers got 12 attempts at goal with 5 on target. Rory Gaffney (25'), Michael Noonan (76') and Graham Burke (90') scored for Shamrock Rovers.

Over the course of their last 6 outings, Waterford have helped themselves to the sum of 8 goals. Waterford have also scored in every single one of those games. During those fixtures, they’ve had 7 goals go against them. We will have to find out whether or not that trend will be continued on in this game.

Looking at their past form shows that Waterford:

• have not emerged victorious against St. Patrick's Athletic in away games against them for the last 4 league games. Not the best of away records.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 2 away league matches.

↔️ Head to head

Looking at their most recent head to head clashes stretching back to 31/07/2022 shows that St. Patrick's Athletic have won 2 of these and Waterford 3, with the number of drawn matches standing at 1.

A combined total of 18 goals were produced between them in this period, with 9 from Saints and 9 created by The Blues. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.

The last league fixture featuring these clubs was Premier Division match day 7 on 28/03/2025 when it finished Waterford 1-2 St. Patrick's Athletic.

In that game, Waterford managed 37% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. The goals were scored by Pádraig Amond (14') and Darragh Leahy (88' Own goal).

St. Patrick's Athletic got 18 attempts at goal with 5 on target. Brandon Kavanagh (90') scored.

The referee was Kevin O'Sullivan.

📰 Team News: St. Patrick's Athletic

Almost everyone can be considered, as there’s just the sole fitness concern for the St. Patrick's Athletic gaffer Stephen Kenny to contend with due to a largely intact squad. Romal Palmer (Hamstring injury) is out of contention.

It seems likely that Saints may well use the 4-3-3 system for this game and select Joseph Anang, Luke Turner, Joe Redmond, Sean Hoare, Simon Power, Kian Leavy, Jake Mulraney, Brandon Kavanagh, Zak Elbouzedi, Mason Melia and Aidan Keena.

📋 Team News: Waterford

Waterford manager John Coleman has a number of players out of action. Trae Coyle (Hamstring injury) and Matty Smith (Knee injury) are those who can’t be considered.

From our viewpoint, The Blues appear most likely to utilise a 4-3-3 system, settling for Stephen McMullan, Grant Horton, Kacper Radkowski, Darragh Leahy, Ryan Burke, Conan Noonan, James Olayinka, Kyle White, Tom Lonergan, Sam Glenfield and Padraig Amond.

💭 Prediction

Our assessment is that St. Patrick's Athletic will, in all likelihood, be able to create a good number of chances & successful shots on target.

At the other end, Waterford are also probably going to find it difficult to score themselves but do we see them getting enough chances to score, too.

We’re therefore anticipating a controlled 3-1 victory for St. Patrick's Athletic when the full-time whistle blows.

📚 ⚽️ What are the top odds for the game?

Turning to the betting odds in the full-time result market, putting your money on St. Patrick's Athletic is best priced at 1.44, a wager on the draw is 4.33 and staking on the winner to be Waterford gets you 6. Those are the best of the returns that can be secured as of now.

Lucas Pereira, 18:08 20/05/2025