📏 Form Guide

St. Patrick's Athletic

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St. Patrick's Athletic, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 3-0 Premier Division triumph vs Sligo Rovers.

In that match, St. Patrick's Athletic had 44% possession and 18 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. For St. Patrick's Athletic, the goalscorers were Luke Turner (10', 42') and Mason Melia (86'). Sligo Rovers got 7 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target.

Jon Daly's St. Patrick's Athletic have found the net 7 times over their last six outings. At the other end, the tally of goals that have been scored against them in those same fixtures amounts to 7.

Coming into this clash, St. Patrick's Athletic haven't beaten Shamrock Rovers in their last 7 league matches.

Shamrock Rovers

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Shamrock Rovers will go into the clash following a 1-2 Premier Division win in the defeat of Waterford in their last game.

In that match, Shamrock Rovers managed 44% possession and 11 shots at goal with 5 on target. For Shamrock Rovers, the scorers were Darragh Burns (55') and Roberto Lopes (71'). Waterford had 10 attempts at goal with 2 on target. Robbie McCourt (64') was the scorer for Waterford.

During their six latest matches, Stephen Bradley's Shamrock Rovers have had reason to celebrate scoring a total of 9 times, yielding them the goals scored per game average of 1.5.

Looking at their past form shows that Shamrock Rovers:

• are undefeated by St. Patrick's Athletic in games played away from home for the previous 3 league games.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 3 league matches away from home.

↔️ Head to head

An examination of past results between these clubs stretching back to 21/10/2022 tells us that these fixtures have been miserable for St. Patrick's Athletic. They’ve not managed to register any victories whatsoever while Shamrock Rovers have been superior, finishing as winners in 83 per cent of those ties.

There were also plenty of goals scored in those games, 22 in all which averages out at 3.67 goals per match.

🗞️ Team News: St. Patrick's Athletic

Looking at personnel, there is just a single fitness concern for the St. Patrick's Athletic manager Jon Daly to be concerned about from of an almost fully healthy group of players. Tom Grivosti (Cruciate ligament injury) misses out.

We think that Saints may well make use of the 4-2-3-1 system this time, utilising Daniel Rogers, Conor Keeley, Joe Redmond, Luke Turner, Anto Breslin, Jamie Lennon, Alex Nolan, Aaron Bolger, Kian Leavy, Jake Mulraney and Ruairi Keating.

📋 Team News: Shamrock Rovers

Shamrock Rovers boss Stephen Bradley has some current player fitness concerns. Neil Farrugia (Shoulder injury), Sean Kavanagh (Hamstring injury) and Jack Byrne (Calf injury) won’t be making appearances.

It’s our belief that The Hoops will likely begin the game with a 3-4-1-2 lineup, settling for Leon Pöhls, Daniel Cleary, Sean Hoare, Josh Honohan, Darragh Burns, Markus Poom, Gary O'Neil, Richard Towell, Graham Burke, Conan Noonan and Aaron Greene.

⚡ Prediction

We feel that St. Patrick's Athletic might have a difficult job to be putting a goal past this Shamrock Rovers side who will likely just have the edge.

We’re therefore seeing a good battle with a 0-1 victory for Shamrock Rovers when the full-time whistle blows.

Let’s see.

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Renata Leite, 18:04 05/04/2024