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St. Patrick's Athletic vs UCD Live Stream, Predictions
St. Patrick's Athletic take on visiting rivals UCD at Richmond Park in the Premier Division tie on Friday.
Our St. Patrick's Athletic v UCD tips, poll and stats can be seen in full below (including the best match odds).
📊 Form Guide
St. Patrick's Athletic
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St. Patrick's Athletic will be hoping to bounce back here after the 1-0 Premier Division defeat in their last game at the hands of Dundalk.
Daniel Kelly (24') was the scorer for Dundalk.
Their more recent scorelines really do illustrate the point that things are going according to plan in the St. Patrick's Athletic defence. St. Patrick's Athletic have been miserly, with the number of goals that have flown into the back of their net during their previous six matches standing at 4. We will find out if that trend can be continued on here.
UCD
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In the game prior to this, UCD drew 1-1 in the Premier Division tie with Sligo Rovers.
The only name on the scoresheet from UCD was Dylan Duffy (69'). Karl O'Sullivan (53') scored for Sligo Rovers.
Looking at their form, and UCD have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, conceding 11 goals in all. At the back, UCD can certainly do much better.
↔️ Head to head
Checking on their prior head-to-head meetings going back to 26/04/2019 shows us that St. Patrick's Athletic have won 4 of these and UCD 1, with the number of drawn games standing at 1.
A sum of 12 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 8 of them for Saints and 4 coming from The Students. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.
The previous league match between these sides was Premier Division match day 11 on 18/04/2022 when it ended UCD 1-2 St. Patrick's Athletic.
The referee was Damien McGraith.
📰 Team News: St. Patrick's Athletic
The St. Patrick's Athletic manager Tim Clancy has a full complement, with no fitness worries whatsoever before this match with a completely healthy group to choose from.
We think that Saints should make use of the 4-4-2 formation for this one featuring Joseph Anang, Sam Curtis, Joe Redmond, Anto Breslin, Tom Grivosti, Chris Forrester, Jason McClelland, Adam O'Reilly, Ian Bermingham, Tunde Owolabi and Eoin Doyle.
ℹ️ Team News: UCD
With a completely injury-free group available to choose from, the UCD manager Andy Myler doesn’t have any fitness worries whatsoever ahead of this clash.
We are inclined to think that The Students seem likely to elect for a 3-4-2-1 formation, giving starts to Kian Moore, Eric Yoro, Sam Todd, Michael Gallagher, Dara Keane, Dylan Duffy, Jack Keaney, Evan Osam, Mark Dignam, Liam Kerrigan and Evan Caffrey.
🧠 Prediction
In our view, St. Patrick's Athletic are likely to have the majority of the possession and should be able to turn a few of their chances into goals.
At the same time, UCD might well find it a difficult task to score themselves but we do think that it’s more than likely that they will be converting at least once as well.
We’re predicting a 3-1 winning score for St. Patrick's Athletic come full-time.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Lucas Pereira, 23:05 12/06/2022
Predicted Lineups


🏟️ Team Focus:
St. Patrick's Athletic
Formed: 1929
Stadium: Richmond Park (5,340)
Captain: Ian Bermingham
Chairman: Garrett Kelleher
Manager: Tim Clancy
Competitions: Premier Division position 4
⭐ Key Player: Eoin Doyle

Typically taking to the field in the Striker position, Eoin Doyle was born in Dublin, Rep. Ireland. After making a first senior appearance for Shamrock Rovers in the 2008 season, the accomplished Forward has netted 5 league goals in this Premier Division 2022 season so far coming from a total of 19 appearances.
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19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 42 | WWWLW |
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18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 34 | DWWWW |
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19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 33 | DLLLD |
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19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 28 | DDLWL |
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19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 25 | LDLWD |
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18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | -6 | 24 | WWWWL |
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18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 23 | DLWLD |
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18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | -10 | 20 | LLWWD |
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18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | -16 | 11 | LLLLD |
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18 | 1 | 6 | 11 | -27 | 9 | DWLLD |
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Goals scored | 1.2 |
Goals conceded | 1 |
Time first goal scored | 48 |
Time first goal conceded | 21 |
Yellow cards | 2 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 3.7 |
Biggest victory | 3-0 |
Biggest defeat | 4-0 |
Goals scored | 0.7 |
Goals conceded | 2.8 |
Time first goal scored | 64 |
Time first goal conceded | 29 |
Yellow cards | 1.4 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 3.8 |
Biggest victory | 1-0 |
Biggest defeat | 7-1 |
Eoin Doyle | 7 |
Darragh Burns | 4 |
Tunde Owolabi | 4 |
Billy King | 3 |
Mark Doyle | 2 |
Colm Whelan | 4 |
Liam Kerrigan | 2 |
Alex Nolan | 2 |
Sam Todd | 2 |
Evan Caffrey | 1 |
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