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 for a better result after the 4-0 Premier Division loss in their previous game against Shamrock Rovers.

In that game, St. Patrick's Athletic had 42% possession and 19 attempts at goal with 7 on target. For their opponents, Shamrock Rovers had 18 attempts on 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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Since a loss in their previous game against Shamrock Rovers in Premier Division competition, Waterford will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that game, Waterford managed 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 had 12 attempts on goal with 5 of them 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 prior head-to-head meetings dating back to 31/07/2022 shows that St. Patrick's Athletic have won 2 of these games and Waterford 3, with the number of draws being 1.

A combined total of 18 goals were scored between the two sides during those clashes, with 9 from Saints and 9 belonging to The Blues. The average goals per game has been 3.

The last league match between these sides was Premier Division match day 7 on 28/03/2025 when the final score was Waterford 1-2 St. Patrick's Athletic.

On that day, Waterford managed 37% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 4 on target. Goals were scored by Pádraig Amond (14') and Darragh Leahy (88' Own goal).

At the other end, St. Patrick's Athletic had 18 shots on goal with 5 on target. Brandon Kavanagh (90') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Kevin O'Sullivan.

📰 Team News: St. Patrick's Athletic

Regarding absentees, there’s just a single fitness concern for the St. Patrick's Athletic gaffer Stephen Kenny to contend with thanks to an almost full-strength set of players. Romal Palmer (Hamstring injury) is out of contention.

We are thinking that Saints look set to line up in a 4-3-3 formation for the game, utilising 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 multiple availability issues to deal with. Trae Coyle (Hamstring injury) and Matty Smith (Knee injury) are not able to play.

It’s our belief that The Blues could decide to begin the game with a 4-3-3 system with a starting lineup of 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, 13:08 20/05/2025