📏 Form Guide

St. Patrick's Athletic

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St. Patrick's Athletic will be hoping for a better result following a 4-0 Premier Division losing effort in their last game against Shamrock Rovers.

In that match, St. Patrick's Athletic managed 42% possession and 19 shots at goal with 7 of them on target. Shamrock Rovers got 18 attempts on goal with 10 of them 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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After suffering 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 at goal with 1 of them on target. The only player to score for Waterford was Pádraig Amond (10'). On the other side, Shamrock Rovers got 12 shots at goal with 5 on target. Rory Gaffney (25'), Michael Noonan (76') and Graham Burke (93') 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

A review of their past head-to-head meetings stretching back to 31/07/2022 tells us that St. Patrick's Athletic have won 2 of them and Waterford 3, with the tally of drawn games being 1.

A sum of 18 goals were produced between them in these games, with 9 for Saints and 9 for The Blues. That is an average goals per game value of 3.

The previous league meeting featuring these sides was Premier Division match day 7 on 28/03/2025 when it ended Waterford 1-2 St. Patrick's Athletic.

In that match, 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).

On the other side, St. Patrick's Athletic got 18 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. Brandon Kavanagh (90') scored.

The match was refereed by Kevin O'Sullivan.

📰 Team News: St. Patrick's Athletic

Availability isn’t a big problem, with just the lone fitness concern for the St. Patrick's Athletic gaffer Stephen Kenny to be concerned about thanks to an almost full-strength group. Romal Palmer (Hamstring injury) will miss out.

It seems likely that Saints may well use the 4-3-3 formation in the match, beginning the first half with Joseph Anang, Luke Turner, Joe Redmond, Sean Hoare, Simon Power, Jason McClelland, Jake Mulraney, Brandon Kavanagh, Zak Elbouzedi, Mason Melia and Aidan Keena.

📋 Team News: Waterford

Waterford boss John Coleman has not got a full squad to pick from. Trae Coyle (Hamstring injury) and Matty Smith (Knee injury) are not ready for selection.

We are inclined to think that The Blues might utilise a 4-3-3 formation with a starting lineup of Stephen McMullan, Grant Horton, Sean Keane, 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.

Lucas Pereira, 18:02 23/05/2025