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Drogheda United FC v St Patrick's Athletic : Premier Division match betting preview, prediction and odds

Fri 22nd Aug, 19:45 BST, United Park (Drogheda), Drogheda

Sean Dyche will be hoping for a precious away win in the Premier Division on Friday evening, as he takes his St Patrick's Athletic side to the United Park (Drogheda) to visit Drogheda United FC and Kevin Doherty. Our predictions for each betting market are based on the past 20 games for each team (at home, away or overall) with extra weighting given to top teams. All the stats and graphics are designed specifically for the selected market. Head-to-head statistics for this fixture are also given if there are are enough previous meetings. Odds are provided directly from from the UK's biggest bookmakers.


Best Tip: Under 2.5 goals

It would probably be a little strong to say that we expect Kevin Doherty and Sean Dyche to batten down the hatches here, but we do not expect a deluge of goals as Drogheda and St Patrick's go head-to-head. The statistics belowsuggest there will be under 2.5 goals (i.e. 2 goals of fewer in total), and we're saying that's a good shout here. With best odds of 1.57 available on under 2.5 goals and no obvious match winner in sight, that's the bet we're recommending.

In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Drogheda are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 40% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 3.20.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Drogheda
40%
9/421/10
Draw
30%
2/12/1
St Patrick's
30%
23/2011/10
Drogheda 1-0
14%
15/213/2
Draw 1-1
13%
5/15/1
Draw 0-0
13%
6/16/1
St Patrick's 1-0
12%
11/25/1
Drogheda 2-0
8%
14/112/1
Drogheda 2-1
8%
12/110/1
St Patrick's 2-1
6%
17/215/2
St Patrick's 2-0
5%
17/215/2
Draw 2-2
4%
16/114/1
Drogheda 3-0
3%
40/125/1
Drogheda 3-1
3%
33/120/1
St Patrick's 3-1
2%
20/114/1
St Patrick's 3-0
2%
20/114/1
Drogheda 3-2
1%
40/128/1
St Patrick's 3-2
1%
33/122/1
Over 2.5 Goals
34%
7/55/4
Under 2.5 Goals
66%
8/158/15
Home 1st Goal
49%
13/1011/8
Away 1st Goal
43%
5/65/6
No 1st Goal
9%
6/16/1
BTTS - Yes
41%
1/11/1
BTTS - No
59%
3/47/10
BTTS - Home Win
14%
7/16/1
BTTS - Draw
17%
15/418/5
BTTS - Away Win
10%
9/24/1
Home/draw
70%
8/1313/20
Away/draw
60%
3/103/10
Home/away
70%
1/31/3
Over 1.5 Goals
62%
4/92/5
Under 1.5 Goals
38%
13/88/5
Over 3.5 Goals
16%
7/23/1
Under 3.5 Goals
84%
2/112/11
Over 4.5 Goals
6%
10/17/1
Under 4.5 Goals
94%
1/201/25
Over 5.5 Goals
2%
22/114/1
Under 5.5 Goals
98%
1/801/1000
Over 0.5 Goals
88%
1/121/14
Under 0.5 Goals
13%
7/111/2
Home DNB
61%
11/813/10
Away DNB
51%
8/158/15
Drogheda win to nil
27%
4/1-
St Patrick's win to nil
19%
12/5-
Drogheda / Drogheda
15%
9/217/4
Drogheda / St Patrick's
3%
28/122/1
Drogheda / Draw
6%
14/112/1
Draw / Drogheda
11%
6/16/1
Draw / St Patrick's
16%
4/14/1
Draw / Draw
18%
7/210/3
St Patrick's / Drogheda
3%
33/125/1
St Patrick's / St Patrick's
22%
11/45/2
St Patrick's / Draw
6%
14/112/1
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Win / draw / win Premier Division table

Drogheda have played 27 matches so far this season and lay in 4th place in the Premier Division league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 18 games against teams below in the table, having won 6, drawn 11 and lost 1 match. They have kept 10 clean sheets and have failed to score in 5 fixtures. They have been outscored by their opponents by 32 goals to 30 goals.

Home League Performance

Drogheda have played 13 games at home winning 6, drawing 5 and losing 2 games. They have scored 17 goals, kept 7 clean sheets and conceded 10 goals at home.

St Patrick's are in 6th position in the Premier Division on 38 points having played 27 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

7 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 16 goals and kept 5 clean sheets. They have scored 11 goals in total and failed to score in 5 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

15 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 7 games, drawn 6 and won 2. St Patrick's have conceded 14 goals, scored 9, failed to score in 10 fixtures and have kept 7 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Drogheda
St Patrick's
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Shamrock272353 
l
 
1-2F
l
 
3-0A
l
 
1-2F
Aug 29
d
 
2-2F
l
 
1-0A
Oct 17
l
 
4-0A
2
Bohemians27743 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-1F
Nov 1
w
 
0-1F
w
 
3-0F
l
 
2-1F
d
 
0-00-0
Oct 3
3
Derry27742 
d
 
1-1F
w
 
1-3A
Sep 26
l
 
3-0A
w
 
2-0F
l
 
1-0A
l
 
0-1A
Aug 29
4
Drogheda27542 
-
-
-
-
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
0-00-0
Aug 22
5
Shelbourne27539 
d
 
2-2F
w
 
0-1F
Sep 12
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
2-1F
l
 
0-1A
Nov 1
6
St Patrick's27538 
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
0-00-0
Aug 22
d
 
0-00-0
-
-
-
-
7
Waterford27-1434 
w
 
2-0F
d
 
2-2A
d
 
0-00-0
Oct 3
d
 
2-2A
w
 
1-2A
Oct 24
w
 
0-2F
8
Galway27-630 
d
 
1-1F
l
 
2-1F
w
 
1-0F
Oct 24
w
 
2-0F
l
 
2-1A
Sep 19
l
 
3-1A
9
Sligo27-1326 
w
 
3-0F
d
 
2-2F
w
 
1-0F
Sep 20
w
 
4-3F
w
 
0-1F
w
 
3-0F
Sep 27
10
Cork27-1919 
w
 
3-2A
d
 
1-1A
Oct 17
d
 
1-1F
w
 
3-2F
w
 
0-2F
Sep 12
d
 
0-00-0
Win / draw / win form
3
Drogheda have kept a clean sheet for 3 consecutive league games
4
St Patrick's have kept a clean sheet for 4 consecutive league games
Drogheda 4TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
3
Goals: Scored
30
Conceded
14
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
9 / 20
Clean sheets
11 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
9
Draw
8
L
3
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Drogheda0 - 0Waterford
Drogheda1 - 0Galway
Drogheda1 - 0Sligo
Drogheda1 - 2Shamrock
Drogheda1 - 0Bohemians
Drogheda1 - 1Derry
Drogheda3 - 2Cork
Drogheda0 - 0St Patrick's
Drogheda2 - 2Shelbourne
Drogheda2 - 0Waterford
Drogheda1 - 2Shamrock
Drogheda1 - 1Galway
Drogheda3 - 0Sligo
Drogheda0 - 0Dundalk
Drogheda0 - 1Shamrock
Drogheda2 - 1Derry
Drogheda0 - 0Galway
Drogheda7 - 0Sligo
Drogheda2 - 2Bohemians
Drogheda2 - 0Waterford
Goals: Scored
22
Conceded
21
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
7
Draw
9
L
4
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HDrogheda0 - 0Waterford
ADrogheda1 - 0Bohemians
HDrogheda1 - 0Galway
ADrogheda0 - 3Derry
ADrogheda1 - 1Cork
HDrogheda1 - 0Sligo
HDrogheda1 - 2Shamrock
ADrogheda0 - 0St Patrick's
ADrogheda2 - 2Waterford
HDrogheda1 - 0Bohemians
ADrogheda0 - 0Shelbourne
HDrogheda1 - 1Derry
ADrogheda0 - 3Shamrock
HDrogheda3 - 2Cork
ADrogheda2 - 2Sligo
ADrogheda1 - 2Galway
HDrogheda0 - 0St Patrick's
HDrogheda2 - 2Shelbourne
ADrogheda3 - 1Derry
HDrogheda2 - 0Waterford
St Patrick's 6TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
4
Goals: Scored
25
Conceded
22
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
9
D
3
Lost
8
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Waterford0 - 2St Patrick's
Cork0 - 0St Patrick's
Galway3 - 1St Patrick's
Sligo0 - 1St Patrick's
Shamrock4 - 0St Patrick's
Shelbourne2 - 1St Patrick's
Derry1 - 0St Patrick's
Bohemians2 - 1St Patrick's
Drogheda0 - 0St Patrick's
Cork0 - 2St Patrick's
Waterford1 - 2St Patrick's
Shamrock1 - 0St Patrick's
Galway2 - 1St Patrick's
Sligo0 - 2St Patrick's
Bohemians1 - 3St Patrick's
Shelbourne2 - 3St Patrick's
Shamrock0 - 3St Patrick's
Dundalk1 - 2St Patrick's
Galway1 - 1St Patrick's
Waterford1 - 0St Patrick's
Goals: Scored
20
Conceded
20
Games: Scored
11 / 20
Conceded
10 / 20
Clean sheets
10 / 20
Failed to score
9 / 20
Won
6
Draw
7
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HSt Patrick's3 - 0Sligo
ASt Patrick's2 - 0Waterford
HSt Patrick's0 - 0Bohemians
ASt Patrick's0 - 0Cork
HSt Patrick's0 - 1Derry
ASt Patrick's1 - 3Galway
HSt Patrick's0 - 1Shelbourne
HSt Patrick's0 - 0Drogheda
ASt Patrick's1 - 0Sligo
HSt Patrick's2 - 2Waterford
ASt Patrick's0 - 4Shamrock
HSt Patrick's3 - 2Cork
ASt Patrick's1 - 2Shelbourne
ASt Patrick's0 - 1Derry
HSt Patrick's2 - 0Galway
ASt Patrick's1 - 2Bohemians
ASt Patrick's0 - 0Drogheda
HSt Patrick's2 - 2Shamrock
ASt Patrick's2 - 0Cork
HSt Patrick's0 - 0Shelbourne
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
3
Drogheda have drawn with St Patrick's in 3 consecutive league meetings
3
Drogheda have kept a clean sheet in 3 consecutive league meetings with St Patrick's
7
St Patrick's have not lost to Drogheda in 7 consecutive league meetings
League games at Drogheda since 2021
Drogheda
St Patrick's
Goals: Scored
6
12
Games: Scored
3 / 9
6 / 9
Clean sheets
3 / 9
6 / 9
DRO
2
D
3
STP
4
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Drogheda
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
Drogheda2 - 1
1 - 3St Patrick's
0 - 2St Patrick's
0 - 4St Patrick's
0 - 1St Patrick's
Drogheda3 - 1
League games at St Patrick's since 2021
St Patrick's
Drogheda
Goals: Scored
17
5
Games: Scored
8 / 10
4 / 10
Clean sheets
6 / 10
2 / 10
DRO
1
D
3
STP
6
FIXTURE HISTORY AT St Patrick's
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
St Patrick's4 - 1
St Patrick's1 - 0
1 - 2Drogheda
St Patrick's3 - 0
St Patrick's3 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
St Patrick's2 - 0
St Patrick's2 - 1
Goal Statistics

Goals have been a problem for Drogheda United FC of late. It has been 8 Premier Division matches since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.1 suggests they'll have problems ending that run on Friday evening against St Patrick's Athletic.

With a PG of just 0.9, St Patrick's Athletic look set to find it difficult here. Add in the fact that Drogheda United FC haven't conceded a goal in 3 consecutive Premier Division games, and it could be a long evening for Sean Dyche's men.

Drogheda 4th St Patrick's 6th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.1
goals
0.9
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
32%
1
36%
2
21%
3
4+
There is a 68% probability that Drogheda will score no more than 1 goal
0
39%
1
37%
2
17%
3
4+
There is a 76% probability of St Patrick's scoring 1 goal or less
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+10
Drogheda’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
+7
St Patrick's’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.5
average goals scored
1.3
average goals scored
0.7
conceded
1.1
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Premier Division - 2025/2025 season
Drogheda
PG (predicted goals)
St Patrick's
1.1
0.9
Attack rating
16%
better
DRO
STP
view stats
Games scored20
15
Failed to score6
11
Scored first16
11
Goals scored30
29
Avg. goals scored1.1
1.1
Avg. shots per game7
9
Avg. shots per goal7
8
Conversion rate for15
12
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
+16%
Defence rating
10%
better
DRO
STP
view stats
Games conceded14
14
Clean sheets12
12
Conceded first6
9
Goals conceded25
27
Avg. goals conceded0.9
1
Avg. shots/game conceded9
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded10
8
Conversion rate against10%
13%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
+10%

Drogheda v St Patrick's Premier Division lLine ups will show here when available.

Drogheda Premier Division squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
277310
C KeeleyW DavisS FarrellR Brennan
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
C Keeley DEF2752
6
-
C Kane DEF271
2
-
T Oluwa FWD2721
2
-
L Dennison GLK26
2
-
L Heeney MID2611
7
-
S Farrell MID2623
6
-
R Brennan MID2621
10
-
O Lambe DEF252
3
-
W Davis FWD2572
3
-
A Quinn DEF242
3
-
D Markey MID2431
4
-
J. Bolger DEF17
-
D James-Taylor FWD132
1
-
K Cruise DEF121
2
-
G Cooper DEF111
-
E Ahui DEF81
3
1
S. Bawa FWD8
1
-
A. Haper-Bailey DEF5
-
B. Bosakani FWD5
-
P Doyle MID4
-
D. Kareem FWD41
1
-
J Thomas FWD42
-
J O'Sullivan MID2
-
S. Brady MID2
2
-
J Brady GLK1
-
St Patrick's Premier Division squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
279411
J AnangM MeliaB KavanaghJ Lennon
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Anang GLK27
2
-
J Redmond DEF2711
5
-
M Melia FWD2691
2
-
Z Elbouzedi MID2531
1
-
J Mulraney MID2412
6
-
B Kavanagh MID2324
1
-
B Baggley MID233
6
1
J McClelland FWD2212
2
-
A Sjoberg DEF211
4
1
C Forrester MID2143
1
-
J Lennon MID211
11
-
A Breslin DEF191
3
1
A Keena FWD1961
1
-
S Power FWD1911
-
K Leavy MID1812
-
C Carty FWD171
-
T Grivosti DEF16
8
-
S Hoare DEF15
6
-
R McLaughlin DEF13
1
-
L Turner DEF8
-
A Kazeem DEF8
2
-
R Palmer MID3
1
-
D Robinson MID2
1
-
J Garrick MID1
-