St Patrick’s vs Drogheda United Match Analysis and Prediction

St  Patrick’s will look to bounce back to winning ways in the Ireland Premier Division when they welcome Drogheda United to Richmond Park for their Matchday 22 tie on Friday night with kickoff at 21:45 EAT.

St Patrick’s suffered a 2-1 home defeat to the league leaders Shamrock Rovers last Monday. The defeat continued their inconsistent run in the Premier Division as they have now lost three of their last six league matches, while winning two and drawing one in the process.

With now 32 points from 22 games, the Saints sit fourth in the league standings, five points behind the third-placed Derry City and three above fifth-placed Sligo Rovers. Saints will now be looking to bounce back to winning ways as they look to at least keep their place in the Irish top-flight and keep the pressure on the sides above them.

St Patrick’s claimed a 1-1 draw first time they met Drogheda United this season at home, before beating the 4-0 at away back in May. They will be looking for a similar result on Friday and considering their record over their visitors, the Saints should fancy their chances.

Drogheda United meanwhile were involved in share of spoils in the last Premier Division tie following a goalless draw against Sligo Rovers last week Friday. They have now claimed three back-to-back draws in the Ireland top-flight, which came following consecutive victories over Finn Harps and Shamrock Rovers.

The Drogs now sit eighth in the league standing after collecting 22 points from 20 games, and are some 10 points above Finn Harps, who are second from bottom, while seven points separate them and the top half of the table.

They will be looking to end their draw run and return to winning ways as they seek to climb up the table, although they will need to be at their best to get anything home from the Friday’s clash. As mentioned early, the two drew 1-1 the last time Drogheda visited the Saints and they will hope for a similar result rather than a defeat.

St Patrick’s vs Drogheda head to head

Both sides have met in 61 encounters since 2002 with St Patrick’s claiming 29 victories, while Grogheda have claimed 16 victories and there have been 16 draws.

  • Drogheda 0-4 St Patrick’s 06/05/22
  • St Patrick’s 1-1 Drogheda 01/04/22
  • Drogheda 0-1 St Patrick’s 01/10/21
  • St Patrick’s 2-0 Drogheda 16/07/21
  • Drogheda 3-1 St Patrick’s 14/05/21

Home

  • St Patrick’s 1-2 Shamrock
  • Finn Harps 2-2 St Patrick’s
  • St Patrick’s 2-1 UC Dublin
  • Dundalk 1-0 St Patrick’s
  • St Patrick’s 3-0 Bohemians

Away

  • Drogheda 0-0 Sligo Rovers
  • Derry City 1-1 Drogheda
  • Bohemians 1-1 Drogheda
  • Drogheda 1-0 Shamrock
  • Drogheda 3-1 Finn Harps

St Patrick’s team news

St Patrick’s will be without Ronan Coughlan, Adam Murphy, Sam Curtis, Jamie Lennon and Paddy Barret due to injury.

Drogheda team news

Drogheda will be without Darragh Markey due to injury.

Prediction and odds

  • St Patrick’s win
  • Both sides to score
  • Goals over 2.5

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