Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — St Patrick's 1st with 56 points, Dundalk 4th with 41, 15 apart. On recent form Dundalk sat only 8th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 4th overall. Per game in the league, Dundalk were scoring 1.52 and conceding 1.61, St Patrick's 1.65 and 0.81, against a competition average of 1.38 goals per team per game.
Across 12 recorded meetings, Dundalk have 5 wins to St Patrick's's 5, with 2 draws, at 2.83 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 33% of the meetings went to the host.
Oriel Park staged the fixture, a ground that holds 4,500. The referee was M. Lynch, with 40 matches in our database and 1.5 yellows per game on average. Half-time and full-time told different stories: St Patrick's led 2-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 0-4.
Goal scorers
St Patrick's: Aidan Keena (21'), Aidan Keena (37'), Ryan Sheridan (75'), Ryan Edmondson (82')
Key stats
Possession: Dundalk 53% · St Patrick's 47% · Total shots: 7-16 · On target: 0-8 · Corners: 3-3