Match Report
6 points for St Patrick's (1st), 1 for Longford Town (4th): a 5-point gap. On recent form Longford Town sat only 13th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 4th overall. Per game in the league, St Patrick's were scoring 5 and conceding 1.5, Longford Town 0.33 and 2.33, against a competition average of 1.89 goals per team per game.
4 meetings are on record — 3 won by St Patrick's, 1 by Longford Town, 0 drawn, at 3 goals per meeting. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 75% of the meetings.
The match was played at Richmond Park (capacity 5,340). Half-time and full-time told different stories: St Patrick's led 1-0 at the break, before 4 more goals closed it at 5-0.
Goal scorers
St Patrick's: Darragh Nugent (47'), Aidan Keena (71'), Aidan Keena (28'), Barry Baggley (75'), Darragh Nugent (56')
Key stats
Possession: St Patrick's 64% · Longford Town 36% · On target: 6-1 · Corners: 5-2