On the 27th of May, St Patrick’s will travel to Dundalk to battle Dundalk in a meeting of these two Premier Division teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 13 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Dundalk is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Finn Harps. Kelly struck first for Dundalk in the 54th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed Finn Harps couldn’t manage to score, and Dundalk took the shutout win. Dundalk looks to continue their winning ways, having 7 wins in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 4th placed St Patrick’s, recorded a 3-0 shutout win against Bohemians. Tunde Owolabi scored the first goal for St Patrick’s in the 5th minute, then Tunde Owolabi added another in the 2nd minute of the first half’s stoppage time In the end, Bohemians couldn’t muster any offence and St Patrick’s ran away with the shutout win. St Patrick’s is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, St Patrick’s and Dundalk battled to a 0-0 draw. Neither St Patrick’s nor Dundalk could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 7 and 6 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,.
Tunde Owolabi has been the most effective weapon for St Patrick’s lately. The attacker has netted three goals in his last five matches. Dundalk is glad to have Patrick Hoban in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored 4 goals.