On Oct 7th, St Patrick’s will travel to Dundalk to battle Dundalk in a clash of the Premier Division. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 11 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Dundalk is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Drogheda United. Runar Hauge struck first for Dundalk in the 40th minute on a penalty kick, then Dane Massey added another on an own goal in the 1st minute of the first half’s stoppage time In the end, Drogheda United couldn’t muster any offence and Dundalk ran away with the shutout win. Dundalk is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, St Patrick’s recorded a 0-1 loss against Derry City. Cian Kavanagh struck first for Derry City in the 70th minute on a feed from Ryan Graydon, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed St Patrick’s couldn’t manage to score, and Derry City took the shutout win. St Patrick’s should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 20 points in their last 10 matches.
St Patrick’s and Dundalk last played eachother at the Richmond Park on Jul 15th. St Patrick’s and Dundalk battled to a 1-1 draw. Eoin Doyle struck first for St Patrick’s in the 15th minute, but Daniel Kelly got the equalizer for Dundalk in the 77th minute squeezing out at least the one point for Dundalk.
Forrester has been the most prolific scorer on St Patrick’s in his last 5 matches with 3 goals. Dundalk is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Steven Bradley and Keith Ward each only have 1 goal in their last five.