On Friday Oct 14th, St Patrick’s plays host to Bohemians in a meeting of these two Premier Division teams in the ever popular Dublin derby. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 10 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. St Patrick’s sits at 4th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-1 win against Dundalk. Chris Forrester struck first for St Patrick’s in the 20th minute, then Ryan O’Kane tied it up for Dundalk in the 1st minute of the first half’s stoppage time. St Patrick’s is on a hot streak lately, with only 1 loss in their last 10 matches, while 6th placed Bohemians is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Drogheda United. Dayle Rooney struck first for Drogheda United in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Bohemians couldn’t manage to score, and Drogheda United took the shutout win. Bohemians is looking for direction having 4 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches.
On Aug 29th, Bohemians hosted St Patrick’s in their last match together. St Patrick’s was victorious by a score of 3 to 1. Cotter struck first for St Patrick’s in the 9th minute, then Forrester added another in the 1st minute of the first half’s stoppage time.
Bohemians is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Burt and Jordan Doherty each only have 1 goal in their last 5. St Patrick’s’s top weapon lately has been Forrester, who has 3 goals in the last 5 matches.