St Patricks v Derry City

St Patrick’s vs Derry City Preview

St Patrick's Athletic will be going in search of fourth league win on the trot in the Irish Premier Division on Monday night when they play host to second-placed Derry City at their Richmond Park ground but it won't be an easy task despite St Patrick's recent winning momentum.

Recent victories over Shelbourne, Dundalk and UCD have helped St Patrick's maintain their fourth place position in the Irish top flight table with just four points separating the hosts from the league leaders, Shamrock Rovers, heading into Monday night's clash.

Results have been a little up and down though for a while where St Patrick's are concerned as they've won five but lost four of their last nine games overall and just two of these five wins have been achieved on home soil at Richmond Park with victories over Drogheda United and Dundalk, both of whom sit in the lower half of the Premier Division table.

Having also lost three of their last seven home games as well, St Patrick's look a little shaky on home soil.

Derry City have failed to win either of their last two league matches, losing 1-0 away from home at Sligo Rovers and then being held to a 0-0 draw at home to Shelbourne, but the visitors had previously posted four wins on the trot which has kept Derry in the hunt for a European spot next season.

Recent wins against Drogheda United, Bohemians, Dundalk and UCD have maintained Derry City's top three spot in the Irish Premier Division while the bigger picture shows Derry have lost just four of their last 19 matches overall in the domestic top flight.

Derry have picked up 10 wins during this period and this should see the visitors over the line at Richmond Park on Monday night against a hit-or-miss St Patrick's Athletic outfit, especially as Derry have also lost just once in their last nine outings on the road, which includes collecting six wins in the process.

St Patrick's Athletic v Derry City Verdict

St Patrick's will be encouraged by their recent flurry of wins and the hosts will fancy their chances of getting something out of this encounter but Derry City appear to be able to produce greater consistency and this is underlined by the fact that the visitors have lost just two of their last 18 outings on their travels.

In addition, Derry City are unbeaten in each of their last seven meetings against St Patrick's and the visitors look well placed to nick a narrow win here.

Therefore, our main bet will be Derry City win @ 2.22

Other side bets worth considering:

Under 2.5 goals @ 1.86

Correct score: Derry City 1-0 @ 8.50