Waterford – St. Patricks Prediction & Picks (08.06.2018)

Waterford United and St Patrick’s meet at Waterford Regional Sports Center, in a match for the 22nd round of the Premier League. In the last head-to-head for this edition of the league, 26-02-2018, Waterford United won home (2-0). The record of recent direct matches between these two teams could not be more balanced, since there was 1 victory for each team in the last 2 games they played. The condition home / away deserves particular attention, because despite this being a match between 3rd and 5th of the league table, it is actually a match between the 3rd classified in home games and the 8th as a visitor.

Waterford United:

After 11 wins, 3 draws and 7 losses, the home team is currently in the 3 rd position, with 36 points won. In the last match, they have lost in an away match against Cork City by (3-0), after in the previous match they have won (4-0) at home, against Derry City. This is a stronger team in their stadium, where they have won 25 points, against only 11 in their away games. In the last 10 home league matches Waterford United has a record of 8 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, so they have won 25 points out of 30 possible. In their home games for the championship a score is often repeated at the end of the 90 ‘, the 2-1, which happened in 4 of its 10 games. The team has conceded goals in 7 of the last 10 matches, so it has not presented great defensive solidity, but their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their home matches there is a tendency for goals, since 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition have ended with Over 2,5 goals. In 21 matches in this competition, they only got 2 comebacks in the 8 games in which they suffered the first goal.

Waterford comes to this game unmotivated, after a foreign snub, 3-0, in the visit to the Cork field. The home team usually acts in a 4-4-2, in which the three most advanced players are Duffus and Akinade. In the middle zone of the terrain it is possible that they act Holohan, Héry, Martin and Kasmi, being the last the pattern of the mediocampo. Coach Paul Cashin can not count on midfielder Stanley Aborah for being suspended.

St Patrick’s:

After 9 wins, 3 draws and 9 losses, the away team is currently in the 5 th position, with 30 points won. In the last match, they have lost in an away match against Bray Wanderers by (3-1), after in the previous match they have lost at home, in a match against Cork City, by (1-3). This is a stronger team in their stadium, where they won 20 points, against only 10 in their away matches. For the league, St Patrick’s won 7 points out of 30 possible points, after 2 wins, 1 draw and 7 losses in the last 10 home matches. In their away league matches the most frequent result at half-time was the 0-0 (6 out of 10 matches). Their attack has scored regularly, since they have scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 21 matches in this competition, they have only 1 comeback in their 10 home matches. There is 1 period that stands out in the last 11 away matches for this competition: they have scored 3 of their 6 goals between minutes (0′-15 ‘).

St. Patrick’s comes to this game unmotivated, after a foreign defeat, by 3-1, in the visit to the arena of Bray. The visiting club presents poor quality from the offensive point of view, since the best markers of the team are Jake Keegan and Conan Byrne, each with five goals scored. So, the outsider team is expected to adopt a more defensive strategy, taking into account that it presents a lower quality template with respect to the rival.