The hosts are heading into the match on the back of a 2-1 defeat away to Drogheda United on June 9, while Shelbourne played out a 1-1 draw against Sligo Rovers.
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St Patrick’s Athletic will host Shelbourne in a League of Ireland Premier Division fixture at Richmond Park on Friday night. The hosts are heading into the match on the back of a 2-1 defeat away to Drogheda United on June 9, while Shelbourne played out a 1-1 draw against Sligo Rovers. The Saints are currently occupying third spot in the Irish top flight standings, having collected 35 points from 21 games, seven adrift of leaders Shamrock Rovers and just a solitary point shy of second-placed Derry City. The visitors, meanwhile, have a game in hand and are sitting at the sixth position, with 30 points to their name.
❗️We’re heading for another capacity crowd in Inchicore this Friday as we host Shels
▪️ 𝗠𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 : 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗢𝘂𝘁
▪️𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 : 𝗟𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟬 𝗧𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗟𝗲𝗳𝘁
▪️𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗰 𝗧𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲: 𝗟𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗔𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆#StPatsFC pic.twitter.com/RP2AoyyOgK— St Patrick’s Athletic FC (@stpatsfc) June 21, 2023
St Patrick’s Athletic suffered their eighth league-defeat of the season against Drogheda United last time out despite the fact that Chris Forrester leveled the score from the penalty spot on the stroke of half-time. Prior to that, the Saints won four consecutive games against the likes of Shelbourne, Dundalk, UC Dublin and Derry City, scoring ten goals and conceding just three in the process. Supersaints secured their 11 top flight victory of the season against second-placed Derry City (4-1) on June 5 thanks to goals from John Alan-McGarath, Eoin Doyle, Forrester and Mark Doyle. Meanwhile, St Patrick’s have the second-best home-record in the league this term, having taken 19 points from ten games in front of their own supporters so far, while they are heading into Friday’s fixture on the back of three consecutive home league-wins.
Shelbourne, on the other hand, have won just two away league-games this season and their last success on the road came against Sligo Rovers mid-way through June. Meanwhile, last time out, Shels welcomed Bit O’Red to Tolka Park, sharing the spoils despite taking the lead through Matty Smith’s fourth-minute effort. The result extended their unbeaten run to four games taking six points in the process. The Reds finished seventh in the Irish top division last term and this time around they have done decently well thus far to be currently sitting nine points clear of the drop zone. Meanwhile, a victory of Friday will help them to close the gap on top three to just three points.
St Patrick’s Athletic probable starting lineup: Lyness, Curtis, Lewis, McGrath, Breslin, Forrester, Lennon, Murphy, Carty, Doyle, McCormack
Shelbourne probable starting lineup: Kearns, Quinn, Molloy, Griffin, Wilson, Farrell, Coyle, Lunney, Caffrey, Smith, Boyd
St Patrick’s Athletic
| Opponents | Score |
| Drogheda | 2-1 (W) |
| Derry City | 4-1 (W) |
| UC Dublin | 1-3 (W) |
| Dundalk | 2-1 (W) |
| Shelbourne | 0-1 (W) |
Shelbourne
| Opponents | Score |
| Sligo Rovers | 1-1 (D) |
| Drogheda | 3-2 (W) |
| Derry City | 0-0 (D) |
| Bohemians | 0-0 (D) |
| St Patrick’s | 0-1 (L) |
| Opponents | score |
| St Patrick’s beat Shelbourne | 0-1 |
| St Patrick’s beat Shelbourne | 1-0 |
| St Patrick’s beat Shelbourne | 4-0 |
| Shelbourne draw St Patrick’s | 4-4 |
| Shelbourne beat St Patrick’s | 1-2 |
The League of Ireland Premier division fixture between St Patrick’s and Shelbourne will take place at Richmond Park on Saturday at 12:15 am IST.
| St Patrick’s vs Shelbourne | Key Details |
| Date | June 23 |
| Venue | Richmond Park |
| Kickoff time in UK | 7:45 pm (Friday) |
| Kickoff time in India | 12:15 am (Saturday) |
Football fans in UK can catch the live action via LOITV.
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