Dundalk FC vs St Patrick’s FC Prediction: The Hosts should bounce back to winning ways

In the 3rd round of the Ireland Premier League, Dundalk will square off against St Patrick's at Oriel Park. The Hosts lost their last game while the visitors had a narrow victory. Please see the carefully prepared tips for you below.

Last week's match at Dalymount Park was a challenging one for Dundalk as they suffered a resounding defeat at the hands of Bohemian FC. Bohemian took an early lead with a goal in the first half, followed by another in the second half. Although Dundalk managed to score a goal in the 89th minute, they were unable to find the equalizer. This Friday, Dundalk will play at home at Oriel Park against St Patrick's, with the aim of securing a comeback win.

Dundalk is still finding it hard to stand on its feet in this new season, they are yet to win a game since the start of the season. P.Hoban was the team's highest scorer last season, he lost a penalty in their opening game last week but is yet to get a goal to his name.

In their previous match against Shelbourne, St Patrick's were almost held to a draw but managed to secure a crucial win with a goal in the 84th minute, thanks to Doyle's impressive performance in front of the goal. The game ended 1-0 in favor of St Patrick's. So far, they have been unbeaten in the league and will be looking to maintain their momentum going forward.

They return to league action still under the leadership of Thomas Clancy, who has been guiding them through their recent victories. Doyle was the team's highest scorer last season with a total of 14 goals to his name, he was the second highest goal scorer in the league last season with 4 goals behind Keena. He has a goal already this season.

The last time they met, the game ended in a 1-2 victory to St Patrick’s. Both teams had a wonderful season last year with both teams finishing in the top half of the league. We do not expect many goals in this game, as such we predict a Win or draw for Dundalk.

Leveraging on the fact that we expect few goals in this game, we can go for a first-half draw or to be more conservative we can leverage on a Draw or BTTS option.