St Patrick’s Athletic FC vs Waterford FC Prediction: Both teams will find the net

St Patrick’s Athletics and Waterford will face off in the 31st round of the League of Ireland Premiership. St Patrick’s Athletics is without a loss in their last 4 league games while Waterford on the other hand won their most recent league game against Dundalk. We believe that St Patrick’s Athletics will win here. Please see the carefully prepared tips for you. 

Form in the League: WWDWL

St. Patrick’s continue to uphold their good form in the league as they remain undefeated in their last four league games with three wins and a draw. They came back from a goal down to win their most recent league game against Dundalk which finally ended in a 1-2 defeat. St Patrick’s Athletics have an overall league record consisting of 10 wins, 8 draws, and 11 losses from 29 games played. 

Form: WLLWL

Waterford finally secured a win after two consecutive league defeats, the anticipated win came in their most recent league game against Dundalk which ended in a 2-1 win. Their overall league statistics are 13 victories, 4 draws, and 13 losses from a total of 30 games played and Padraig Amond leads the team's efforts on goal with 12 goals scored in the league this season. 

A critical look at the last 20 encounters between them produced 6 wins for St Patrick’s, 11 wins for Waterford, and 3 draws.

It’s always a tough encounter whenever these teams meet as evidenced in their head-to-head statistics above. Both teams have clashed thrice this season with Waterford winning the first encounter by a narrow 3-1 scoreline, their second encounter ended in a 1-1 draw while Waterford came out victorious in their third encounter with a narrow 1-0 win. We see a pattern in all three games played this season which is St Patrick’s inability to keep a clean sheet and we believe it will continue here. 

Waterford has also not lost in their last 5 meetings and we do not believe they’ll lose a game here. A win or draw and a total of over 1.5 goals is our first bet. Please see some of their head-to-head streaks below;

• Waterford has not lost to St Patrick’s in their last 5 encounters
• St Patrick’s is without a clean sheet in their last 4 meetings
• Both teams have found the net in 5 of their last 7 meetings
• Waterford has scored first in 4 of their last 5 meetings