St Patrick's Athletic vs Galway United - prediction, team news, lineups

St Patrick's Athletic's quest for the League of Ireland rubric continues erstwhile they instrumentality connected visitors Galway United astatine Richmond Park connected Friday.

The third-placed hosts person 38 points and boast games successful hands connected the teams supra them, whereas the distant broadside are seventh with 24 points and are successful the midst of a relegation battle.

Match preview

St Patrick's Athletic whitethorn way first-placed Shamrock Rovers by 9 points and second-placed Bohemians by 2 points, but they person played 2 games less than both.

However, Saints did endure a 2-0 nonaccomplishment to Bohemians connected June 26 contempt boasting a antheral vantage from the 44th infinitesimal onwards.

That was their 2nd league decision successful 4 games, arsenic good arsenic their 3rd successful six, but they did execute triumph successful the 2 top-flight matches anterior to their nonaccomplishment past week.

Manager Stephen Kenny volition beryllium acrophobic that his side's decision to Bohemians was the 4th clip successful six league fixtures that they failed to find the backmost of the net, though his players kept 3 cleanable sheets successful those six contests.

St Patrick's Athletic grounds at Richmond Park has inactive been beardown contempt their wide inconsistencies considering they person won 4 of their 5 astir caller clashes astatine the ground, scoring 11 goals successful that stretch.

Galway are lone 4 points up of ninth-placed Sligo Rovers, who inhabit the division's relegation playoff spot, though they person played 1 crippled fewer.

The visitors caput to Richmond Park connected the backmost of a 3-1 nonaccomplishment to league-leaders Shamrock Rovers, their 3rd nonaccomplishment successful 5 matches.

Maroon Army did find the backmost of the nett connected six occasions successful those clashes, but they besides conceded connected 10 occasions, and they person failed to support a cleanable expanse successful immoderate of their past 18 outings.

Though Galway's signifier distant from location has not been strong, their decision to Shamrock was their archetypal connected the roadworthy successful 5 fixtures, with the nine having drawn 3 times successful that period.

Should boss John Caulfield usher his broadside to a triumph connected Friday, it would beryllium his team's archetypal successful 5 meetings with St Patrick's Athletic, portion a nonaccomplishment would beryllium their 3rd successful 5 encounters.

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Team News

St Patrick's Athletic striker Ryan Edmondson failed to impressment past clip out, though having started 21 of his side's 22 League of Ireland matches, it would beryllium a daze to spot him connected the bench.

In the mediate of the pitch, expect to spot a treble pivot consisting of Romal Palmer and Jamie Lennon, with the 2 looking to marque their 18th and 19th appearances of the league season.

Sean Hoare could play successful the bosom of a backmost three, with Joe Redmond and Anto Breslin apt to spouse him up of Danny Rogers.

Galway whitethorn look to tract a four-man defence featuring cardinal defenders Gianfranco Facchineri and Killian Brouder.

Conor McCormack and Matthew Wolfe are imaginable inclusions successful midfield down fig 10 Axel Piesold, who indispensable enactment striker Stephen Walsh.

St Patrick's Athletic imaginable starting lineup:

Rogers; Redmond, Hoare, Breslin; Brown, Palmer, Lennon, Elbouzedi; Leavy, Baggley; Edmondson

Galway United imaginable starting lineup:

Watts; Keohane, Facchineri, Brouder, Molloy; McCormack, Wolfe; Hurley, Piesold, McCarthy; Walsh

We say: St Patrick's Athletic 2-1 Galway United

Given St Patrick's Athletic person been beardown astatine home, they should beryllium seen arsenic favourites to assertion 3 points.

However, their wide inconsistencies could pb to a adjacent crippled that is yet decided by a one-goal margin.

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