Week 25 features a match on Mon Aug 29th, where Bohemians and St Patrick’s will play a match in Dublin in a clash of these two evenly matched Premier Division teams in the ever popular Dublin derby. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 18 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, 6th placed Bohemians, recorded a 1-1 draw against Shelbourne. Tyreke Wilson struck first for Bohemians in the 5th minute, then Shane Farrell tied it up for Shelbourne in the 55th minute squeezing out at least the one point for Shelbourne. Bohemians is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while 4th placed St Patrick’s is fresh off their 2-1 win against UCD. Thijs Timmermans scored the first goal for St Patrick’s in the 8th minute, then Serge Atakayi added another in the 52nd minute. With 17 points in their last 10 matches St Patrick’s should be reasonably happy with their performance.
On May 23rd, St Patrick’s hosted Bohemians at the Richmond Park in their last match together. St Patrick’s was victorious by a score of 3 to 0. Tunde Owolabi scored the first goal for St Patrick’s in the 5th minute, then Tunde Owolabi added another in the 2nd minute of the first half’s stoppage time At the end of 90 a dissapointed Bohemians couldn’t manage to score, and St Patrick’s took the shutout win.
St Patrick’s’s top weapon lately has been Eoin Doyle, who has three goals in the last five matches. Bohemians is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Alistair Coote and Liam Burt each only have 1 goal in their last five.