St Patrick's Athletic are underdogs against Dundalk, the away side are likely to pick up a win at 3.40 odds, but a double chance in favour of St Patrick is a much safer bet in this fixture.

Dundalk host St Patrick's Athletic at the Oriel park in the eighteenth round of fixtures in the Irish premier league.

The visitors continue their quest for a top three finish in the league this season when they travel to Dundalk. St Patrick's Athletic are in urgent need of points to keep their top three hopes alive.

St Patrick's Athletic have avoided defeat in four of their last five games, winning two, drawing two and losing one. The visitors come into this game on the back of a ln emphatic three nil win at home to Bohemian FC, making it three clean sheets from the last five games.

Tim Clancy's team are the second best performers in away fixtures in the Irish premier league this season, they have picked up fourteen points from a possible eighteen points in away games, only bettered by Derry city, they are likely to get a positive result here as they try to close the gap between them and Dundalk who sit on third position.

Dundalk managed to get past relegation strugglers, Finn Harps in their last league fixture before this game, winning 1-0, however, they face a team battling for a top three spot, and the chances of a home win is very slim.

St Patrick's Athletic are unbeaten in the last four games against Dundalk, winning three, drawing one and keeping two consecutive clean sheets against their opponents.

Looking at their past meetings and recent performances, there's a good possibility that St Patrick's Athletic emerge as winners in this tie, but backing them to win or draw (+0.5) , is a much safer bet in this fixture.

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爱尔兰超级联赛第18轮比赛中，敦达克在奥里尔公园主场迎战圣帕特里克竞技。

客队继续追求联赛前三，他们将前往登多克。圣帕特里克竞技迫切需要积分来保住前三的希望。

圣帕特里克竞技在过去的5场比赛中有4场没有输球，2胜2平1负。客队是在主场3比0大胜波西米亚FC之后进入本场比赛的，这使得他们在过去的五场比赛中三场零封对手。

蒂姆·克兰西的团队表现最好是第二爱尔兰英超本赛季在客场,他们拿起14点可能从18点在客场比赛,只有被虐的德里的城市,他们很可能得到一个积极的结果是他们试图关闭之间的差距和邓多克坐在第三的位置。

在本场比赛前的最后一场联赛中，敦道克成功地摆脱了保级者，芬恩·哈普斯，1-0获胜，然而，他们面对的是一支争夺前三名的球队，取胜的机会非常渺茫。

圣帕特里克竞技在过去四场对阵登多克的比赛中保持不败，三胜一平，连续两场零封对手。

看看他们过去的交锋和最近的表现，圣帕特里克竞技很有可能成为这场比赛的赢家，支持他们赢或平(+0.5)是更安全的赌注。