In the third qualifying round of the Conference League, the opponent of Sabah will be the eight-time Irish champion St. Patricks.
Idman.biz reports, only 1 of these titles of the Dublin representative coincides with the 21st century.
It was also obtained 11 years ago.
In the last 5 years, the club has only one national cup and a bronze medal in the championship last year, and a silver medal in 2021.
In the current season, St. Patrick's is in the 7th place among 10 teams with 28 points after 25 rounds in the Premier League of their country. In the championship, the team scored 3 out of 24 goals from outside the penalty area. 3 out of 130 long shots of the players in 25 games reached the goal.
21 out of 181 shots from inside the penalty area resulted in goals. 5 goals were scored with the left foot, 13 goals with the right foot, and 6 goals with the head.
On average, out of 12.4 shots on goal per game, 3.7 are in the goalkeeper's zone, and the same number of shots are blocked.
St. Patrick's has a passing accuracy of 74.5 percent, averaging 52.7 percent possession per game.
The team, which conceded an average of 1.1 goals per game in defense, kept a clean sheet in 8 out of 25 games. The average number of rebounds per game is 15, saves 2.8.
Sabah's opponent wins 51.3 percent of one-on-one fights. This figure is 50.4 in positional combat and 53.3 in aerial combat.
The average offside indicator is 2.4, fouls 12.6, yellow cards 2.3.
In the Irish championship, the club won only 1 in the last 5 matches. St. Patrick's, which played its last game in the Premier League on July 4, lost to Waterford with a score of 0:1. After that, on the 13th of last month, in a friendly match, the representative of Northern Ireland won against Ballymena United with a score of 1:0. On July 21, they lost 3 unanswered goals to Derry City in the national cup.
St. Patrick's, ranked 343rd in the UEFA ranking, played against Lichtenstein Vadutz in the Conference League. After a 3:1 victory at home, the Irish club finished with a 2:2 draw away from home. Danny Mullen scored twice, Mikael Duffy, Zakari Elbuzedi and Romal Palmer scored once each.
In the same tournament last season, the Irish lost to Luxembourg Dudelange in both games (1:2, 2:3) in the 1st round. The best result of the club was playing in the 4th qualifying round of the European League in 2009.
In general, St. Patrick's won 14 times and lost 37 times in 64 games in continental tournaments. The lead is 58-118.
Before the game with Sabah, the Irish club will host Sligo Rovers in the 26th round of the championship of their country on August 4.
Vugar Mammadov
Idman.biz
