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St Patrick’s Athl. Dominates but Struggles to Defeat Drogheda United
Dublin, Ireland – In a match played at Richmond Park, St Patrick’s Athletic secured a hard-fought victory against Drogheda United, in a game marked by high ball possession for the home team (64%) and a physical game that resulted in several yellow cards.
The winning goal came in the 23rd minute, courtesy of M. Melia, who redeemed himself from a missed penalty to put his team ahead. Despite territorial dominance and generating a total of 19 shots, only 3 of which were on target, St Patrick’s Athl. failed to extend their lead. Drogheda United, with 36% possession, tried to create danger through 8 shots, 2 of which were directed at the rival goal.
The match was punctuated by fouls, with a total of 13 fouls committed by St Patrick’s Athl. and 15 by Drogheda United. The referee showed a total of 6 yellow cards, 2 for the home team and 4 for Drogheda United. Despite the efforts of both teams, the score remained unchanged and St Patrick’s Athl. took all three points.
Substitutions drogheda united: at minute 57 S. Farrell came in and L. Heeney went out., at minute 57 T. Oluwa came in and W. Davis went out., at minute 64 K. Cruise came in and C. Kane went out.
Substitutions st patrick’s athl.: at minute 62 J. Mulraney came in and Z. Elbouzedi went out., at minute 68 A. Keena came in and M. Melia went out., at minute 68 B. Kavanagh came in and K. Leavy went out., at minute 88 C. Carty came in and S. Power went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
St Patrick’s Athl.
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