St Patrick's Athl. Beat Dundalk 4-0 as Aidan Keena scored twice in a dominant Premier Division performance. The Saints moved to second in the table with 53 points from 30 games, three points behind leaders Shamrock Rovers.
Keena opened the scoring in the 21st minute after a assist from Anthony Olusanya before doubling the lead just before half-time with a 37th-minute finish. Ryan Sheridan made it 3-0 in the 75th minute, again assisted by Olusanya, and Ryan Edmondson added a fourth in the 82nd minute.
St Patrick's Athl. Lined up in a 3-1-4-2 formation under manager S. Kenny, with J. Anang, J. Redmond, S. Hoare, L. Turner, J. Lennon, Z. Elbouzedi, R. Sheridan, B. Baggley, A. Breslin, A. Olusanya and A. Keena starting. Three changes were made: Darragh Nugent replaced Barry Baggley and James Brown came on for Zachary Elbouzedi at 58', before Ryan Edmondson took over for Aidan Keena at 69'.
Anthony Olusanya was shown a yellow card in the 29th minute for a foul as St Patrick's Athl. Recorded 16 shots, eight on target, while Dundalk failed to test the goalkeeper with any of their seven efforts on target. The hosts had 48% possession and committed 12 fouls compared to Dundalk's 52% and nine fouls.
Official data confirmed the result and statistics from the match at Oriel Park. St Patrick's Athl. Now look ahead to their next fixture against Sligo Rovers away on 2026-09-19, with the side aiming to close the gap at the top of the table. You can review the full squad list on our squad page and check upcoming games via the fixtures section.
