St Patrick's Athletic took the points with a 2-1 away win over Shelbourne in the Premier Division, building an early lead and then holding on. Anthony Olusanya and James Brown had them two up inside 34 minutes, and although James Norris pulled one back for the hosts, Pat's saw the game out.
Olusanya opened the scoring in the seventh minute, helped by Aidan Keena, and James Brown doubled the lead on 34 minutes. Shelbourne responded through James Norris on 70 minutes with Milan Mbeng providing the assist, but Pat's withstood late pressure even after Rodrigo Freitas was sent off for a second booking in the 77th minute.
The stats show a tale of two styles: Shelbourne had 60% possession and 15 shots to Pat's 11, yet the visitors created the clearer chances, with an expected goals figure of 3.15 to 1.12 and five big chances to two. They were out-possessed but took their chances when it mattered, while Shelbourne were left to rue a single big chance missed.
