There's no exiting this stadium without a winner tonight as it's the second leg of the Europa Conference League 1st Qualifying Round meeting between Derry City and HB. Game on!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 3400 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Derry City form and stats
Derry City was eliminated in the 1st qualifying round last season in the Europa Conference League. Riga was too strong.6-4-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier Division numbers at home for Derry City so far this season.
The Derry manager Higgins and his crew return home after a 0-0 draw away versus HB in the Europa Conference League.
Before that, Derry City had a Premier Division home game versus Sligo Rovers which ended with a victory 2-1.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Athlone Town are coming to town in three days.
Derry has scored 16 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. From these home matches, Derry City have conceded only 7 goals.
HB form and stats
HB's mission in Europa Conference League last season failed in the 1st qualifying round.HB have an excellent away record in the Meistaradeildin so far with 5-1-2 from 8 games.
HB delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Derry City in their previous game; a Europa Conference League fixture.
Prior to that match, the HB manager Joensen faced defeat when travelling to KI and losing 0-2.HB are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 13 times in 8 away games so far. HB are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 5 times in 8 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Derry City and HB have met previously this season: HB - Derry City 0-0.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Dahl 10 goals | A. Justinussen 7 goals |  J. McEneff 6 goals |
Derry City missing players
HB missing players
| Derry City | HB | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Won | W | 8 | 15 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 32 | 16 | Scored | S | 21 | 49 | ||
| 18 | 7 | Conceded | C | 8 | 17 | ||
| 84% | 77% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 56% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 76% | ||
| 32% | 23% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 32% | 23% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 40% | ||
| 48% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 54% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 46% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 24% | ||
| 6.5 | 7.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 6.8 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 4.8 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1.2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 13.3 | 16.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.4 | 13.5 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.8 | ||
| 31% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 34% | ||
| 8.7 | 7.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.3 | 7.9 | ||
| 2.5 | 1.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Shamrock Rovers | 25 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 47 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 25 | 47 |
| 2 | St Patrick's | 25 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 47 | 32 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 15 | 43 |
| 3 | Derry City | 25 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 33 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 43 |
| 4 | Dundalk | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 38 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 39 |
| 5 | Bohemians | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 34 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 38 |
| 6 | Shelbourne | 23 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 25 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 34 |
| 7 | Sligo Rovers | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 25 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 17 | -7 | 26 |
| 8 | Drogheda United | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 30 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -8 | 25 |
| 9 | Cork City | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 26 | 40 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 25 | -14 | 23 |
| 10 | UCD | 23 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 61 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 39 | -48 | 9 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | KI | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 5 | 36 | 48 |
| 2 | B36 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 34 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 19 | 36 |
| 3 | HB | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 37 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 27 | 35 |
| 4 | Vikingur | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 35 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 17 | 27 |
| 5 | 07 Vestur | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 22 |
| 6 | TB | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 24 | -22 | 15 |
| 7 | EB / Streymur | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 13 | -17 | 13 |
| 8 | B68 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -14 | 11 |
| 9 | IF | 15 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 36 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 20 | -24 | 9 |
| 10 | AB | 15 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 21 | -22 | 7 |
