Premier Division prediction and preview: Bohemians modest favorites to beat Derry City

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Competition: Republic of Ireland Premier Division
Competition: Fri 25.September
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Dalymount Park (7955 seats)

Bohemians have performed better than Derry City so far this season, but every game starts at 0-0. Here's all you need to know about the upcoming game:

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

This pitch has grass, which is not Derry City's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass Derry City have performed like this: Played 35 matches resulting in 13 wins, 9 draws and 13 defeats with the goal stats 46-53 (scored/conceded).

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Bohemians form and stats

12 points is a decent return from 6 Premier Division games here at Dalymount Park for Bohemians. The data says 4 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses.

A good away victory last time out for Bohemians, who won 1-0 against Sligo Rovers (placed 5th). Preceding that match was a defeat to Waterford United (0-2).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Bohemians handle that role? We have found six games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, two draws and two defeats.

Bohemians are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 6 games. Bohemians are not conceding a lot of goals here at Dalymount Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 6 matches.

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Derry City form and stats

The visitors are W1-D2-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Premier Division. Visiting Derry has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

The attacking players of Derry City have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 180 minutes. 267 minutes! That's how long the Derry goalkeeper and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Derry City's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus St Patrick's that finished 0-0. A 0-0 draw at Finn Harps's stadium before that.

Derry City are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, one draw and one defeat. From a total of three matches.

The schedule is very tough for Derry City now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Premier Division game at Sligo Rovers is waiting in only four days.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Derry as they have only managed to score 4 times from 5 away games in the league. Derry City are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 5 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Bohemians and Derry City have met before this season: Derry City - Bohemians 2-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Bohemians victories, three draws and four Derry City wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

BohemiansA. Wright
A. Wright
4 goals
BohemiansD. Mandroiu
D. Mandroiu
3 goals
Derry CityW. Capango Figueira
W. Capango Figueira
3 goals

Bohemians missing players

Derry City missing players

Bohemians Derry City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
12 6 2 Played P 1 5 11
8 4 1 Won W 0 1 3
0 0 0 Drew D 0 2 4
4 2 1 Lost L 1 2 4
13 8 2 Scored S 0 4 11
7 4 2 Conceded C 1 4 10
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 82%
58% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 60% 73%
8% 17% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 20% 27%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 9%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
8% 17% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 40% 45%
58% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 40% 36%
33% 33% 50% Failed to Score F T 100% 40% 36%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.7 2.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.4 1.7
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
104 47 18 Total Shots T S 11 35 104
38 19 8 Shots on Target S O 4 15 37
34% 42% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 27% 30%
Key stats in Premier Division this season:
  • Bohemians has the fewest conceded goals (7) in Premier Division
  • Bohemians has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in Premier Division
  • Bohemians has the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in Premier Division
  • Bohemians has the fewest points from losing position (0) in Premier Division
  • Bohemians has the most matches under the total-line (8) in Premier Division
  • Bohemians have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Bohemians haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Bohemians is in the best form (4-0-2)

  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 13 10 2 1 32 10 6 5 1 0 19 4 7 5 1 1 13 6 22 32
2 Bohemians 12 8 0 4 13 7 6 4 0 2 8 4 6 4 0 2 5 3 6 24
3 Dundalk 11 6 2 3 23 16 6 4 2 0 13 7 5 2 0 3 10 9 7 20
4 Waterford United 12 5 2 5 15 18 6 2 1 3 7 8 6 3 1 2 8 10 -3 17
5 Sligo Rovers 12 5 1 6 14 16 7 4 0 3 12 10 5 1 1 3 2 6 -2 16
6 Derry City 11 3 4 4 11 10 6 2 2 2 7 6 5 1 2 2 4 4 1 13
7 Shelbourne 12 3 4 5 10 13 6 1 3 2 5 6 6 2 1 3 5 7 -3 13
8 St Patrick's 12 3 4 5 6 10 6 2 2 2 3 3 6 1 2 3 3 7 -4 13
9 Finn Harps 12 2 3 7 8 19 5 1 1 3 1 6 7 1 2 4 7 13 -11 9
10 Cork City 11 2 2 7 6 19 5 2 0 3 4 5 6 0 2 4 2 14 -13 8

Read more about Premier Division

The League of Ireland Premier Division, also known as the SSE Aitricity League Premier Division, is the highest level of football in the Republic of Ireland. It also has teams from Northern Ireland participating. The season runs from February to October with ten teams playing 36 matches each.