Premier Division preview: Can Bohemians edge out victory against Drogheda United?

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Competition: Republic of Ireland Premier Division
Competition: Fri 07.October
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Dalymount Park (7955 seats)

Bohemians have won 22 of their 42 in total here at their familiar ground. What will happen against Drogheda United?

Insights:
  • Bohemians have the most dropped points from leading position (25) in Premier Division
  • Drogheda United have the most points from losing position (13) in Premier Division

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.

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Bohemians form and stats

The story so far in the Premier Division for Bohemians at their home stadium (Dalymount Park) is 6 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Tadhg Ryan not having conceded a league goal in 231 minutes.

Bohemians's last game was hosting UCD (placed 10th) and winning 1-0.

In the game before, an away victory match versus Finn Harps with a 2-0 scoreline.

Bohemians are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 20 goals in 15 games. Bohemians's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 19 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Drogheda United form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Drogheda United so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 1-5-9 (win-draw-lose). It's a growing despair in Drogheda as they have recorded three consecutive losses.

Drogheda United aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 308 league minutes without a goal. Rooney was the last player to find the net.

Drogheda United play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-2 to Dundalk (placed 3rd). Weird, but true: this side has played three consecutive league games with the result 0-2!

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against St Patrick's.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Drogheda when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 4 matches with the visitors losing 4 times, drawing 0 and winning 0 games.

A tale of few goals? 12 of this side's most recent 15 league fixtures have contained two or less goals.

The attacking power of Drogheda United when travelling is not overwhelming with 12 goals scored from 15 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Drogheda United have conceded 29 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Bohemians have avoided defeat in the last 4 games (2-2-0) against Drogheda United.

The newest reported match involving both these sides is the Drogheda United - Bohemians 0-1 played previously this season.

Top Goalscorers

BohemiansL. Burt
L. Burt
6 goals
Drogheda UnitedD. Williams
D. Williams
6 goals
Drogheda UnitedR. Brennan
R. Brennan
6 goals

Bohemians missing players

Drogheda United missing players

Bohemians Drogheda United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
31 15 5 Played P 4 15 31
11 6 3 Won W 0 1 7
9 4 2 Drew D 1 5 10
11 5 0 Lost L 3 9 14
38 20 8 Scored S 3 12 29
37 19 3 Conceded C 9 29 49
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
68% 67% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 93% 81%
42% 53% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 40% 35%
26% 33% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 27% 26%
6% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 13% 10%
58% 60% 40% BTTS BTTS 50% 53% 48%
26% 33% 60% Clean Sheets C S 0% 7% 16%
16% 7% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 40% 39%
 
5.9 6.3 6.6 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 4.6 4.6
3.9 3.3 2.6 Corners against (avg) C A 7 6.6 5.9
1.9 2.1 2.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.3 2.2
3 2 2 Red cards R C 1 3 4
 
10.2 10.3 9 Shots (avg) S ( 5.2 6.5 8.3
3.7 4 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 2.5 3.2
33% 33% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 32% 29%
 
8.5 7.3 5 Shots against (avg) S A 14 12 12.4
3.5 3.3 1.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.5 4.4
Key stats in Premier Division this season:
  • Bohemians have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Bohemians have the most dropped points from leading position (25) in Premier Division
  • Bohemians haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Drogheda United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Drogheda United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Drogheda United have the fewest clean sheets (1) away in Premier Division
  • Drogheda United have the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in Premier Division
  • Drogheda United have the most matches under the total-line (17) in Premier Division
  • Drogheda United have the most points from losing position (13) in Premier Division
  • Drogheda United haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 31 20 6 5 50 18 15 13 2 0 31 7 16 7 4 5 19 11 32 66
2 Derry City 31 17 10 4 49 24 15 7 6 2 24 11 16 10 4 2 25 13 25 61
3 Dundalk 31 15 11 5 44 23 15 11 4 0 29 7 16 4 7 5 15 16 21 56
4 St Patrick's 31 15 7 9 47 30 16 8 3 5 21 15 15 7 4 4 26 15 17 52
5 Bohemians 31 11 9 11 38 37 15 6 4 5 20 19 16 5 5 6 18 18 1 42
6 Sligo Rovers 31 11 8 12 40 38 16 7 4 5 23 20 15 4 4 7 17 18 2 41
7 Shelbourne 31 9 9 13 30 40 16 4 5 7 16 24 15 5 4 6 14 16 -10 36
8 Drogheda United 31 7 10 14 29 49 16 6 5 5 17 20 15 1 5 9 12 29 -20 31
9 Finn Harps 31 4 7 20 29 59 16 3 4 9 15 23 15 1 3 11 14 36 -30 19
10 UCD 31 4 7 20 22 60 15 2 5 8 12 24 16 2 2 12 10 36 -38 19

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.