It's advantage Derry City at this point, with the 2nd position in the Premier Division table and welcoming Bohemians (who are sitting at 4th).
- Derry City have the fewest conceded goals (6) at home in Premier Division
- Bohemians have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9) in Premier Division
This field has artifical turf, which is not Bohemians's usual surface at their own football stadium. When appearing on artifical turf Bohemians have performed like this: Played six matches earning 1 win, 2 draws and 3 defeats with the goal production 7-10 (scored/conceded).
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Derry City and Bohemians.
Derry City form and stats
All-inclusive Premier Division stats playing at home this season for Derry City are 4-3-3 (wins-draws-losses).
Derry City lost their last game at St Patrick's (placed 3rd) after a 1-4 scoreline.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Shelbourne.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Derry City matches with similar probabilities have ended with 2 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats (from 4 games).
The Derry fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 10 matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Derry City have conceded only 6 goals.
Bohemians form and stats
The visitors are W5-D2-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Premier Division.
Two away games in a row for Bohemians, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 versus Cork City. That loss was their first after three consecutive league matches winning points.
Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Sligo Rovers.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Bohemians playing away, we found 4 games. Results were 0 away wins, 1 draw and 3 home wins.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Bohemians have scored 12 goals in 10 league games away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (9 so far). It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The participants have met each other before in this season, with the result Bohemians - Derry City 0-1 logged in the official records. The match official got to use his red card when these clubs last faced each other, and the criminal was Horton (Bohemians). H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Derry City five wins, four draws and Bohemians one victory. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. McEneff 6 goals |  J. Flores 5 goals | M. Duffy 4 goals |
Derry City missing players
Bohemians missing players
| Derry City | Bohemians | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 19 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 28 | 12 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 12 | 28 |
| 16 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 90% | 80% | 33% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 60% | 60% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 70% | 74% |
| 35% | 20% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 30% | 42% |
| 25% | 10% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 10% | 21% |
| 10% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 35% | 20% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 42% |
| 45% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 40% | 37% |
| 30% | 50% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 20% | 26% |
| 6.5 | 7.9 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 5.5 | 4.9 |
| 3.5 | 3.1 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.2 | 4.3 |
| 1.9 | 1.5 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.9 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 13.4 | 16.9 | 17.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 9.5 | 11.8 |
| 3.9 | 4.8 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 2.7 | 3.2 |
| 36% | 25% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 44% | 46% |
| 8.6 | 7.4 | 6.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 11.8 | 11.1 |
| 2.7 | 2 | 1.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3 | 2.7 |
- Bohemians have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9) in Premier Division
- Bohemians haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Derry City have the fewest conceded goals (6) at home in Premier Division
- Derry City have the most clean sheets (5) at home in Premier Division
- Derry City have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Derry City have won significantly more corners at home than 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 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 40 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 22 | 39 |
| 2 | Derry City | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 35 |
| 3 | St Patrick's | 20 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 36 | 28 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 8 | 35 |
| 4 | Bohemians | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 33 |
| 5 | Shelbourne | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 29 |
| 6 | Dundalk | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 29 |
| 7 | Sligo Rovers | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -7 | 22 |
| 8 | Cork City | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 34 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 22 | -11 | 21 |
| 9 | Drogheda United | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -8 | 20 |
| 10 | UCD | 19 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 45 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 28 | -34 | 6 |
