Premier Division match preview: Derry City versus Bohemians

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Competition: Republic of Ireland Premier Division
Competition: Fri 28.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: The Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium (7700 seats)

The Premier Division league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. Derry City and Bohemians are placed 8th and 3rd respectively.

The visiting Bohemians played their last game only four days ago, a Premier Division match.

This pitch has artifical turf, which is not Bohemians's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on artifical turf Bohemians have performed like this: Played eleven matches resulting in 3 wins, 1 draw and 7 defeats with the goal stats 10-21 (scored/conceded).

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Derry City form and stats

A Premier Division draw at home so far for Derry City. Last season their home statistics were 9 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats from 18 matches.

Derry City drew their last game, also a home match. Finn Harps (placed 4th) was the opponent, 1-1 the score. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Dundalk.

The hometeam coach D. Devine made a successful contribution in the game against Finn Harps, bringing on A. Liddle who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Derry City at home in the league. 1 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Bohemians form and stats

Only one away game in the Premier Division so far for Bohemians and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 6 victories, 6 draws and 6 losses from 18 travels.

180 minutes! That's how long the Bohemians goalkeeper and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Impressive finishing from K. Twardek and D. Mandroiu secured the home win 2-0 against Sligo Rovers in their previous game. Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Waterford United.

2 goals so far away for Bohemians, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: four wins for Derry City, three draws and three wins for Bohemians. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.

Top Goalscorers

Bohemians
D. Mandroiu
2 goals
Bohemians
K. Twardek
1 goals

Derry City missing players

Bohemians missing players

Derry City Bohemians
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 1 1 3
0 0 0 Won W 1 1 2
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
1 1 0 Scored S 2 2 4
2 1 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 67%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 100% 67%
50% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 33%
 
4.5 5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 11 11 5.7
5.5 1 0 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5 4
1 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 3.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
27 16 0 Total Shots T S 8 8 20
8 4 0 Shots on Target S O 3 3 7
12% 25% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 67% 57%
Derry City Last season Bohemians
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 18   Played P   18 36
15 9   Won W   6 17
12 4   Drew D   6 9
9 5   Lost L   6 10
56 31   Scored S   13 47
34 15   Conceded C   13 28
86% 89%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   78% 83%
75% 83%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   50% 56%
44% 44%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   17% 33%
36% 33%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   0% 6%
8% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 6%
39% 22%   BTTS BTTS   22% 33%
39% 56%   Clean Sheets C S   50% 47%
36% 33%   Failed to Score F T   50% 36%
 
4.4 4.6   Corners for (avg) C F   3.9 4.4
3.6 3.4   Corners against (avg) C A   5.1 4.3
1.6 1.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 1.7
1 0   Red cards R C   3 4
 
343 157   Total Shots T S   164 313
124 67   Shots on Target S O   44 114
44% 43%   Goal Efficiency G E   30% 41%

  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 3 3 0 0 9 0 1 1 0 0 6 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 9 9
2 Dundalk 3 3 0 0 6 1 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 5 9
3 Bohemians 3 2 0 1 4 1 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 6
4 Finn Harps 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
5 St Patrick's 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 3
6 Shelbourne 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
7 Waterford United 3 1 0 2 1 4 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 -3 3
8 Derry City 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
9 Sligo Rovers 3 0 0 3 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 3 -5 0
10 Cork City 3 0 0 3 0 10 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 9 -10 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Dundalk 36 27 5 4 73 18 18 16 2 0 43 8 18 11 3 4 30 10 55 86
2 Shamrock Rovers 36 23 6 7 62 21 18 12 4 2 32 7 18 11 2 5 30 14 41 75
3 Bohemians 36 17 9 10 47 28 18 11 3 4 34 15 18 6 6 6 13 13 19 60
4 Derry City 36 15 12 9 56 34 18 9 4 5 31 15 18 6 8 4 25 19 22 57
5 St Patrick's 36 14 10 12 29 35 18 7 5 6 13 16 18 7 5 6 16 19 -6 52
6 Waterford United 36 12 7 17 46 53 18 6 4 8 26 26 18 6 3 9 20 27 -7 43
7 Sligo Rovers 36 10 12 14 38 47 18 5 8 5 19 17 18 5 4 9 19 30 -9 42
8 Cork City 36 9 10 17 29 49 18 4 7 7 16 23 18 5 3 10 13 26 -20 37
9 Finn Harps 36 7 7 22 26 64 18 6 3 9 19 24 18 1 4 13 7 40 -38 28
10 UCD 36 5 4 27 25 82 18 5 1 12 17 30 18 0 3 15 8 52 -57 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.