Premier Division: The mid-table positions show the journey Derry City and Drogheda United have been on so far. Both teams are up for it; let's go!
- All of Derry City's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Drogheda United have the most scored goals (19) away in Premier Division
Derry City and Drogheda United should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
This pitch has artifical turf, which is not Drogheda United's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on artifical turf Drogheda United have performed like this: Played one match resulting in 0 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat with the goal stats 1-2 (scored/conceded).
Derry City form and stats
Derry City's struggle is real here at The Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium with only 9 points collected from 11 Premier Division games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-6-4.
Happy days for Derry City in their previous game, a Premier Division match away at Longford Town (placed 10th) that ended with a 2-0 victory.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Drogheda United that finished 1-1.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Derry City have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found five games) they have won two times, drawn two and lost one.
The Derry fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 11 matches. Derry have conceded 17 from these games.
Drogheda United form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most scored goals (19) away in Premier Division, on their Premier Division travels is 4 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
Drogheda United failed to get anything from their last game, a Premier Division home match vs Waterford United (placed 8th) that ended with defeat 1-2.
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Derry City.Drogheda 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 zero defeats. From a total of two matches.
The travelling fans enjoy Drogheda's attacking play in away games, having scored 19 goals in 11 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 15 goals have been conceded by Drogheda United in these games.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Drogheda United - Derry City 1-2. Last ten meetings between the teams: Derry won six, Drogheda United won zero and four draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Lyons 9 goals |  M. Doyle 8 goals |
Derry City missing players
Drogheda United missing players
| Derry City | Drogheda United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 11 | 22 |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 7 | 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 25 | 13 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 19 | 35 |
| 28 | 17 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 15 | 27 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 91% | 82% |
| 36% | 36% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 55% | 50% |
| 9% | 18% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 27% | 27% |
| 5% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 18% | 14% |
| 64% | 82% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 55% | 64% |
| 18% | 9% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 27% | 18% |
| 18% | 9% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 18% | 18% |
| 4.2 | 4.5 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.3 | 4 |
| 4.5 | 3.6 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.8 | 5.3 |
| 2.1 | 1.7 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.3 | 1.5 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6.9 | 7.1 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 5.3 | 7.8 |
| 2.9 | 3 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.3 | 3.3 |
| 39% | 39% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 76% | 49% |
- All of Derry City's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Derry City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Drogheda United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Drogheda United have the most scored goals (19) away in Premier Division
- Drogheda United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Drogheda United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 37 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 19 | 44 |
| 2 | St Patrick's | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 41 |
| 3 | Sligo Rovers | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 38 |
| 4 | Bohemians | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 34 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 31 |
| 5 | Drogheda United | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 35 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 30 |
| 6 | Derry City | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 28 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 | -3 | 28 |
| 7 | Dundalk | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 15 | -2 | 27 |
| 8 | Waterford United | 22 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 17 | 40 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 19 | -23 | 22 |
| 9 | Finn Harps | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -14 | 20 |
| 10 | Longford Town | 22 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 15 | 37 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -22 | 11 |