The team playing at home, Derry City, should be the favourites in this game, but Drogheda United have exhibited both capability and intrepidity. Learn more about the fixture!
- Derry City have the the best goal difference (+7) in Premier Division
- Drogheda United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
This pitch has artifical turf, which is not Drogheda United's usual surface at their own football field. When appearing on artifical turf Drogheda United have performed like this: Played five matches with the results 2 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats with the goal data 5-9 (scored/conceded).
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Derry City form and stats
When playing at home in the Premier Division, Derry City have managed 1 win, 2 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 4 games.
The Derry City crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Drogheda United here at The Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium. Up until that match this team had gone seven consecutive league matches without losing.
Before that match, a win away at Shelbourne.Derry City are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 7 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 3, drew 2 and lost 2.
Derry aren't scoring a lot here at The Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium in the league, with only {3 goals} from 4 games. Derry City have only conceded 2 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Drogheda United form and stats
2-2-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Drogheda United in their Premier Division matches away.
Drogheda United play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Derry City (placed 2nd).
A 1-1 draw at Cork City's stadium before that.The visitors have scored 4 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Drogheda United 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
Drogheda United have pulled off a streak of 4 consecutive matches without defeat (1-3-0) when playing Derry.The duelists have met previously this season: Derry City - Drogheda United 0-1.
Top Goalscorers
  J. McEneff 4 goals | C. Coll 1 goals | J. McGonigle 1 goals |
Derry City missing players
Drogheda United missing players
| Derry City | Drogheda United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| 88% | 75% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 88% |
| 62% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 40% | 38% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 20% | 12% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 20% | 12% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 40% | 38% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 60% | 50% |
| 25% | 50% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 25% |
| 6.5 | 9.2 | 11 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 6.4 | 8.6 |
| 3.4 | 3 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 4.6 | 5.1 |
| 2.2 | 1.8 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.4 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13.2 | 18.2 | 19 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 10.2 | 14.2 |
| 4 | 4 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.2 | 2.5 |
| 34% | 19% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 36% | 30% |
| 8.4 | 7.2 | 5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 13 | 12.5 |
| 2 | 1.5 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3 | 2.6 |
- Derry City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Derry City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (2) in Premier Division
- Derry City have the the best goal difference (+7) 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.
- Drogheda United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Drogheda United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bohemians | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 18 |
| 2 | Derry City | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 3 | Sligo Rovers | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| 4 | Drogheda United | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| 5 | Shamrock Rovers | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | Dundalk | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| 7 | St Patrick's | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 11 |
| 8 | Shelbourne | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 9 | Cork City | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | -5 | 6 |
| 10 | UCD | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | -14 | 2 |
