Here's another action-packed match in the Premier Division. Derry City is in the 4th position from participating in four fixtures. They greet Drogheda United who are placed 8th from four fixtures.
- Drogheda United have the most conceded goals (10) in Premier Division
This football pitch has artifical turf, which is not Drogheda United's normal surface at their own ground. When appearing on artifical turf Drogheda United have performed like this: Played two matches with the output 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat with the goal data 3-3 (scored/conceded).
The visiting Drogheda United played their last game only three days ago, a Premier Division match.
Derry City form and stats
OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Derry City's two home games in the Premier Division so far this season, having collected 4 points here at The Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium.
The Derry City goalkeeper Brian Philip Maher is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 198 minutes without conceding a goal in the Premier Division.
It's back home for Derry City, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Shelbourne away with the result 1-0. McEleney found the net in that victory.
In the match before that, Derry hosted Sligo Rovers and drew the game 0-0.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as St Patrick's are coming to town in four days.
At The Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium, Derry City has the goal stats of 2-1 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Drogheda United form and stats
Drogheda United have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Premier Division were 5 victories, 4 draws and 9 defeats from 18 fixtures.
This match can not go any worse than the previous one, the home loss versus Sligo Rovers with 0-3 on the scoreboard.
Before that, Drogheda United secured a home win against UCD with the score 4-2.A quick return to home after this game, as Drogheda are hosting Dundalk in the Premier Division only four days away.
1 goal so far away for Drogheda United, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 3. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Statistics for the prior ten meetings between these two squads are: five wins for Derry City, four draws and one win for Drogheda United. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.Top Goalscorers
  J. McGonigle 2 goals |   C. Lyons 2 goals |  J. Thomson 1 goals |
Derry City missing players
Drogheda United missing players
| Derry City | Drogheda United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 75% | 50% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 75% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 5 | 5.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5 | 5.8 |
| 4.5 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 10 | 4.5 |
| 0.5 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 2.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 10 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 6 | 9.2 |
| 4.5 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 3.8 |
| 28% | 20% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 6 | 5 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 14 | 9.2 |
| 3.5 | 2.5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 7 | 5.2 |
- Drogheda United have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Premier Division
- Drogheda United have the most conceded goals (10) in Premier Division
| Derry City | Last season | Drogheda United | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 9 | 16 | ||
| 49 | 26 | Scored | S | 23 | 45 | ||
| 42 | 20 | Conceded | C | 26 | 43 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 94% | ||
| 83% | 89% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 69% | ||
| 44% | 39% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 56% | 44% | ||
| 14% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 19% | ||
| 6% | 6% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 11% | ||
| 61% | 61% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | ||
| 25% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 22% | 22% | ||
| 14% | 6% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 33% | ||
| 4.3 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 3.6 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.1 | 5.4 | ||
| 2 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.5 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 8.1 | 8.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.4 | 7 | ||
| 3.7 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 2.9 | ||
| 37% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 53% | 42% | ||
| 8.8 | 6.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.9 | 9.7 | ||
| 3.6 | 2.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.5 | ||
| 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 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | St Patrick's | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | Sligo Rovers | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | Derry City | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | Dundalk | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | Bohemians | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | Shelbourne | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 5 |
| 8 | Drogheda United | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -5 | 3 |
| 9 | UCD | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 2 |
| 10 | Finn Harps | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 2 |
| 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 | Shamrock Rovers | 36 | 24 | 6 | 6 | 59 | 28 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 32 | 13 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 15 | 31 | 78 |
| 2 | St Patrick's | 36 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 56 | 42 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 14 | 62 |
| 3 | Sligo Rovers | 36 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 43 | 32 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 11 | 57 |
| 4 | Derry City | 36 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 49 | 42 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 26 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 22 | 7 | 54 |
| 5 | Bohemians | 36 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 60 | 46 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 38 | 22 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 24 | 14 | 52 |
| 6 | Dundalk | 36 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 44 | 46 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 24 | -2 | 48 |
| 7 | Drogheda United | 36 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 45 | 43 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 17 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 26 | 2 | 44 |
| 8 | Finn Harps | 36 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 44 | 52 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 22 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 30 | -8 | 44 |
| 9 | Waterford United | 36 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 36 | 56 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 29 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 27 | -20 | 42 |
| 10 | Longford Town | 36 | 2 | 9 | 25 | 22 | 71 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 32 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 39 | -49 | 15 |
