Derry City look forward to meeting Drogheda United with belief in picking up all three points. Can they? Open our match guide!
- Derry City is in the worst form (0-3-3)
- Drogheda United have the most points from losing position (7) in Premier Division
Derry City form and stats
4-4-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier Division numbers at home for Derry City so far this season.
Derry drew their last game, also a home match. Finn Harps (placed 9th) was the opponent, 2-2 the score.
Heartbreak before that as Derry City lost 1-2 at Sligo Rovers's place.The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Derry home games with this odds we find 4 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 2 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 2 matches were won by at least two goals.
A decent goal production from Derry City in their home games so far, with 18 goals from 10 league matches.
Drogheda United form and stats
Drogheda United have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Premier Division, after 1-3-5 (9 played).
Drogheda are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Bohemians (placed 7th). The draw against Bohemians came from a losing position. The Drogheda United manager Doherty brought on Williams as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.
Before that, Drogheda secured a home win against Shamrock Rovers with the score 1-0.Drogheda United have scored 10 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Drogheda have conceded 17 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. Drogheda United has visited these top teams two times, and 2 of 2 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
This duo met each other earlier this campaign: Drogheda United - Derry City 1-1. Last ten meetings featuring these teams: Derry City won five, Drogheda United were winners in one and we saw four draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, eight matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. McGonigle 10 goals | W. Patching 8 goals |  D. Williams 4 goals |
Derry City missing players
Drogheda United missing players
| Derry City | Drogheda United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 33 | 18 | 10 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 21 |
| 18 | 10 | 4 | Conceded | C | 7 | 17 | 31 |
| 89% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 79% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 83% |
| 58% | 60% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 44% | 44% |
| 21% | 20% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 44% | 39% |
| 5% | 10% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 22% | 17% |
| 63% | 70% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 56% |
| 32% | 30% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 17% |
| 16% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 22% | 28% |
| 6.2 | 6.1 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.6 | 4.3 |
| 4.4 | 3.2 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9 | 6 | 5.6 |
| 1 | 1.1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.6 | 2.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12.1 | 12.7 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 5.3 | 7.2 |
| 5.5 | 5.9 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.3 | 3.1 |
| 31% | 31% | 56% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 48% | 38% |
| 6.6 | 5.3 | 5.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.5 | 12 | 12.3 |
| 2.6 | 2.2 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 4.4 | 4.6 |
- Derry City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Derry City is in the worst form (0-3-3)
- Drogheda United have the most points from losing position (7) 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 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 21 | 42 |
| 2 | Dundalk | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 27 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 34 |
| 3 | Derry City | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 33 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 33 |
| 4 | St Patrick's | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 28 |
| 5 | Sligo Rovers | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 25 |
| 6 | Shelbourne | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | -6 | 24 |
| 7 | Bohemians | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 24 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 23 |
| 8 | Drogheda United | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -10 | 20 |
| 9 | Finn Harps | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -16 | 11 |
| 10 | UCD | 18 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 38 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 25 | -27 | 9 |
