Welcome to the show! The leading antagonists are Derry City and Dundalk, victory is the target and 90 minutes the duration.
- Derry City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
Dundalk are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.
It's no vacation for neither Derry City nor Dundalk as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Derry City form and stats
8 victories, 7 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Derry City have to build on here at The Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium in the Premier Division.
Derry are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 277 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Thomson).
The Derry City club members got no joy from their last match, also played here at The Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium: A 0-1 defeat against Dundalk (placed 3rd).
Heartbreak before that as Derry lost 0-1 at Shamrock Rovers's place.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Derry City's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 5 games, won 3 matches, drawn 1 and lost 1.
It should be noted that a glance at the 10 most recent league fixtures reveals that 9 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).
Derry City have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at The Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium with 28 goals in 18 league matches. From these home matches, Derry City have conceded only 13 goals.
Dundalk form and stats
The visitors are W6-D7-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Premier Division. Dundalk love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.
It's the second away game in a row for Dundalk, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Derry City (placed 2nd) last time out.
That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Bohemians.It's not easy to score on Dundalk as they have only conceded 17 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Dundalk have managed a sequence of 4 consecutive games without losing (2-2-0) when facing Derry City.The records show that this isn''t the first time these sides get together this campaign, as the records show this recent fixture: Derry City - Dundalk 0-1. These squads battled valiantly when they last met. Both Diallo (Derry) and McCourt (Dundalk) were sent off.
Top Goalscorers
  J. McGonigle 11 goals | W. Patching 10 goals |  P. Hoban 9 goals |
Derry City missing players
Dundalk missing players
| Derry City | Dundalk | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 36 | 18 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 18 | 36 |
| 18 | 8 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 6 | 18 |
| 12 | 7 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 7 | 12 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 53 | 28 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 18 | 53 |
| 27 | 13 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 17 | 30 |
| 89% | 83% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 86% |
| 64% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 64% |
| 42% | 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 39% | 50% |
| 14% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 19% |
| 6% | 6% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 6% | 8% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 39% | 44% |
| 42% | 44% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 39% | 44% |
| 19% | 22% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 39% | 25% |
| 5.9 | 6 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.9 |
| 4 | 3.3 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.5 | 4.7 | 4.4 |
| 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.3 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 11.7 | 12.4 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 9.4 | 10.2 |
| 4.9 | 5.1 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
| 30% | 30% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 30% | 37% |
| 6 | 4.8 | 6.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.5 | 9.8 | 9.3 |
| 2.5 | 2 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 3.9 | 3.4 |
- Derry City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Derry City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded 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 | Shamrock Rovers | 36 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 61 | 22 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 10 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 12 | 39 | 79 |
| 2 | Derry City | 36 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 53 | 27 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 13 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 26 | 66 |
| 3 | Dundalk | 36 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 53 | 30 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 35 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 23 | 66 |
| 4 | St Patrick's | 36 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 57 | 37 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 21 | 20 | 61 |
| 5 | Sligo Rovers | 36 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 47 | 44 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 24 | 3 | 49 |
| 6 | Bohemians | 36 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 45 | 46 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 23 | -1 | 46 |
| 7 | Shelbourne | 36 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 40 | 49 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 25 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 24 | -9 | 41 |
| 8 | Drogheda United | 36 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 34 | 58 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 37 | -24 | 38 |
| 9 | UCD | 36 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 28 | 67 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 29 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 38 | -39 | 26 |
| 10 | Finn Harps | 36 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 33 | 71 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 43 | -38 | 20 |
