Home advantage could prove decisive in Derry City - Dundalk battle

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Competition: Republic of Ireland Premier Division
Competition: Fri 10.March
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Brandywell Stadium (7700 seats)

Derry City contest Dundalk for praise and football prosperity.

Insights:
  • Derry City have the fewest conceded goals (2) in Premier Division
  • Dundalk have the most scored goals in the second half (6) in Premier Division

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Derry City and Dundalk.

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Derry City form and stats

Derry City have only played one Premier Division game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 8 wins, 7 draws and 3 defeats from 18 matches.

Happy days for Derry City in their previous game, a fixture away at UCD (placed 10th) that ended with a 4-0 victory. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Derry played a great game against UCD and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.

Before that match, a win away at Shamrock Rovers.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Derry City matches with similar probabilities have ended with 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat (from 5 games).

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Derry City at home in the league. 2 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Dundalk form and stats

The visitors' first away game in the Premier Division ended in defeat. Last season Dundalk had these away match statistics: Played 18; won 6, drew 7 and lost 5.

Dundalk won their last game, 2-1 versus Shelbourne played at home.

That result followed a home victory 5-0 versus St Patrick's.

It's early days yet, but Dundalk has scored 1 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

Dundalk have won at least one point in the last 4 fixtures (2-2-0) facing Derry City.

Top Goalscorers

Derry CityJ. McEneff
J. McEneff
4 goals
DundalkR. Tulloch
R. Tulloch
2 goals
DerryJ. McGonigle
J. McGonigle
1 goals

Derry City missing players

Dundalk missing players

Derry City Dundalk
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
4 1 0 Played P 1 1 4
3 1 0 Won W 0 0 2
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
0 0 0 Lost L 1 1 1
9 2 0 Scored S 1 1 9
2 0 0 Conceded C 2 2 4
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 75%
25% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 25%
50% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 75%
50% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 25%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3.8 5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 2 2 5.8
4.2 4 0 Corners against (avg) C A 9 9 5.8
2.5 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 5 5 2.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9 12 0 Shots (avg) S ( 6 6 11
3.5 3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2 4
64% 67% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 50% 56%
 
10 11 0 Shots against (avg) S A 17 17 12.2
1.2 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4 3.5
Key stats in Premier Division this season:
  • Derry City have the fewest conceded goals (2) in Premier Division
  • Derry City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1) in Premier Division
  • Derry City have the most scored goals in the first half (5) in Premier Division
  • Derry City have the the best goal difference (+7) in Premier Division
  • Derry City is in the best form (3-1-0) in Premier Division
  • Dundalk have the most scored goals in the second half (6) in Premier Division
Derry City Last season Dundalk
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 18   Played P   18 36
18 8   Won W   6 18
12 7   Drew D   7 12
6 3   Lost L   5 6
53 28   Scored S   18 53
27 13   Conceded C   17 30
89% 83%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   83% 86%
64% 67%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   50% 64%
42% 44%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   39% 50%
14% 11%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   17% 19%
6% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   6% 8%
50% 50%   BTTS BTTS   39% 44%
42% 44%   Clean Sheets C S   39% 44%
19% 22%   Failed to Score F T   39% 25%
 
5.9 6   Corners for (avg) C F   4.8 4.9
4 3.3   Corners against (avg) C A   4.7 4.4
1.4 1.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 1.9
2 1   Red cards R C   5 6
 
11.7 12.4   Shots (avg) S (   9.4 10.2
4.9 5.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.3 3.9
30% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   30% 37%
 
6 4.8   Shots against (avg) S A   9.8 9.3
2.5 2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.9 3.4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Derry City 4 3 1 0 9 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 2 1 0 7 2 7 10
2 Bohemians 4 3 0 1 7 4 2 2 0 0 5 2 2 1 0 1 2 2 3 9
3 Dundalk 4 2 1 1 9 4 3 2 1 0 8 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 5 7
4 Sligo Rovers 4 2 1 1 6 5 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 7
5 Drogheda United 4 1 2 1 3 4 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 1 3 -1 5
6 Cork City 4 1 1 2 9 8 2 1 0 1 5 2 2 0 1 1 4 6 1 4
7 Shelbourne 4 1 1 2 2 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 3 -1 4
8 St Patrick's 4 1 1 2 3 8 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 1 7 -5 4
9 Shamrock Rovers 4 0 3 1 7 8 2 0 1 1 5 6 2 0 2 0 2 2 -1 3
10 UCD 4 0 1 3 3 12 2 0 0 2 2 7 2 0 1 1 1 5 -9 1
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 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

Read more about Premier Division

The League of Ireland Premier Division, also known as the SSE Aitricity League Premier Division, is the highest level of football in the Republic of Ireland. It also has teams from Northern Ireland participating. The season runs from February to October with ten teams playing 36 matches each.