Struggling Derry City will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Dundalk in the upcoming league round. It’s 8th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Premier Division.
Derry City form and stats
Overall Premier Division stats at home this season for Derry City are 3-2-2 (wins-draw-losses).
A nice win for Derry last time playing, versus Waterford United. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0 with C. Clifford (2) scoring for the victors. Prior to that, an away loss at Sligo Rovers.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Derry City as they are travelling to their away game against Cork City in the Premier Division. That match is four days after this one.
The Derry fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 7 matches. Derry have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Dundalk form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier Division travels is 3 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats.
277 minutes! That's how long the Dundalk goalkeeper Gary Rogers and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
There were no winners in Dundalk's previous match, a Premier Division home game that ended 0-0 vs Bohemians (placed 2nd). Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Cork City.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Molde in just three days.
Dundalk have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 12 goals from 6 away matches. As for defending, Dundalk rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 9 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Dundalk - Derry 1-0. Last ten meetings between the teams: Derry won zero, Dundalk won seven and three draws. seven games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Hoban 9 goals | M. Duffy 4 goals |  W. Capango Figueira 3 goals |
Derry City missing players
Dundalk missing players
| Derry City | Dundalk | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 15 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 14 | 9 | 3 | Scored | S | 7 | 12 | 25 |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 9 | 20 |
| 86% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 87% |
| 71% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 29% | 29% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 83% | 67% |
| 7% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 50% | 47% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 20% |
| 43% | 43% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 67% | 53% |
| 36% | 43% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 33% | 40% |
| 36% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 2.3 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 118 | 77 | 17 | Total Shots | T S | 32 | 62 | 153 |
| 45 | 27 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 15 | 26 | 56 |
| 31% | 33% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 46% | 39% |
- All of Dundalk's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Derry City has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Premier Division
- Derry City has the most dropped points from leading position (11) in Premier Division
- Dundalk has the most conceded goals in the first half (13) in Premier Division
- Dundalk have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Dundalk have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Dundalk haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 30 | 38 |
| 2 | Bohemians | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 34 |
| 3 | Dundalk | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 25 |
| 4 | Waterford United | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -5 | 21 |
| 5 | St Patrick's | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 19 |
| 6 | Shelbourne | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -5 | 19 |
| 7 | Sligo Rovers | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 12 | -7 | 19 |
| 8 | Derry City | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 16 |
| 9 | Finn Harps | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -11 | 11 |
| 10 | Cork City | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 18 | -19 | 10 |