The managers D. Devine and S. Bradley are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Premier Division league table.
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Premier Division match only four days ago.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artificial turf and that the visiting Shamrock Rovers have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artificial turf is 4-2-1 (win-draw-loss) from seven matches.
Derry City form and stats
3 victories, 0 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Derry City have to build on here at Brandywell Stadium. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of five straight victories regardless of arena. Derry City has recorded two wins in a row here at Brandywell Stadium, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.Derry City are returning here after visiting St Patrick's in a Premier Division game and winning with a 3-1 scoreline. In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting UCD.
There will be little rest for Derry City after this match as they are travelling to Waterford United for a Premier Division game in only three days.
The Derry City manager D. Devine has got the team scoring with 8 from 4 home games. Derry City's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 4 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Shamrock Rovers form and stats
As the visiting team Shamrock Rovers, who have the most points (12) away in Premier Division, have produced an overall stat of 4-0-1 so far.The supporters enjoyed Shamrock Rovers's previous game versus Waterford United, a Premier Division 2-1 win played at home. Prior to that result Shamrock Rovers won their away game at Cork City. The scoreline was 3-1.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Bohemians in just four days.
Shamrock Rovers find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 7 goals from 5 away fixtures. Shamrock Rovers are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 3 times in 5 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Shamrock Rovers - Derry City 2-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 4 Derry City victories, 2 draws and 4 Shamrock Rovers wins.Derry City missing players
Shamrock Rovers missing players
| Derry City | Shamrock Rovers | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 10 | 4 | Played | 5 | 11 |
| 17 | 8 | Scored | 7 | 20 |
| 10 | 4 | Conceded | 3 | 5 |
| 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 91% |
| 90% | 100% | Over 1.5 | 40% | 64% |
| 40% | 50% | Over 2.5 | 40% | 55% |
| 30% | 25% | Over 3.5 | 20% | 18% |
| 20% | 25% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 25% | Both teams to score | 40% | 36% |
| 40% | 50% | Clean Sheet | 40% | 55% |
| 30% | 25% | Failed To Score | 20% | 18% |
| 4.7 | 6.2 | Corners For (avg) | 7.4 | 6.5 |
| 3.2 | 1.8 | Corners Against (avg) | 2.4 | 2.4 |
| 2 | 1.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 1 | 1.2 |
| 1 | 0 | Red Cards (total) | 1 | 1 |
- Derry City hasn't played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Derry City is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Shamrock Rovers | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 28 |
| 2 | Derry City | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 20 |
| 3 | Bohemians | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 20 |
| 4 | Dundalk | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 18 |
| 5 | St Patrick's | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 12 |
| 6 | Waterford United | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -2 | 11 |
| 7 | Cork City | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -3 | 11 |
| 8 | Sligo Rovers | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -6 | 11 |
| 9 | UCD | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -4 | 10 |
| 10 | Finn Harps | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 11 | -16 | 2 |
