Excitement is likely at The Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium when Derry City face Shamrock Rovers in what should be a wonderful fixture. Read more!
- Derry City have the most scored goals (41) in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers have the fewest conceded goals (15) in Premier Division
1-2-3 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Shamrock Rovers when playing away games on artifical turf, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has grass). Their goal statistics from those six matches are 5-4 (scored/conceded).
Shamrock Rovers could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Europa League game only three sleeps ago. That game, against Shkupi, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Shamrock Rovers.
Derry City form and stats
The story so far in the Premier Division for Derry City at their home stadium (The Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium) is 4 wins, 5 draws and 2 defeats.
The Derry City manager Higgins and his pawns return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Dundalk (placed 2nd). The host team have an in-form goalscorer in Akintunde, having bagged a goal in three games in a row.
Betting people might want to know that 12 of the most recent 16 league games from this club have had goals from both teams.
A decent goal production from Derry City in their home games so far, with 19 goals from 11 league matches.
Shamrock Rovers form and stats
6-2-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Shamrock Rovers, who have the fewest conceded goals (15) in Premier Division, in their Premier Division matches away.
Two trips in a row for Shamrock Rovers, whose boss Bradley could celebrate last time after the Europa League win against Shkupi.
Shamrock find the net regularly in their away games. 16 goals from 12 away fixtures in the league. Shamrock Rovers are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 9 times in 12 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
These opponents have battled previously this season: Shamrock Rovers - Derry City 1-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Derry victory, two draws and seven Shamrock Rovers wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. McGonigle 10 goals | W. Patching 9 goals |   G. Burke 7 goals |
Derry City missing players
Shamrock Rovers missing players
| Derry City | Shamrock Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 11 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 12 | 24 |
| 12 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 6 | 16 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 41 | 19 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 16 | 38 |
| 23 | 11 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 9 | 15 |
| 92% | 82% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 92% | 96% |
| 79% | 82% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 58% | 58% |
| 54% | 55% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 46% |
| 21% | 18% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 8% | 21% |
| 8% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 73% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 42% | 42% |
| 29% | 27% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 46% |
| 12% | 18% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 33% | 17% |
| 6 | 6.3 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 6.2 | 7.3 |
| 4.3 | 3.2 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 3.1 | 3.8 |
| 1.1 | 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.1 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 11.7 | 12.9 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 10.9 | 11.8 |
| 5.3 | 5.9 | 9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.7 | 5 |
| 32% | 29% | 11% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 29% | 32% |
| 6.4 | 5.4 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.5 | 6.4 | 5.6 |
| 2.6 | 2.2 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
- Derry City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Derry City have the most scored goals (41) in Premier Division
- Derry City have the most scored goals in the first half (20) in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Shamrock Rovers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Shamrock Rovers have the fewest conceded goals (15) in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers have the the best goal difference (+23) in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
- Shamrock Rovers is in the best form (4-1-1) in Premier Division
| 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 | 24 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 38 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 23 | 52 |
| 2 | Dundalk | 25 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 36 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 46 |
| 3 | Derry City | 24 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 41 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 18 | 44 |
| 4 | St Patrick's | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 33 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 36 |
| 5 | Sligo Rovers | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 33 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 35 |
| 6 | Bohemians | 24 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 32 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 1 | 32 |
| 7 | Shelbourne | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 12 | -5 | 31 |
| 8 | Drogheda United | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 25 | 41 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 25 | -16 | 27 |
| 9 | Finn Harps | 25 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 45 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 27 | -23 | 15 |
| 10 | UCD | 25 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 16 | 50 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 31 | -34 | 13 |
