Here is all you need to know about the Premier Division fixture Derry City - Shamrock Rovers!
- All of Derry City's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Shamrock Rovers have the the best goal difference (+15) in Premier Division
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Champions League.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical 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 artifical turf is 5-0-3 (win-draw-loss) from eight matches.
Derry City form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Premier Division this season. Derry City have only managed 1 win, 6 draws and 3 losses from their games here at The Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium.
Derry City are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus St Patrick's.
Ahead of that match, Derry won a home game hosting Waterford United (2-0).Derry has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. Derry's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Shamrock Rovers form and stats
Shamrock Rovers have an excellent away record in the Premier Division so far with 6-1-2 from 9 games.
Richie Towell and Graham Burke scored in Shamrock's previous match, the home game against Slovan Bratislava that ended 2-1.
Prior to that match, the Shamrock manager S. Bradley faced defeat when travelling to Slovan Bratislava and losing 0-2.The travelling fans enjoy Shamrock's attacking play in away games, having scored 14 goals in 9 league matches away. Shamrock are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 6 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Shamrock Rovers - Derry 1-1 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Derry zero wins, two draws and Shamrock Rovers eight victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Gaffney 7 goals |  G. Burke 7 goals |   W. Patching 6 goals |
Derry City missing players
Shamrock Rovers missing players
| Derry City | Shamrock Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 7 | 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 21 | 11 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 14 | 30 |
| 24 | 13 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | 15 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 85% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 79% |
| 35% | 30% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 42% |
| 5% | 10% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 5% |
| 65% | 80% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 44% | 63% |
| 15% | 10% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 44% | 26% |
| 20% | 10% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 11% | 11% |
| 4.2 | 4.7 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 6.8 | 6.7 |
| 4.5 | 3.9 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.5 | 2.7 | 3.2 |
| 2.2 | 1.8 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.8 | 2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6.6 | 7.1 | 5.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 9.2 | 10.4 |
| 2.8 | 3.1 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
| 37% | 35% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 11% | 37% | 36% |
- All of Derry City's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Derry City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Shamrock Rovers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Shamrock Rovers have the fewest conceded goals (6) away in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers have the most points from losing position (15) in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers have the the best goal difference (+15) in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers have the the best goal difference (+8) away in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Shamrock Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 15 | 38 |
| 2 | Sligo Rovers | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 38 |
| 3 | St Patrick's | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 38 |
| 4 | Drogheda United | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 34 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 30 |
| 5 | Bohemians | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 33 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 30 |
| 6 | Derry City | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -3 | 25 |
| 7 | Dundalk | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 15 | -3 | 24 |
| 8 | Finn Harps | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 17 | -13 | 20 |
| 9 | Waterford United | 20 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 18 | -25 | 16 |
| 10 | Longford Town | 20 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 34 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 17 | -20 | 10 |