Premier Division match prediction and match guide for the Derry City vs Shamrock Rovers battle

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Competition: Republic of Ireland Premier Division
Competition: Fri 25.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: The Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium (7700 seats)

With the edgy opening game done it’s time for the second Premier Division meeting of the season. Derry City are eager to welcome Shamrock Rovers in front of their stadium regulars.

3-0-3 (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 11-7 (scored/conceded).

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Derry City form and stats

The season before, Derry City's league stats were 14 wins, 12 draws and 10 losses, leading to 4th spot in the Premier Division. In these 36 matches they scored 49 goals and let in 42. Performing at their own stadium in the last season Derry City produced 6-8-4 (win-draw-lost) with 26 goals and 20 conceded.

An away draw last time out for Derry, facing Dundalk in a game that ended 2-2.

In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Dundalk.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Premier Division game versus Sligo Rovers in only three days. This game is also played here at The Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium.

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Shamrock Rovers form and stats

Let's have a look at how Shamrock Rovers performed last season in the Premier Division: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 24 victories, 6 draws and 6 defeats. In total they scored 59 and conceded 28 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 12 - drew 1 and lost 5 with 27/15 goals scored/conceded.

Burke, Hoare and Mândroiu scored in Shamrock Rovers's previous match, the home game against UCD that ended 3-0.

That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Drogheda United.

A quick return to home after this game, as Shamrock are hosting Drogheda United in the Premier Division only three days away.

Head 2 Head

Previous ten meetings with these participants: Derry City won zero, Shamrock Rovers triumphed in eight and we saw two draws. four games with more than 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Derry CityJ. Thomson
J. Thomson
1 goals
Derry CityJ. McGonigle
J. McGonigle
1 goals
Shamrock RoversS. Hoare
S. Hoare
1 goals

Derry City missing players

Shamrock Rovers missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Derry City Shamrock Rovers
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
2 0 0 Scored S 0 0 3
2 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
6 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 11
7 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 3
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 15
5 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 8
40% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 38%
 
10 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 3
8 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 1
Derry City Last season Shamrock Rovers
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 18   Played P   18 36
14 6   Won W   12 24
12 8   Drew D   1 6
10 4   Lost L   5 6
49 26   Scored S   27 59
42 20   Conceded C   15 28
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
83% 89%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   56% 72%
44% 39%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   39% 44%
14% 17%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   22% 17%
6% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 6%
61% 61%   BTTS BTTS   44% 56%
25% 33%   Clean Sheets C S   44% 36%
14% 6%   Failed to Score F T   11% 8%
 
4.3 5   Corners for (avg) C F   5.9 6.4
4.8 4.1   Corners against (avg) C A   3.1 3.1
2 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.7 1.7
5 2   Red cards R C   0 2
 
8.1 8.4   Shots (avg) S (   10.2 10.7
3.7 4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.7 4.8
37% 36%   Goal Efficiency G E   32% 35%
 
8.8 6.9   Shots against (avg) S A   6.1 6.1
3.6 2.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   1.8 2

  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 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 St Patrick's 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
3 Derry City 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
4 Dundalk 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
5 Bohemians 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Drogheda United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Finn Harps 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Sligo Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Shelbourne 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
10 UCD 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
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 6 6 59 28 18 12 5 1 32 13 18 12 1 5 27 15 31 78
2 St Patrick's 36 18 8 10 56 42 18 12 2 4 30 18 18 6 6 6 26 24 14 62
3 Sligo Rovers 36 16 9 11 43 32 18 8 5 5 24 13 18 8 4 6 19 19 11 57
4 Derry City 36 14 12 10 49 42 18 6 8 4 26 20 18 8 4 6 23 22 7 54
5 Bohemians 36 14 10 12 60 46 18 9 4 5 38 22 18 5 6 7 22 24 14 52
6 Dundalk 36 13 9 14 44 46 18 9 2 7 24 22 18 4 7 7 20 24 -2 48
7 Drogheda United 36 12 8 16 45 43 18 7 4 7 22 17 18 5 4 9 23 26 2 44
8 Finn Harps 36 11 11 14 44 52 18 5 6 7 23 22 18 6 5 7 21 30 -8 44
9 Waterford United 36 12 6 18 36 56 18 6 4 8 20 29 18 6 2 10 16 27 -20 42
10 Longford Town 36 2 9 25 22 71 18 2 4 12 11 32 18 0 5 13 11 39 -49 15

Table
  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 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 St Patrick's 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
3 Derry City 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
4 Dundalk 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
5 Bohemians 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Drogheda United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Finn Harps 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Sligo Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Shelbourne 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
10 UCD 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0

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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.