Derry City are enjoying their 1st, while Shelbourne are loitering 9 points behind in the standings. Will they decrease the gap?
- Derry City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Shelbourne have the fewest conceded goals (11) in Premier Division
Shelbourne play their home matches on grass, while this match will be played on artifical turf. The latest results for Shelbourne when playing on artifical turf are 0 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats from five matches. They have scored {3 goals} and conceded 9 times on these occasions.
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!
Derry City form and stats
4-2-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier Division numbers at home for Derry City so far this season. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at The Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium.
The fans are hoping that Derry City will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the game against Sligo Rovers (placed 7th). The first defeat after collecting points in four league fixtures.
Before that game, the 4-1 home victory against UCD.It should be taken into account that a look at the 12 most recent league fixtures reveals that 9 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored).
Derry City are traveling soon after this match as the Premier Division match at St Patrick's awaits in three days.
The Derry fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 9 matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Derry City have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Shelbourne form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier Division travels is 2 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats.
Shelbourne aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 204 league minutes without a goal. Moylan was the last player to find the net.
Shelbourne are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Bohemians (placed 3rd).
The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against St Patrick's.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Drogheda United in just three days.
Shelbourne are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 8 games (in the league). It's not easy to score on Shelbourne as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Derry City have avoided defeat in the last 4 fixtures (3-1-0) facing Shelbourne.The fixture history shows this score when the contenders met earlier this season; Shelbourne - Derry City 0-1. The matches between these sides have sometimes been "violent", having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  J. McEneff 6 goals |  J. Moylan 6 goals | M. Duffy 4 goals |
Derry City missing players
Shelbourne missing players
| Derry City | Shelbourne | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 27 | 12 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 16 |
| 12 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 94% | 89% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 75% | 76% |
| 61% | 67% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 62% | 47% |
| 33% | 22% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 38% | 29% |
| 22% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 12% | 6% |
| 6% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 22% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 38% | 35% |
| 44% | 44% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 50% | 47% |
| 28% | 44% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 38% | 41% |
| 6.7 | 8.2 | 8.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 4 | 3.2 |
| 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.5 | 4 | 5 |
| 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.9 | 2.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13.2 | 16.3 | 14.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 8.8 | 8.9 |
| 3.9 | 4.7 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3 |
| 38% | 29% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 35% | 31% |
| 8.1 | 7.3 | 6.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 11.5 | 11.6 |
| 2.4 | 1.9 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.7 |
- Derry City have created more than twice as many corners as Shelbourne.
- Derry City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Derry City have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Derry City have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Shelbourne have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Shelbourne have the fewest conceded goals (11) in Premier Division
- Shelbourne have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Premier Division
- Shelbourne have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in Premier Division
- Shelbourne have won significantly more corners away than at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Derry City | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 34 |
| 2 | Shamrock Rovers | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 35 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 17 | 33 |
| 3 | Bohemians | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 30 |
| 4 | St Patrick's | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 29 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 3 | 29 |
| 5 | Dundalk | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 26 |
| 6 | Shelbourne | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 25 |
| 7 | Sligo Rovers | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | -2 | 22 |
| 8 | Drogheda United | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -6 | 20 |
| 9 | Cork City | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 33 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 22 | -13 | 15 |
| 10 | UCD | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 38 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 24 | -29 | 6 |
