A victory to the home team is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Derry City supporters are confident that the gulf between 2nd and UCD's 10th spot in the table will be revealed on the ground.
- Derry City have the most scored goals (43) in Premier Division
- UCD have the fewest scored goals (19) in Premier Division
The hosts Derry saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Premier Division. That game was an away game at Shelbourne, so at least Derry City are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Derry City form and stats
The story so far in the Premier Division for Derry City, who have the most scored goals (43) in Premier Division, at their home stadium (The Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium) is 4 wins, 6 draws and 2 defeats.
It's back home for Derry City, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Shelbourne away with the result 1-0. Graydon found the net in that victory. Finally, a league win after three matches without. A late climax in the match against Shelbourne as the winning goal came one minutes into overtime; scored by Graydon.
A victory at home ahead of that game, as predicted. The team were solid favourites against Cork City and won 2-0.
Derry City have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at The Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium with 19 goals in 12 league matches. Derry have only conceded 11 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
UCD form and stats
UCD have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Premier Division, after 2-2-9 (13 played).
Two away games in a row for UCD, whose boss Myler could celebrate last time after the FAI Cup win against Galway United.
A loss against St Patrick's was the result prior to that, in a Premier Division home game.With the home team stated as having a winning chance of roughly 80% by the bookies, any favourable result for the guesting team would be a surprise. Examining earlier matches with similar odds and UCD as the away team, we found 6 results. Statistics from these were 0 away wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats. The outsiders lost 4 of these games by a margin of at least two goals.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting UCD as they have only managed to score 10 times from 13 away games in the league. The UCD manager Myler has some worries about the defense as 31 goals have been conceded in these travels. UCD has visited these top teams three times, and 2 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
The 4 latest meetings featuring these teams have all finished as Derry City wins. Will history repeat itself?UCD - Derry City 0-1 was the score in these participants' latest H2H game, played this season.
Top Goalscorers
  J. McGonigle 10 goals | W. Patching 9 goals | J. Akintunde 6 goals |
Derry City missing players
UCD missing players
| Derry City | UCD | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 27 |
| 13 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 43 | 19 | 6 | Scored | S | 0 | 10 | 19 |
| 24 | 11 | 5 | Conceded | C | 8 | 31 | 53 |
| 89% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 74% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | 85% |
| 48% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 54% | 48% |
| 19% | 17% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 23% | 19% |
| 7% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 15% | 7% |
| 63% | 67% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 38% | 44% |
| 33% | 33% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 15% | 15% |
| 15% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 46% | 48% |
| 6 | 6.2 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.3 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
| 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 6 | 6.5 |
| 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.3 | 1.5 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 11.9 | 12.8 | 12.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 2 | 5.5 | 6.2 |
| 5.3 | 5.8 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
| 30% | 28% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 29% | 26% |
| 6.4 | 5.6 | 5.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.7 | 14.2 | 12.4 |
| 2.7 | 2.2 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.7 | 6 | 5.2 |
- Derry City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Derry City have scored more than double the goals of UCD.
- Derry City have the most scored goals (43) in Premier Division
- UCD have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- UCD have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- UCD have the fewest scored goals (19) in Premier Division
- UCD have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Premier Division
- UCD have the most conceded goals (31) away in Premier Division
- UCD have the most conceded goals (53) in Premier Division
- UCD have the most conceded goals in the first half (25) in Premier Division
- UCD have the most conceded goals in the second half (28) in Premier Division
- UCD have the the worst goal difference (-21) away in Premier Division
- UCD have the the worst goal difference (-34) in Premier Division
- UCD haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 41 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 26 | 56 |
| 2 | Derry City | 27 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 43 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 19 | 49 |
| 3 | Dundalk | 28 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 37 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 49 |
| 4 | St Patrick's | 27 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 39 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 11 | 15 | 45 |
| 5 | Sligo Rovers | 27 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 37 | 31 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 38 |
| 6 | Bohemians | 27 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 34 | 36 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 17 | -2 | 33 |
| 7 | Shelbourne | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 25 | 33 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 15 | -8 | 32 |
| 8 | Drogheda United | 28 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 29 | 43 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 25 | -14 | 31 |
| 9 | Finn Harps | 27 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 26 | 49 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 29 | -23 | 18 |
| 10 | UCD | 27 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 53 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 31 | -34 | 16 |
