Derry City are ready for UCD with belief in winning all three points. Can they? Read our preview!
- Derry City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in Premier Division
- UCD have the fewest scored goals (7) in Premier Division
It's no vacation for neither Derry nor UCD as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Derry City form and stats
When playing at home in the Premier Division, Derry City have managed 3 wins, 2 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 8 games. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Derry City has won four games in a row. The Shamrock Rovers match was the last time out without a victory.
The Derry City goalkeeper Brian Philip Maher is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 315 minutes without conceding a goal in the Premier Division.
Derry City's previous game was also played at home, ending 3-1 versus UCD (placed 10th). The home side are looking to build on that result.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Dundalk in a game that was won 3-0.From these home matches, Derry have conceded only 5 goals. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
UCD form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for UCD so far with only 1 point returning home. The records show 0-1-6 (win-draw-lose). Bitter travels for UCD as they have lost seven games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Dundalk match.
UCD aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 272 league minutes without a goal. Doyle was the last player to find the net.
UCD lost away at Derry City (1-3) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.
The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-3 defeat against Shamrock Rovers.Nobody expects UCD to collect anything from a game like this. The team has been David versus Goliath 4 times before, with the overall statistics of won 0, draw 0 and lost 4. When defeated, 4 matches have been lost by two or more goals.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from UCD's away games in the league this season with only {3 goals} from 7 matches. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. The UCD manager Myler has some worries about the defense as 17 goals have been conceded in these travels. UCD has visited these top teams two times, and 2 of 2 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
The 6 most recent meetings featuring these opponents have all finished as Derry City wins. Are we destined for another one?This isn't the first time these parties face each other this season, as the history books show this recent fixture: UCD - Derry City 0-4.
Top Goalscorers
  J. McEneff 5 goals | B. Doherty 3 goals | R. Graydon 2 goals |
Derry City missing players
UCD missing players
| Derry City | UCD | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 12 |
| 26 | 11 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 20 | 34 |
| 94% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 65% | 67% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 75% |
| 35% | 22% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 56% |
| 24% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 38% | 31% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 35% | 22% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 38% |
| 47% | 44% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 24% | 44% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 56% |
| 6.5 | 8 | 8.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 2.9 | 2.8 |
| 3.5 | 3 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 7 | 5.9 |
| 1.8 | 1.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.9 | 15.7 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 7.9 | 7.8 |
| 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.4 |
| 39% | 28% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 20% | 21% |
| 7.8 | 6.8 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 21.5 | 16.5 | 13.9 |
| 2.3 | 1.7 | 1.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 6 | 4.9 |
- Derry City have created more than twice as many corners as UCD.
- Derry City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Derry City have scored more than double the goals of UCD.
- Derry City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in Premier Division
- 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.
- UCD have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- UCD have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- UCD have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- UCD have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- UCD have the fewest points (1) away in Premier Division
- UCD have the fewest scored goals (3) away in Premier Division
- UCD have the fewest scored goals (7) in Premier Division
- UCD have the fewest scored goals in the second half (3) in Premier Division
- UCD have the most conceded goals in the first half (16) in Premier Division
- UCD have the the worst goal difference (-24) in Premier Division
- UCD have yet to win a game away.
- 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 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 34 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 19 | 33 |
| 2 | Derry City | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 13 | 31 |
| 3 | Bohemians | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 28 |
| 4 | Dundalk | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 25 |
| 5 | Shelbourne | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 24 |
| 6 | St Patrick's | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 26 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 1 | 23 |
| 7 | Sligo Rovers | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | -2 | 19 |
| 8 | Drogheda United | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -9 | 14 |
| 9 | Cork City | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 22 | -15 | 9 |
| 10 | UCD | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 17 | -24 | 6 |
