Season ticket holders at The Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Derry City languishing in the 7th position so far. The guesting Waterford United will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Premier Division match only three days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Sligo Rovers.
It should be mentioned that Waterford United play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Waterford United on artifical turf are 1 victory, 1 draw and 9 defeats from eleven games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 10-26. You can compare this with overall results below.
Derry City form and stats
2 victories, 2 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Derry City have to build on here at The Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium in the Premier Division.
Derry lost their last game at Sligo Rovers (placed 5th) after a 0-1 scoreline. Prior to that, an away loss at Bohemians.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Derry handle that role? We have found three games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are one win, one draw and one defeat.
The manager D. Devine will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Sligo Rovers in only one day.
The Derry fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 6 matches. 6 goals have been conceded.
Waterford United form and stats
As the visiting team in Premier Division matches, Waterford United have produced an overall stat of 3-1-2 so far.
Waterford United go into this game after a win, the home game against Sligo Rovers that ended 1-0. A 1-6 defeat away at Shamrock Rovers before that.
Waterford United are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is four wins, two draws and zero defeats. From a total of six matches.
Waterford are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 8 away goals from 6 games (in the league). As for defending, Waterford rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 10 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Waterford United - Derry 2-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Derry victories, two draws and four Waterford United wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  W. Capango Figueira 3 goals | J. Akintunde 3 goals |  J. Martin 3 goals |
Derry City missing players
Waterford United missing players
| Derry City | Waterford United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 12 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 16 |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 10 | 18 |
| 85% | 83% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 69% | 83% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 69% |
| 31% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 46% |
| 8% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 23% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 15% |
| 46% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 38% |
| 31% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 46% |
| 38% | 33% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 23% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.3 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 110 | 69 | 19 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 45 | 70 |
| 40 | 22 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 16 | 31 |
| 30% | 32% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 52% |
- Derry City has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Premier Division
- Derry City has the most dropped points from leading position (11) in Premier Division
- Derry City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Waterford United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Waterford United have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Waterford United 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 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 26 | 35 |
| 2 | Bohemians | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 27 |
| 3 | Dundalk | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 20 |
| 4 | Waterford United | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 20 |
| 5 | Sligo Rovers | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | -2 | 19 |
| 6 | St Patrick's | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 16 |
| 7 | Derry City | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 13 |
| 8 | Shelbourne | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -5 | 13 |
| 9 | Finn Harps | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -11 | 10 |
| 10 | Cork City | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | -13 | 9 |