Both Drogheda United and Derry City are desperate for points in this match, even with the away team holding a 15 point lead in the league table.
- Drogheda United have the most points from losing position (12) in Premier Division
- Derry City have the most scored goals (41) in Premier Division
Derry City play their home games on artifical turf, while this match will be played on grass. The latest results for Derry City when featuring on grass are 15 wins, 7 draws and 12 defeats from 34 matches. They have created 42 goals and conceded 37 times on these occasions.
This should be an interesting match with lots of spark and bustle as both squads are well recovered since they last ran out on the pitch. Get ready!
Drogheda United form and stats
The story so far in the Premier Division for Drogheda United at their home stadium is 6 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats. When Drogheda United hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Shamrock Rovers and Dundalk), they have won 3 of 3 matches!
A nice win for Drogheda United last time playing, versus Shelbourne. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-1 with Rooney and Brennan (2) scoring for the victors. Sweet to taste a league win after four matches without.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Finn Harps (0-3).Drogheda has scored 16 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. Drogheda United have conceded 17 in these home matches.
Derry City form and stats
Derry City have an excellent away record in the Premier Division so far with 8-3-2 from 13 games.
There were no winners in Derry City's previous match, the home game that ended 0-0 vs Shamrock Rovers (placed 1st).
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Dundalk that ended 1-1.Derry are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 22 times in 13 away games so far. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (12 so far).
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have played before this season: Derry City - Drogheda United 1-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Drogheda United one win, four draws and Derry City five victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. McGonigle 10 goals | W. Patching 9 goals |  D. Williams 6 goals |
Drogheda United missing players
Derry City missing players
| Drogheda United | Derry City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 14 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 13 | 25 |
| 7 | 6 | 3 | Won | W | 5 | 8 | 12 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 11 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 28 | 16 | 3 | Scored | S | 8 | 22 | 41 |
| 42 | 17 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 12 | 23 |
| 96% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 78% | 64% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 77% | 76% |
| 41% | 36% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 54% | 52% |
| 30% | 29% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 23% | 20% |
| 11% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 8% |
| 52% | 43% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 62% | 64% |
| 19% | 29% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 60% | 31% | 32% |
| 33% | 36% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 8% | 16% |
| 4.7 | 5 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.6 | 5.8 | 6 |
| 6.1 | 5.6 | 9.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 5.3 | 4.4 |
| 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.3 | 10.1 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.4 | 10.6 | 11.6 |
| 3.3 | 4 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4.8 | 5.3 |
| 31% | 29% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 35% | 31% |
| 12.1 | 12.4 | 16 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 4.6 | 7.3 | 6.5 |
| 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.6 | 3 | 2.6 |
- Derry City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Derry City have the most points (27) away in Premier Division
- Derry City have the most scored goals (22) away in Premier Division
- Derry City have the most scored goals (41) in Premier Division
- Derry City have the most scored goals in the first half (20) in Premier Division
- Derry City have the the best goal difference (+10) away in Premier Division
- Derry City haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Derry City is in the best form (3-3-0) in Premier Division
- Drogheda United have the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in Premier Division
- Drogheda United have the most points from losing position (12) in Premier Division
| 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 | 25 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 38 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 23 | 53 |
| 2 | Dundalk | 26 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 37 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 49 |
| 3 | Derry City | 25 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 41 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 18 | 45 |
| 4 | St Patrick's | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 34 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 39 |
| 5 | Sligo Rovers | 25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 33 | 28 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 35 |
| 6 | Bohemians | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 32 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 0 | 32 |
| 7 | Shelbourne | 24 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 24 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 15 | -7 | 31 |
| 8 | Drogheda United | 27 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 28 | 42 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 25 | -14 | 30 |
| 9 | UCD | 26 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 51 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 31 | -33 | 16 |
| 10 | Finn Harps | 26 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 47 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 29 | -24 | 15 |
