The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Drogheda United are in the 4th position while the guesting Derry City worry at 8th.
- Drogheda United have the most scored goals (26) in Premier Division
- Drogheda United have scored more than double the goals of Derry City.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Drogheda and Derry City.
Derry City play their home games on artifical turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for Derry City when playing on grass are 14 wins, 12 draws and 13 defeats from 39 matches. They have scored 43 goals and conceded 47 times in these games.
Drogheda United form and stats
Drogheda United, who have the most scored goals (26) in Premier Division, have collected 12 points from their Premier Division home games so far after 3-3-1. With a nice streak brewing from their home games, Drogheda United are also looking for their fifth consecutive victory regardless of location.
Drogheda's last game was hosting Longford Town (placed 9th) and winning 4-1.
In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Finn Harps.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Drogheda United have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found four matches with the results: Won one, drawn one and lost two.
The Drogheda fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 11 goals in 7 league matches. Drogheda are not conceding a lot of goals here at United Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 7 matches.
Derry City form and stats
Playing away, Derry City have won 3 games, drawn 1 and suffered 2 defeats in the Premier Division this season.
Derry played 2-2 against St Patrick's in their previous match.
Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Waterford United.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Derry City playing away and similar expectations, we found four relevant matches. Results were two Derry wins, one draw and one defeat.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Derry as they have only managed to score 5 times from 6 away games in the league. Derry City have conceded 6 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Derry City - Drogheda 1-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - three - six (Drogheda United wins - draws - Derry City wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Doyle 6 goals |  C. Lyons 5 goals |  C. McJannett 4 goals |
Drogheda United missing players
Derry City missing players
| Drogheda United | Derry City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 26 | 11 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | 17 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 77% | 71% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 85% |
| 46% | 29% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 17% | 31% |
| 31% | 29% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 15% | 14% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 62% | 71% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 33% | 62% |
| 31% | 14% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 15% |
| 8% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 23% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 2.1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7.5 | 9.6 | 17.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 5.8 | 6.2 |
| 3.5 | 4.3 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 2 | 2.3 |
| 57% | 37% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 40% | 39% |
- Derry City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Drogheda United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Drogheda United have scored more than double the goals of Derry City.
- Drogheda United have the most scored goals (26) in Premier Division
- Drogheda United have the the best goal difference (+15) in Premier Division
- Drogheda United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Drogheda United is in the best form (4-2-0)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sligo Rovers | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 28 |
| 2 | Shamrock Rovers | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 27 |
| 3 | St Patrick's | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 25 |
| 4 | Drogheda United | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 15 | 22 |
| 5 | Finn Harps | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -5 | 18 |
| 6 | Bohemians | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 17 |
| 7 | Dundalk | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 12 | -3 | 14 |
| 8 | Derry City | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -5 | 14 |
| 9 | Longford Town | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -15 | 7 |
| 10 | Waterford United | 13 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -21 | 6 |