Premier Division: What this game might miss in glamour it should make up for in tempo and enthusiasm. Get set for Drogheda United - Dundalk!
- Drogheda United have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (10) in Premier Division
- Dundalk have the most dropped points from leading position (19) in Premier Division
These are hectic days for the team playing at home, as they had a game only three days ago in the Premier Division. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Finn Harps.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Dundalk have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 19-10-18 (win-draw-loss) from 47 matches.
Dundalk are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.
Drogheda United form and stats
When playing at home in the Premier Division, Drogheda United have managed 7 wins, 4 draws and suffered 6 defeats from 17 games. Two home wins in a row for Drogheda bring valid hopes of a third.
K. Phillips was the last player to score a league goal for Drogheda and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Drogheda United haven't scored in 231 minutes.
Drogheda United manager T. Clancy and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Finn Harps (placed 8th) in the Premier Division.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Sligo Rovers (0-2).There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Drogheda as they are travelling to their away game against Bohemians in the Premier Division. That match is three days after this one.
Drogheda United has scored 22 league goals at home this season, in 17 matches. From these home matches, Drogheda have conceded only 16 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Dundalk form and stats
Dundalk have only collected 16 points from their away games in the Premier Division, after 3-7-7 (17 played).
The supporters enjoyed Dundalk's previous game versus Waterford United (placed 9th), a Premier Division 1-0 win played at home.
Prior to that match, the Dundalk manager V. Perth faced defeat when travelling to St Patrick's and losing 0-1.After this away game Dundalk return home for a Premier Division game against Longford Town. That game is only three sleeps after this.
The visiting Dundalk have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 19 goals from 17 games. 24 goals have been conceded by Dundalk in these games.
Head 2 Head
The last head to head game ended Dundalk - Drogheda 1-2, earlier this season. Drogheda-Dundalk H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Drogheda United one win, Dundalk nine wins, zero draws. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  M. Doyle 12 goals |  P. Hoban 11 goals |  C. Lyons 9 goals |
Drogheda United missing players
Dundalk missing players
| Drogheda United | Dundalk | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 33 | 17 | 6 | Played | P | 4 | 17 | 33 |
| 12 | 7 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 43 | 22 | 12 | Scored | S | 3 | 19 | 40 |
| 38 | 16 | 5 | Conceded | C | 8 | 24 | 44 |
| 94% | 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 70% | 59% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 76% | 73% |
| 42% | 35% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 41% | 48% |
| 21% | 24% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 24% | 21% |
| 12% | 12% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 6% | 9% |
| 48% | 53% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 65% | 67% |
| 24% | 24% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 18% | 18% |
| 33% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 18% | 15% |
| 3.6 | 3.8 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 5 | 5.6 |
| 5.4 | 4.6 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 5 | 5.2 |
| 1.6 | 1.8 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 7.1 | 8.7 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.2 | 8.6 | 9.8 |
| 3 | 3.6 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
| 44% | 35% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 31% | 31% |
| 9.7 | 9.5 | 8.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.5 | 9.8 | 9.2 |
| 3.4 | 3.4 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.2 |
- Drogheda United have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (10) in Premier Division
- Dundalk have the most dropped points from leading position (19) in Premier Division
- Dundalk haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 33 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 53 | 23 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 11 | 30 | 72 |
| 2 | St Patrick's | 33 | 18 | 6 | 9 | 54 | 37 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 17 | 60 |
| 3 | Sligo Rovers | 33 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 39 | 29 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 10 | 53 |
| 4 | Derry City | 32 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 42 | 38 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 46 |
| 5 | Bohemians | 33 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 54 | 43 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 20 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 23 | 11 | 45 |
| 6 | Drogheda United | 33 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 43 | 38 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 22 | 5 | 44 |
| 7 | Dundalk | 33 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 40 | 44 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 24 | -4 | 42 |
| 8 | Finn Harps | 33 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 36 | 49 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 28 | -13 | 39 |
| 9 | Waterford United | 32 | 12 | 3 | 17 | 32 | 50 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 15 | 26 | -18 | 39 |
| 10 | Longford Town | 33 | 2 | 8 | 23 | 21 | 63 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 31 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 32 | -42 | 14 |