Football betting preview: Dundalk favourites when Derry City visits

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Competition: Republic of Ireland Premier Division
Competition: Fri 14.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Oriel Park (6000 seats)

Dundalk and Derry City are ready to show off their new players and skills: It's their first game of the Premier Division season.

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Dundalk form and stats

It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Dundalk, who have participated in six training matches. Dundalk have won 3 of these, drawn 0 and were beaten in 3 games.

Dundalk could celebrate like crazy last season after winning the Premier Division. Home supporters are hoping for more of the same this season. In the home games here at Oriel Park they witnessed 16 victories, 2 draws and 0 defeats. In total the trophy was secured after W27 - D5 - L4 from 36 games.

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Derry City form and stats

Just as the home team, Derry City have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 3 Derry City wins, 0 draws and 0 losses.

Let's have a look at how Derry City performed last season in the Premier Division: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 15 victories, 12 draws and 9 defeats. In total they scored 56 and conceded 34 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 8 and lost 4 with 25/19 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - four - zero (Dundalk wins - draws - Derry City wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

DundalkP. Hoban
P. Hoban
14 goals
DundalkM. Duffy
M. Duffy
12 goals

Dundalk missing players

Derry City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Dundalk Derry City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Dundalk Last season Derry City
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 18   Played P   18 36
27 16   Won W   6 15
5 2   Drew D   8 12
4 0   Lost L   4 9
73 43   Scored S   25 56
18 8   Conceded C   19 34
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   83% 86%
69% 72%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   67% 75%
53% 67%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   44% 44%
25% 33%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   39% 36%
8% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 8%
31% 33%   BTTS BTTS   56% 39%
64% 67%   Clean Sheets C S   22% 39%
8% 0%   Failed to Score F T   39% 36%
 
6.8 7.8   Corners for (avg) C F   4.1 4.4
3.2 3.2   Corners against (avg) C A   3.8 3.6
1.6 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.7 1.6
2 1   Red cards R C   1 1
 
423 244   Total Shots T S   186 343
174 100   Shots on Target S O   57 124
37% 36%   Goal Efficiency G E   44% 44%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bohemians 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Cork City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Derry City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Dundalk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Finn Harps 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Shamrock Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Shelbourne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Sligo Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 St Patrick's 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Waterford United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Dundalk 36 27 5 4 73 18 18 16 2 0 43 8 18 11 3 4 30 10 55 86
2 Shamrock Rovers 36 23 6 7 62 21 18 12 4 2 32 7 18 11 2 5 30 14 41 75
3 Bohemians 36 17 9 10 47 28 18 11 3 4 34 15 18 6 6 6 13 13 19 60
4 Derry City 36 15 12 9 56 34 18 9 4 5 31 15 18 6 8 4 25 19 22 57
5 St Patrick's 36 14 10 12 29 35 18 7 5 6 13 16 18 7 5 6 16 19 -6 52
6 Waterford United 36 12 7 17 46 53 18 6 4 8 26 26 18 6 3 9 20 27 -7 43
7 Sligo Rovers 36 10 12 14 38 47 18 5 8 5 19 17 18 5 4 9 19 30 -9 42
8 Cork City 36 9 10 17 29 49 18 4 7 7 16 23 18 5 3 10 13 26 -20 37
9 Finn Harps 36 7 7 22 26 64 18 6 3 9 19 24 18 1 4 13 7 40 -38 28
10 UCD 36 5 4 27 25 82 18 5 1 12 17 30 18 0 3 15 8 52 -57 19

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bohemians 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Cork City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Derry City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Dundalk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Finn Harps 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Shamrock Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Shelbourne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Sligo Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 St Patrick's 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Waterford United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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The League of Ireland Premier Division, also known as the SSE Aitricity League Premier Division, is the highest level of football in the Republic of Ireland. It also has teams from Northern Ireland participating. The season runs from February to October with ten teams playing 36 matches each.