Dundalk duel Derry City for fame and sporting success.
Dundalk form and stats
The season before, Dundalk's league statistics were 13 wins, 9 draws and 14 losses, resulting in 6th place in the Premier Division. Over these 36 matches they scored 44 goals and gave away 46. Playing as the home team in the last season Dundalk managed 9-2-7 (win-draw-lost) with 24 goals and 22 conceded.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Dundalk have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found seven games) they have won four times, drawn one and lost two.
It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Dundalk, who have participated in five training matches. Dundalk have won 2 of these, drawn 0 and were beaten in 3 games.
Derry City form and stats
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 14 victories, 12 draws and 10 defeats. In total they scored 49 and conceded 42 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 8 - drew 4 and lost 6 with 23/22 goals scored/conceded.
Derry are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, zero draws and two defeats. From a total of five matches.
It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Derry City have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 2 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats from four fixtures.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Dundalk victories, three draws and two Derry City wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Dundalk missing players
Derry City missing players
| Dundalk | Derry City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | 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 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dundalk | Last season | Derry City | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 13 | 9 | Won | W | 8 | 14 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 12 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 44 | 24 | Scored | S | 23 | 49 | ||
| 46 | 22 | Conceded | C | 22 | 42 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 72% | 72% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 78% | 83% | ||
| 47% | 56% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 44% | ||
| 19% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 11% | 14% | ||
| 8% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 6% | 6% | ||
| 64% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 61% | 61% | ||
| 22% | 22% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 25% | ||
| 14% | 11% | Failed to Score | F T | 22% | 14% | ||
| 5.6 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.3 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 4.8 | ||
| 2 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 5 | ||
| 10.1 | 11.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 8.1 | ||
| 4 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.7 | ||
| 31% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 37% | ||
| 8.9 | 8.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.8 | 8.8 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 3.6 | ||
| 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 | Shamrock Rovers | 36 | 24 | 6 | 6 | 59 | 28 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 32 | 13 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 15 | 31 | 78 |
| 2 | St Patrick's | 36 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 56 | 42 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 14 | 62 |
| 3 | Sligo Rovers | 36 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 43 | 32 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 11 | 57 |
| 4 | Derry City | 36 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 49 | 42 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 26 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 22 | 7 | 54 |
| 5 | Bohemians | 36 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 60 | 46 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 38 | 22 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 24 | 14 | 52 |
| 6 | Dundalk | 36 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 44 | 46 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 24 | -2 | 48 |
| 7 | Drogheda United | 36 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 45 | 43 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 17 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 26 | 2 | 44 |
| 8 | Finn Harps | 36 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 44 | 52 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 22 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 30 | -8 | 44 |
| 9 | Waterford United | 36 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 36 | 56 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 29 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 27 | -20 | 42 |
| 10 | Longford Town | 36 | 2 | 9 | 25 | 22 | 71 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 32 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 39 | -49 | 15 |
