Club members at Waterford Regional Sports Centre haven’t enjoyed many victories this season, with Waterford United struggling in the 8th position. The visiting Derry City will try to protect their higher league position in this game.
- Waterford United have the most conceded goals in the first half (27) in Premier Division
- Derry City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It's no vacation for neither Waterford nor Derry City as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Waterford's stadium, Waterford Regional Sports Centre, has a grass surface. Derry City have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Derry City when playing on grass; 14 wins, 13 draws and 13 losses from 40 matches. They have scored 48 goals in these games and conceded 43.
Derry are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.
Waterford United form and stats
Waterford United have collected 20 points from their Premier Division home games so far after 6-2-7. Two home wins in a row for Waterford bring valid hopes of a third.
Waterford United faced defeat in their previous match, away at Dundalk (0-1).
A strong away win before that one, visiting Bohemians and winning 2-1.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Shamrock Rovers are coming to town in four days.
Waterford are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 15 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 24 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Derry City form and stats
The visitors are W7-D2-L6 on the road this term. That's in the Premier Division. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Derry City are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
There were no winners in Derry's previous match, a Premier Division home game that ended 1-1 vs Bohemians (placed 5th).
Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Drogheda United's place.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Derry City manager R. Higgins as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Finn Harps.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Derry City have scored 18 goals in 15 league games away. Derry have conceded 18 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two duelists also played each other previously this campaign: Derry City - Waterford 2-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - two - six (Waterford wins - draws - Derry City wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Martin 9 goals |  R. Boyce 7 goals | J. Ogedi-Uzokwe 6 goals |
Waterford United missing players
Derry City missing players
| Waterford United | Derry City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 32 |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | 12 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 17 | 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 32 | 17 | 2 | Scored | S | 5 | 18 | 42 |
| 50 | 24 | 8 | Conceded | C | 5 | 18 | 38 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 69% | 60% | 25% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 73% | 81% |
| 53% | 47% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 47% | 44% |
| 16% | 27% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 7% | 12% |
| 12% | 27% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 6% |
| 47% | 47% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 53% | 59% |
| 16% | 27% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 20% | 25% |
| 38% | 27% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 27% | 16% |
| 3 | 3.2 | 2.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 3.9 | 4.5 |
| 5.2 | 4.3 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.7 | 4.8 |
| 2.5 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 6.2 | 7.4 | 7.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.2 | 7.9 | 8.1 |
| 2.8 | 3.3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.2 | 3.7 |
| 39% | 37% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 38% | 36% |
- Derry City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Derry City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Waterford United have the most conceded goals in the first half (27) in Premier Division
- Waterford United 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 | 32 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 52 | 35 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 17 | 59 |
| 3 | Sligo Rovers | 32 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 38 | 29 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 50 |
| 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 | 32 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 52 | 41 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 11 | 44 |
| 6 | Drogheda United | 32 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 43 | 38 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 22 | 5 | 43 |
| 7 | Dundalk | 33 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 40 | 44 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 24 | -4 | 42 |
| 8 | Waterford United | 32 | 12 | 3 | 17 | 32 | 50 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 15 | 26 | -18 | 39 |
| 9 | Finn Harps | 32 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 36 | 49 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 28 | -13 | 38 |
| 10 | Longford Town | 32 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 21 | 62 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 31 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 31 | -41 | 14 |