Waterford United vs Derry City match preview

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Competition: Republic of Ireland Premier Division
Date: Fri 30.August
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Waterford Regional Sports Centre (5500 seats)

Season ticket holders at Waterford Regional Sports Centre haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Waterford United languishing in the 8th position so far. The guesting Derry City will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Premier Division.

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Derry City have a different surface at their stadium (artificial turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 14-7-16 (win-draw-loss) from 37 matches.

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Waterford United form and stats

4-3-7 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier Division numbers at home for Waterford United so far this season. It's been an uphill battle for Waterford United in their home games for quite some time now, as five matches in a row are lost here. Not since the UCD game have they avoided the disappointment of defeat.

Waterford United lost their last game at Shamrock Rovers after a 1-2 scoreline. In the game before, an away victory in the FAI Cup match versus Glengad United with a 2-0 scoreline.

There will be little rest for Waterford United after this match as they are travelling to Cork City for a Premier Division game in only three days.

The Waterford United fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 19 in 14 matches. Waterford United have conceded 22 from these games.

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Derry City form and stats

The visitors are W5-D7-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Premier Division.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a FAI Cup home defeat versus Dundalk with 2-3 on the scoreboard. The game before that, in the Premier Division, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Shamrock Rovers.

Derry City are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 22 away goals from 15 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Derry City have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Derry City - Waterford United 2-0 played earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Waterford United won 4, Derry City won 5 and 1 draw. 6 games with over 2,5 goals, 4 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

D. Parkhouse
10 goals
J. Ogedi-Uzokwe
8 goals

Waterford United missing players

Derry City missing players

Waterford United Derry City
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs low Away Total
28 14 3 Played 6 15 29
7 4 1 Won 4 5 12
6 3 1 Drew 1 7 10
15 7 1 Lost 1 3 7
33 19 6 Scored 12 22 44
46 22 5 Conceded 5 16 28
86% 93% 100% Over 0.5 83% 80% 86%
79% 79% 100% Over 1.5 67% 67% 76%
64% 64% 67% Over 2.5 50% 47% 41%
29% 29% 33% Over 3.5 50% 47% 34%
18% 14% 33% Over 4.5 33% 13% 10%
46% 50% 67% BTTS 50% 53% 38%
36% 36% 33% Clean Sheets 33% 27% 38%
32% 21% 0% Failed To Score 33% 40% 38%
 
4.8 5.2 4.7 Corners For (avg) 5 3.9 4.1
5.2 5.1 6.7 Corners Against (avg) 2.8 4.1 4
1.6 1.8 2.3 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.5 1.9 1.8
2 1 0 Red Cards 0 1 1
Key stats this season:
  • Derry City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Waterford United
All Premier Division League Cup First Division Club Friendlies Challenge Cup FAI Cup
All Home Away
11-08-19 FAI Maynooth Univ. 0 - 2 Waterford United
16-08-19 PD Waterford United 1 - 2 Cork City
19-08-19 PD Waterford United 1 - 5 Shamrock Rovers
24-08-19 FAI Glengad United 0 - 2 Waterford United
27-08-19 PD Shamrock Rovers 2 - 1 Waterford United
30-08-19 PD Waterford United 18:45 Derry City
02-09-19 PD Cork City 18:45 Waterford United
06-09-19 CC Waterford United 18:45 Hearts U21
07-09-19 FAI Waterford United - Dundalk
13-09-19 PD Bohemians 18:45 Waterford United
Derry City
All Premier Division Europa League League Cup Club Friendlies FAI Cup
All Home Away
02-08-19 PD UCD 1 - 3 Derry City
05-08-19 LC Derry City 2 - 2 Waterford United
09-08-19 FAI Derry City 1 - 0 Wexford Youths
16-08-19 PD Derry City 0 - 2 Shamrock Rovers
23-08-19 FAI Derry City 2 - 2 Dundalk
30-08-19 PD Waterford United 18:45 Derry City
13-09-19 PD Derry City 18:45 Cork City
14-09-19 LC Derry City 19:00 Dundalk
20-09-19 PD Derry City 18:45 Bohemians
04-10-19 PD Dundalk 18:45 Derry City

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Dundalk 27 20 5 2 55 13 14 12 2 0 34 6 13 8 3 2 21 7 42 65
2 Shamrock Rovers 29 19 4 6 52 18 14 9 3 2 27 7 15 10 1 4 25 11 34 61
3 Bohemians 29 14 7 8 41 23 14 8 3 3 28 11 15 6 4 5 13 12 18 49
4 Derry City 29 12 10 7 44 28 14 7 3 4 22 12 15 5 7 3 22 16 16 46
5 St Patrick's 29 12 7 10 24 27 15 7 3 5 13 14 14 5 4 5 11 13 -3 43
6 Sligo Rovers 28 7 11 10 27 36 14 4 7 3 15 12 14 3 4 7 12 24 -9 32
7 Cork City 27 7 9 11 22 32 13 2 6 5 9 15 14 5 3 6 13 17 -10 30
8 Waterford United 28 7 6 15 33 46 14 4 3 7 19 22 14 3 3 8 14 24 -13 27
9 Finn Harps 29 6 5 18 23 54 15 5 2 8 17 22 14 1 3 10 6 32 -31 23
10 UCD 29 5 2 22 21 65 15 5 1 9 17 20 14 0 1 13 4 45 -44 17

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