Bohemian FC host visiting opponents Drogheda United at Dalymount Park in the Premier Division game on Friday.
Our tips, poll and stats for Bohemian FC v Drogheda United can all be found here - along with the latest match odds.
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Form Guide
Bohemian FC
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Bohemian FC will be looking for another win after a 1-0 Premier Division triumph against Dundalk.
In that game, Bohemian FC had 44% possession and 10 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Bohemian FC was James Akintunde (80'). On the other side, Dundalk got 7 shots at goal with 0 of them on target.
In their prior 6 games, Derek Pender's Bohemian FC have scored 8 times - an average number of goals scored per match equal to 1.33.
Going into this encounter, Bohemian FC are winless against Drogheda United in their last 2 league matches.
Drogheda United
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In the game prior to this, Drogheda United drew 2-2 in the Premier Division tie with Derry City.
In that game, Drogheda United had 38% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. For Drogheda United, goals were scored by Warren Davis (3') and Frantz Pierrot (86'). For their opponents, Derry City had 11 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. Michael Duffy (29') and Will Patching (45') scored for Derry City.
During their six previous matches, Kevin Doherty's Drogheda United have seen their goal attempts be successful a total of 5 times, yielding them a goals per game average of 0.83.
Their past results show that Drogheda United:
- have not emerged victorious against Bohemian FC when having played them away from home in the previous 2 league games.
- are without an away win for the past 7 league matches.
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Head to head
Inspecting their most recent head-to-head clashes going back to 06/03/2023 tells us that Bohemian FC have won 4 of these games & Drogheda United 1, with the tally of drawn results being 1.
19 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 13 for The Bohs and 6 created by The Drogs. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.17.
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Team News: Bohemian FC
The Bohemian FC boss Alan Reynolds does not have any fitness concerns whatsoever ahead of this match thanks to a completely injury-free squad available to choose from.
We think that The Bohs will possibly opt for a 4-2-3-1 system this time, utilising Kacper Chorazka, Michael Lilander, Aboubacar Keita, Jordan Flores, Patrick Kirk, Cian Byrne, Adam McDonnell, James Clarke, Brian McManus, Dylan Connolly and Filip Piszczek.
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Team News: Drogheda United
From our viewpoint, The Drogs might elect for a 4-2-3-1 formation, starting the game with Jethren Barr, Luke Heeney, Jack Keaney, Hayden Cann, Evan Weir, Gary Deegan, Oisin Gallagher, Zishim Bawa, Darragh Markey, Warren Davis and Ryan Brennan.
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Prediction
In this match, Bohemian FC can and should have the majority of the possession and should be able to turn a few of their chances into goals.
At the same time, Drogheda United will not find it easy to score but we do fancy them managing to get on the scoresheet here.
We reckon that it will be a fairly comfortable 3-1 winning margin for Bohemian FC at the conclusion of the game.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Victor Martins,
10:12 19/04/2024
โฝ๏ธ Team Focus:
Bohemian FC
Formed: 1890
Stadium: Dalymount Park (3,640)
Captain: Keith Buckley
Chairman: Matt Devaney
Manager: Alan Reynolds
Competitions: Premier Division position 5
๐ Star Man: James Akintunde
Mostly deployed in the Striker position, James Akintunde was born in Greenwich, England. Having made a first senior appearance for Cambridge United in the 2014 - 2015 season, the gifted Forward has contributed 3 league goals in the Premier Division 2024 season to date from a total of 7 appearances.