Derry City vs Drogheda United Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Derry City

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Derry City will play in this match following a 2-2 Premier Division draw vs Finn Harps.

For Derry City, the goals were scored by Will Patching (22') and Eoin Toal (94'). Filip Mihaljević (8') and Eric McWoods (61') scored for Finn Harps.

It has been a rare occasion in recent games where Derry City have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. The facts show that Derry City have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 games, leaking 8 goals during that time.

Drogheda United

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In their previous game, Drogheda United drew 1-1 in the Premier Division tie with Bohemian FC.

The only name on the scoresheet from Drogheda United was Dean Williams (84'). Jordan Flores (45') scored for Bohemian FC.

The stats tell the story, and Drogheda United have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, with opponents netting 11 goals in total. Defensively, Drogheda United just haven’t been too solid at all. That sort of trend isn’t assured to be continued here, of course.

↔️ Head to head

Inspecting their most recent head to head clashes stretching back to 28/05/2021 shows that Derry City have won 3 of them and Drogheda United 1, with the number of draws standing at 2.

In all, 13 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 9 from The Candystripes and 4 for The Drogs. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.17.

The last league contest between these clubs was Premier Division match day 11 on 18/04/2022 when it finished Drogheda United 1-1 Derry City.

The referee was Alan Patchell.

📰 Team News: Derry City

There aren’t many personnel worries, with just one fitness concern for the Derry City manager Ruaidhrí Higgins to contend with from an otherwise complete squad. Michael Duffy (Tibia Fracture) misses out.

📰 Team News: Drogheda United

Due to a mostly full-strength squad, there is just the one fitness problem for the Drogheda United manager Kevin Doherty to be concerned about. Darragh Markey (Metatarsal Fracture) won’t be playing here.

⚡ Prediction

We envisage that Derry City should get a couple of goals in this one when they play Drogheda United, who might well find it a difficult task finding the net themselves.

We reckon that it will be a comfortable 2-0 victory for Derry City come full-time.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 23:05 12/06/2022