Derry City vs Drogheda United Live Stream, Predictions (Jun 26)

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Derry City

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Derry City will be wanting a better result here after a 2-1 Premier Division loss in their previous game against Galway United.

The only scorer from Derry City was Michael Duffy (88'). Stephen Walsh (24', 48') was the scorer for Galway United.

Tiernan Lynch's Derry City have hit the target a sum total of 8 times in their prior six outings. The tally of goals that they have conceded in those same fixtures is 7.

Their prior results show that Derry City:

• have not registered a win against Drogheda United in their previous 3 league games.
• are undefeated in their previous 6 league matches at home.

Drogheda United

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In their previous fixture, Drogheda United drew 2-2 in the Premier Division tie with Shelbourne.

For Drogheda United, the goalscorers were Thomas Oluwa (24') and Mark Doyle (36'). Harry Wood (15', 64') scored for Shelbourne.

Indicating their involvement in action-packed matches, we’ve had goals 20 times in the prior 6 games in which Drogheda United have played, making it an average of 3.33 goals each meeting. Their opponents have got 12 from this total. That sort of trend won’t necessarily be carried forward into this next game, however.

Leading up to this clash, Drogheda United:

• have not registered a win against Derry City when they've played them away from home in the last 2 matches in the league.
• have not won away from home in their last 4 matches in the league.

🤜🤛 Head to head

If we look at their past head to head duels stretching back to 16/05/2025, there has been little between the sides with Derry City winning 1 of those games, Drogheda United 1 and 4 being drawn after 90 minutes of play.

14 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 8 from The Candystripes and 6 for The Drogs. That is an average goals per game value of 2.33.

The previous league game featuring the two was Premier Division match day 16 on 08/05/2026 when it finished Drogheda United 1-0 Derry City.

That day, Drogheda United managed 31% possession and 6 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. Their only player to score was Ryan Brennan (55').

Derry City had 13 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target.

The referee was Arnold Hunter.

🧠 Prediction

We’re of the opinion that Derry City certainly have the ability to get the goals that they need when they face Drogheda United, who could well find it tough getting goals.

Therefore, we are anticipating a 2-0 win for Derry City when all’s said and done.

Lucas Pereira, 01:01 22/06/2026