Derry City vs Drogheda United Live Stream, Predictions (Jun 27)

📊 Form Guide

Derry City

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Derry City will be looking for another win after the 0-1 Premier Division success over Shelbourne.

In that match, Derry City had 53% possession and 7 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. The only player to score for Derry City was Michael Duffy (55'). Shelbourne had 10 attempts on goal with 2 on target.

It’s not been often in recent times that Derry City have shown defensive steel. The facts show that Derry City have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, leaking 6 goals along the way.

Drogheda United

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Drogheda United come into this encounter after a 1-0 Premier Division win to beat Sligo Rovers in their most recent game.

In that game, Drogheda United managed 36% possession and 16 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Drogheda United was Douglas James-Taylor (3'). On the other side, Sligo Rovers got 15 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target.

A series of hard-working showings by the Drogheda United defenders has seen their ‘goals against’ tally amounting to 4 from their previous 6 fixtures overall. During the same period, their forwards have scored 5. That being said, we must now wait to see if that trend might be sustained in this next game.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A review of their most recent head-to-head meetings stretching back to 12/04/2024 tells us that Derry City have won 1 of them & Drogheda United 3, with the tally of drawn results being 2.

An aggregate of 21 goals were scored between the two sides throughout the course of those matches, with 10 of them for The Candystripes and 11 belonging to The Drogs. That is an average goals per game value of 3.5.

The last league encounter featuring these sides was Premier Division match day 16 on 16/05/2025 which ended up with the score at Drogheda United 1-1 Derry City.

On that occasion, Drogheda United had 34% possession and 7 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. The scorer was Elicha Ahui (41').

On the other side, Derry City got 7 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. Dom Thomas (90') was the scorer.

The referee was Kevin O'Sullivan.

🗞️ Team News: Derry City

There aren’t many personnel worries, with just the sole fitness concern for the Derry City gaffer Tiernan Lynch to be concerned about thanks to an otherwise robust group of players. Cameron Dummigan (Hamstring injury) will miss out.

💡 Prediction

We’re inclined to think that Drogheda United will have their work cut out to register a score against this Derry City side who should emerge victorious.

We’re therefore expecting a narrow 1-0 advantage for Derry City at the end of the 90 minutes.

A close call.

📖 ⚽️ What are the best odds for the game?

Checking out the betting prices for the game on the 90 min. result market, victory for Derry City is available for 1.83, a wager on the draw is 3.4 and betting on victory for Drogheda United is 4.5. They’re the most competitive market prices being offered at the moment.

Lucas Pereira, 06:00 23/06/2025