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Derry City vs Drogheda United Live Stream, Predictions
Drogheda United will visit Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium on Friday for the Premier Division showdown with home team Derry City.
For all of our match predictions, pre-game poll and statistics for Derry City v Drogheda United, scroll down - as well as up-to-date odds.
📊 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
Predicted Lineups


⚽️ Team Focus:
Derry City
Formed: 1928
Stadium: Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium (3,700)
Captain: Eoin Toal
Chairman: Philip O’Doherty
Manager: Ruaidhrí Higgins
Competitions: Premier Division position 3
🔑 Key Man: Will Patching

Normally taking up the Centre Midfield position, Will Patching was born in England. Having made a first senior appearance for Dundalk in the 2020 season, the goalscoring Midfielder has hit 8 league goals in this Premier Division 2022 campaign so far in 19 appearances.
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19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 42 | WWWLW |
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18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 34 | DWWWW |
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19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 33 | DLLLD |
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19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 28 | DDLWL |
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19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 25 | LDLWD |
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18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | -6 | 24 | WWWWL |
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18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 23 | DLWLD |
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18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | -10 | 20 | LLWWD |
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18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | -16 | 11 | LLLLD |
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18 | 1 | 6 | 11 | -27 | 9 | DWLLD |
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Drogheda United |
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Finn Harps |
Sligo Rovers |
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Dundalk |
Shamrock Rovers |
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Sligo Rovers |
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Bohemian FC |
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Shamrock Rovers |
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Finn Harps |
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Dundalk |
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St. Patrick's Athletic |
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Bohemian FC |
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UCD |
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Shelbourne |
Bohemian FC |
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Shelbourne |
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Sligo Rovers |
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Goals scored | 1.8 |
Goals conceded | 1 |
Time first goal scored | 30 |
Time first goal conceded | 40 |
Yellow cards | 1.1 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 3 |
Biggest victory | 7-1 |
Biggest defeat | 2-1 |
Goals scored | 1.1 |
Goals conceded | 1.9 |
Time first goal scored | 50 |
Time first goal conceded | 33 |
Yellow cards | 2.7 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 3.2 |
Biggest victory | 2-0 |
Biggest defeat | 4-1 |
Jamie McGonigle | 10 |
Will Patching | 8 |
James Akintunde | 3 |
Ronan Boyce | 3 |
Cameron Dummigan | 2 |
Dean Williams | 5 |
Ryan Brennan | 4 |
Chris Lyons | 3 |
Evan Weir | 3 |
James Clarke | 1 |
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Bohemian FC |
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Derry City |
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Riga FC |
Riga FC |
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Derry City |
Finn Harps |
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Derry City |
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Sligo Rovers |
Dundalk |
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Shamrock Rovers |
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UCD |
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Sligo Rovers |
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Dundalk |
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Bohemian FC |
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Shelbourne |
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Derry City |
Sligo Rovers |
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St. Patrick's Athletic |