📊 Form Guide

Derry City

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Derry City will want to continue from where they left off last time out with the 0-1 Premier Division victory against St. Patrick's Athletic.

In that game, Derry City had 45% possession and 5 attempts at goal with 1 on target. The scorer for Derry City was Liam Boyce (29'). St. Patrick's Athletic had 14 shots on goal with 6 on target.

It has not been often in recent times that Derry City haven’t conceded. In fact, Derry City have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 matches, letting in 6 goals on the way. Even so, time will tell if the trend shall be sustained in this game.

Their previous form shows that Derry City:

• have left without a victory over Drogheda United in their previous 3 matches in the league.
• are without a win at home for the past 2 league matches.

Drogheda United

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In their last game, Drogheda United drew 1-1 in the Premier Division tie with Cork City.

In that game, Drogheda United managed 24% possession and 3 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. The only player to score for Drogheda United was Shane Farrell (12'). At the other end, Cork City got 22 attempts at goal with 6 on target. Djenairo Daniels (90') scored for Cork City.

A sequence of hard-working performances from the Drogheda United defensive players has seen the number of goals they’ve conceded standing at 4 from their last 6 outings overall. Over that same period, the number of goals that they have scored themselves is 5.

Their past results show that Drogheda United:

• have not been beaten in their last 4 league matches away from home.
• have not won away from home in their last 7 league games.

👥 Head to head

A look at their prior head to head meetings going back to 12/04/2024 shows us that Derry City have won 1 of them & Drogheda United 3, with the tally of drawn matches being 2.

A total of 21 goals were shared by the two clubs in these games, with 10 for The Candystripes and 11 being from The Drogs. That is an average goals per game value of 3.5.

The last league clash featuring the two was Premier Division match day 16 on 16/05/2025 when it ended Drogheda United 1-1 Derry City.

That day, Drogheda United managed 34% possession and 7 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. Their only player to score was Elicha Ahui (41').

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

The referee was Kevin O'Sullivan.

📋 Team News: Derry City

Nearly everyone is up for selection, with just the sole fitness concern for the Derry City boss Tiernan Lynch to contend with from a near full-strength squad. Cameron Dummigan (Hamstring injury) won’t play.

It looks as if The Candystripes could use the 5-4-1 system featuring Brian Maher, Ronan Boyce, Kevin Holt, Mark Connolly, Sam Todd, Hayden Cann, Gavin Whyte, Sadou Diallo, Carl Winchester, Michael Duffy and Liam Boyce.

📋 Team News: Drogheda United

We are inclined to think that The Drogs seem likely to play in a 3-4-2-1 lineup, starting the game with Luke Dennison, George Cooper, Conor Keeley, Andrew Quinn, Owen Lambe, Luke Heeney, Ryan Brennan, Conor Kane, Shane Farrell, Warren Davis and Douglas James-Taylor.

💭 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.

Lucas Pereira, 18:05 27/06/2025