Derry City vs Longford Town Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Derry City

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Derry City won’t want a repeat of their last result here following a 1-2 Premier Division loss in their previous game against Finn Harps.

The only scorer from Derry City was James Akintunde (16'). Karl O'Sullivan (53') and Adam Foley (89') scored for Finn Harps.

It has been a rare occasion in recent games where Derry City haven’t conceded. It will be a concern for them that The Candystripes have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 games, shipping 7 goals on the way.

Coming into this meeting, Derry City have not won at home in their last 5 league matches. That's never good.

Longford Town

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In their previous game, Longford Town drew 2-2 in the Premier Division match with Dundalk.

For Longford Town, the goals were scored by Dylan Grimes (6') and Rob Manley (14'). Junior Ogedi-Uzokwe (20') and Chris Shields (81') scored for Dundalk.

The stats don’t lie, and Longford Town have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing opposing sides hit 12 goals in all. Defensively, The Town certainly have room for improvement. Such a pattern won’t necessarily be continued into this next game, however.

Coming into this meeting, Longford Town have not won away from home in their last 5 league matches.

👥 Head to head

Looking at their past head to head meetings stretching back to 30/10/2015 tells us that Derry City have won 3 of them and Longford Town 2, with the tally of drawn matches being 1.

There were also plenty of goals scored in those games, 22 in all which averages out at 3.67 goals per meeting.

The previous league contest featuring these clubs was Premier Division match day 1 on 20/03/2021 when it finished Longford Town 2-0 Derry City.

The match was refereed by Adriano Reale.

🗞️ Team News: Derry City

Derry City manager Ruaidhrí Higgins will be grateful to have no fitness concerns at all before this game with a completely healthy group to choose from.

ℹ️ Team News: Longford Town

Thanks to a completely healthy squad available to choose from, Longford Town manager Daire Doyle doesn’t have any fitness worries to report coming into this match.

🧠 Prediction

We feel that Longford Town have it within them to breach the defence of this Derry City outfit, however it may not quite be enough to avoid a loss.

We’re tipping a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 victory for Derry City by the conclusion of the game. Expecting it to be very competitive.

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

Andre Moura, 23:18 03/05/2021