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Full-Time Result Prediction
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Derry City to Win
Derry City visit Waterford Regional Sports Centre on Friday for the Premier Division game with hosts Waterford.
Full predictions, stats & game poll for the Waterford v Derry City match are shown here (inc. the best betting odds).
Over/Under 2.5 Goals Prediction
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Under 2.5
📏 Form Guide
Waterford
DLLWDD
Waterford will play in this game coming off the back of a 1-1 Premier Division drawn game vs St. Patrick's Athletic.
In that match, Waterford managed 40% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Waterford was Maleace Asamoah (13'). St. Patrick's Athletic got 13 attempts at goal with 2 on target. Brandon Kavanagh (65') scored for St. Patrick's Athletic.
Fewer than three goals per game were recorded in 5 of the past 6 fixtures where Waterford have been involved. Breaking down the goal weighting during that period, opposition teams scored an aggregate of 4 while Waterford totted up 3.
Analysis of their past results shows that Waterford:
- haven't won against Derry City when playing them at home in the last 2 league games.
- haven't won against Derry City in their previous 4 matches in the league.
- are without a win at home for the past 3 league matches.
Derry City
LDWDLW ⚖
Derry City go into this encounter following a 3-1 Premier Division win with the defeat of St. Patrick's Athletic in their most recent game.
In that match, Derry City managed 33% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 5 on target. For Derry City, the scorers were Danny Mullen (16', 56') and Patrick Hoban (51'). St. Patrick's Athletic had 17 shots at goal with 5 on target. Conor Keeley (54') was the scorer for St. Patrick's Athletic.
The numbers tell their own story, and Derry City have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, with opponents netting 8 goals overall. Defensively, Derry City certainly have room for improvement. Let’s see whether or not that trend will end up being continued on in this game.
↔️ Head to head
Inspecting their past head to head clashes going back to 02/10/2020 shows us that Waterford have won 1 of these games & Derry City 4, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 1.
A total of 15 goals were produced between them in this period, with 4 for The Blues and 11 netted by The Candystripes. That is an average goals per game value of 2.5.
🗞️ Team News: Waterford
The Waterford boss Keith Long does not have any fitness worries to speak of ahead of this clash owing to a fully injury-free group ready to go.
ℹ️ Team News: Derry City
Derry City manager Ruaidhrí Higgins has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Sadou Diallo (Knee injury) and Colm Whelan (Cruciate ligament injury) are those who can’t be considered.
⚡ Prediction
We’re thinking that Waterford will have their work cut out to get anything against this Derry City outfit who we think will emerge victorious.
We’re therefore expecting a 0-1 victory for Derry City at the conclusion of the game.
Hoping for a good game.
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Andre Moura, 18:08 26/04/2024
Correct Score Prediction
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0-1
🏟️ Team Focus:
Waterford
Formed: 1930
Stadium: Waterford Regional Sports Centre (5,160)
Captain: Barry Baggley
Chairman: Marc O’Donovan-Wyatt
Manager: Keith Long
Competitions: Premier Division position 8
⭐ Star Man: Maleace Asamoah
Normally taking to the field in the Right Wing position, Maleace Asamoah was born in Oxford, England. After having played his first senior match for Waterford in the 2024 season, the gifted Forward has bagged 3 league goals in the Premier Division 2024 campaign so far in 11 appearances.
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12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 22 | DDLLD |
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10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -6 | 8 | DDDDL |
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11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | -13 | 5 | DLDLD |
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| Goals scored | 1 |
| Goals conceded | 1 |
| Time first goal scored | 25 |
| Time first goal conceded | 55 |
| Yellow cards | 3 |
| Red cards | 0.2 |
| Subs used | 3 |
| Biggest victory | 3-1 |
| Biggest defeat | 2-1 |
| Goals scored | 1 |
| Goals conceded | 1.2 |
| Time first goal scored | 60 |
| Time first goal conceded | 31 |
| Yellow cards | 1.8 |
| Red cards | 0 |
| Subs used | 3.6 |
| Biggest victory | null |
| Biggest defeat | 2-1 |
| Pádraig Amond | 5 |
| Maleace Asamoah | 3 |
| Darragh Leahy | 2 |
| Robbie McCourt | 1 |
| Niall O'Keeffe | 1 |
| Patrick Hoban | 9 |
| Danny Mullen | 5 |
| Will Patching | 3 |
| Ronan Boyce | 2 |
| Michael Duffy | 2 |
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