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Drogheda United vs UCD Live Stream, Predictions
📊 Form Guide
Drogheda United
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It has not been often in recent times where Drogheda United have shown defensive steel. It will be a concern for them that Drogheda United have seen their defence breached in 6 of their previous 6 games, shipping 11 goals along the way. We will see if that trend can be sustained into this next match.
Ahead of this meeting, Drogheda United haven’t won at home in the past 5 league matches. Their supporters are understandably frustrated.
UCD
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It has become apparent that UCD have made hard work of scoring goals over their last 6 encounters, netting the disappointing return of just 3. In those matches, The Students have also seen the collective goal tally of opposing teams equal 14.
Taking a look at their past results, UCD:
- have not registered a win against Drogheda United in away games against them for the last 3 matches in the league.
- haven’t won away from home in the past 8 league games. It's not a good run at all.
👥 Head to head
Looking at their most recent head-to-head clashes dating back to 18/09/2020 shows us that Drogheda United have won 4 of these games & UCD 1, with the tally of drawn games standing at 1.
A combined sum of 18 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 12 for The Drogs and 6 coming from The Students. That’s an average goals per game of 3.
🔮 Prediction
Our thinking is that Drogheda United will most probably get the win and a possible clean sheet when they come up against UCD, who will not find it easy scoring a goal of their own.
Our tip is for a controlled 2-0 margin for Drogheda United at the end of the match.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Victor Martins, 23:24 21/05/2023
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⚽️ Team Focus:
Drogheda United
Formed: 1919
Stadium: Weavers Park (3,500)
Captain: Gary Deegan
Chairman: Joanna Byrne
Manager: Kevin Doherty
Competitions: Premier Division position 8
⭐ Key Player: Freddie Draper
Generally deployed in the Striker position, Freddie Draper was born in England. After having played his first senior match for Drogheda United in the 2023 season, the gifted Forward has scored 4 league goals in this Premier Division 2023 campaign to date in 16 appearances.
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16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 29 | DWLLD |
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17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 26 | LWWLW |
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17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 26 | WWWLD |
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16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 24 | WDWWL |
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16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 19 | LWLLL |
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16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | -8 | 17 | LDLLW |
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16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -14 | 12 | LLLLW |
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16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | -27 | 6 | DLLLL |
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Goals scored | 0.6 |
Goals conceded | 1.3 |
Time first goal scored | 55 |
Time first goal conceded | 40 |
Yellow cards | 3 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 2.3 |
Biggest victory | 1-0 |
Biggest defeat | 3-1 |
Goals scored | 0.5 |
Goals conceded | 2.6 |
Time first goal scored | 53 |
Time first goal conceded | 25 |
Yellow cards | 1.4 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 4.1 |
Biggest victory | null |
Biggest defeat | 4-0 |
Freddie Draper | 4 |
Ryan Brennan | 2 |
Dayle Rooney | 2 |
Emmanuel Adegboyega | 1 |
Elicha Ahui | 1 |
Ciaran Behan | 2 |
Danu Kinsella-Bishop | 2 |
Mark Dignam | 1 |
Jake Doyle | 1 |
Alex Nolan | 1 |
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