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Predictions and Tips
The Premier Division game at Waterford Regional Sports Centre on Friday will see home side Waterford prepare for the visit of opponents, Drogheda United.
Our Waterford v Drogheda United tips, poll and stats can be seen in full below (including the best match odds).
📏 Form Guide
Waterford
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Waterford will be looking to improve on their last outing here following the 1-2 Premier Division loss in their previous game against Galway United.
In that match, Waterford had 55% possession and 10 shots at goal with 6 on target. The only player to score for Waterford was Dean McMenamy (7'). At the other end, Galway United got 21 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. Stephen Walsh (61') and Killian Brouder (68') scored for Galway United.
It’s not been often in recent times where Waterford have shown defensive steel. It will be a concern for them that Waterford have been scored against in 6 of their previous 6 clashes, leaking 12 goals in the process.
Coming into this contest, Waterford are undefeated by Drogheda United when playing them at home in the last 2 league matches.
Drogheda United
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Drogheda United head into the meeting after a 3-2 FAI Cup win to defeat Wexford in their last outing.
For Drogheda United, the goals were scored by Adam Foley (65', 90') and Douglas James-Taylor (77'). Aaron Dobbs (42', 79') scored for Wexford.
Kevin Doherty's Drogheda United have seen their goal attempts be successful a total of 11 times throughout their most recent 6 matches. The overall goals that they have conceded during those matches comes to 8.
↔️ Head to head
Looking at their past head-to-head meetings stretching back to 08/05/2021 tells us that Waterford have won 4 of them and Drogheda United 2, with the number of drawn games being 0.
A lot of goals were also scored during this period, 24 in all at an average of 4 goals per match.
The last league contest featuring the two was Premier Division match day 25 on 26/07/2024 when it ended Drogheda United 2-0 Waterford.
On that occasion, Drogheda United managed 28% possession and 11 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. The goalscorers were Frantz Pierrot (15') and Adam Foley (89').
Waterford had 9 attempts at goal with 2 on target.
The referee was Paul Norton.
📋 Team News: Waterford
It’s our opinion that The Blues may well employ a 5-4-1 formation for this one and select Sam Sargeant, Darragh Leahy, Ryan Burke, Grant Horton, Darragh Power, Kacper Radkowski, Rowan McDonald, Sam Bellis, Dean McMenamy, Barry Baggley and Padraig Amond.
📰 Team News: Drogheda United
Due to a mostly available group of players, there’s only the sole fitness worry for the Drogheda United gaffer Kevin Doherty to be concerned with. Zishim Bawa (Ankle injury) won’t be playing here.
There’s a good chance that The Drogs might make use of a 5-4-1 system, choosing Luke Dennison, James Bolger, David Webster, Conor Kane, Andrew Quinn, Elicha Ahui, Darragh Markey, Ryan Brennan, Shane Farrell, Douglas James-Taylor and Frantz Pierrot.
✨ Prediction
When taking all factors into account, Drogheda United and Waterford could well end up finding themselves level here, with both teams capable of netting.
A draw looks like a realistic possibility, but we’ll see what happens. We therefore think that it’s going to be a score draw at the end of the match.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Renata Leite, 18:01 11/10/2024
📊 Poll: Who Will Win?
🏟️ 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 7
⭐ Key Man: Christie Pattisson
Customarily taking up the Central Attacking Midfielder position, Christie Pattisson was born in Hamburg, Germany. After having made a senior debut playing for Maidstone United in the 2022 - 2023 season, the accomplished Midfielder has accumulated 4 league goals in the Premier Division 2024 season so far coming from a total of 21 appearances.
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33 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 54 | DLDLL |
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33 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 52 | WDWLW |
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31 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 17 | 50 | DWLDL |
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33 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 50 | LWDWD |
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32 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 47 | WWWWW |
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32 | 13 | 8 | 11 | -7 | 47 | LWLWD |
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32 | 13 | 4 | 15 | -1 | 43 | LLWLL |
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31 | 9 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 36 | WDLLW |
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32 | 7 | 11 | 14 | -15 | 32 | WLWDW |
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33 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -24 | 25 | LLLLD |
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Goals scored | 1.5 |
Goals conceded | 1.2 |
Time first goal scored | 26 |
Time first goal conceded | 48 |
Yellow cards | 2.4 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 3.6 |
Biggest victory | 4-1 |
Biggest defeat | 2-0 |
Goals scored | 0.8 |
Goals conceded | 2.2 |
Time first goal scored | 40 |
Time first goal conceded | 28 |
Yellow cards | 2.6 |
Red cards | 0.3 |
Subs used | 3.3 |
Biggest victory | 1-0 |
Biggest defeat | 5-1 |
Pádraig Amond | 13 |
Maleace Asamoah | 6 |
Christie Pattisson | 4 |
Dean McMenamy | 3 |
Connor Parsons | 3 |
Frantz Pierrot | 10 |
Douglas James-Taylor | 6 |
Adam Foley | 4 |
Evan Weir | 4 |
Zishim Bawa | 3 |
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