📊 Form Guide

Waterford

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Waterford enter this fixture coming off the back of a 2-2 Premier Division drawn match versus St. Patrick's Athletic.

In that match, Waterford managed 55% possession and 18 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. For Waterford, the goalscorers were Tom Lonergan (2') and Conan Noonan (80'). St. Patrick's Athletic had 9 attempts on goal with 2 on target. Mason Melia (28', 33') was the scorer for St. Patrick's Athletic.

Waterford haven’t had any problems with scoring, finding the back of the net in each and every one of their last 6 matches.

They’ve hit an aggregate of 9 during that period while seeing the number of goals scored against them stand at 7.

A look at their previous results shows us that Waterford:

• remain unbeaten by Drogheda United in games played at home for the previous 3 league games.
• have left without a victory over Drogheda United in their previous 3 league matches.

Drogheda United

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Drogheda United will go into the clash following a 1-0 Premier Division win over Bohemian FC in their previous match.

In that game, Drogheda United managed 34% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. The only player to score for Drogheda United was Douglas James-Taylor (60'). For their opponents, Bohemian FC got 14 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target.

Kevin Doherty's Drogheda United have seen their efforts on goal rewarded 7 times throughout their latest sextet of matches. The number of goals that have been scored against them during those same clashes comes to 8.

↔️ Head to head

A glance at their prior head to head clashes stretching back to 24/09/2021 shows us that Waterford have won 3 of these games & Drogheda United 2, with the number of drawn matches being 1.

16 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 9 of them for The Blues and 7 belonging to The Drogs. That’s an average goals per game of 2.67.

The previous league game featuring these sides was Premier Division match day 8 on 04/04/2025 when it finished Drogheda United 2-0 Waterford.

In that match, Drogheda United had 40% possession and 15 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. The goals were scored by Warren Davis (45') and Darragh Markey (67').

Waterford had 7 shots at goal with 3 on target.

The match was refereed by Neil Doyle.

ℹ️ Team News: Waterford

Trae Coyle (Hamstring injury) and Matty Smith (Knee injury) will not be taking part for Waterford manager John Coleman.

It looks as if The Blues should use the 4-3-3 system, utilising Stephen McMullan, Grant Horton, Rowan McDonald, Darragh Leahy, Ryan Burke, Sam Glenfield, James Olayinka, Kyle White, Tom Lonergan, Conan Noonan and Padraig Amond.

📋 Team News: Drogheda United

Drogheda United boss Kevin Doherty has some current player fitness concerns. Paul Doyle (Hamstring injury) and Josh Thomas (Leg injury) won’t be making appearances.

From our viewpoint, The Drogs might make use of a 3-4-2-1 lineup, giving starts to Luke Dennison, Elicha Ahui, Conor Keeley, Andrew Quinn, Owen Lambe, Luke Heeney, Ryan Brennan, Conor Kane, Douglas James-Taylor, Shane Farrell and Warren Davis.

✨ Prediction

We’re inclined to think that Drogheda United and Waterford could both end up scoring in what appears to be a good match-up, with little separating these two teams.

Shouldn’t be much in it, and a draw looks quite a realistic result. We therefore see a very even match with a 1-1 draw after 90 minutes.

Peter Guest, 18:02 30/05/2025