Waterford vs Drogheda United Live Stream, Predictions (May 30)

📊 Form Guide

Waterford

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Waterford enter this match following a 2-2 Premier Division stalemate against St. Patrick's Athletic.

In that game, Waterford managed 55% possession and 18 shots on goal with 5 on target. For Waterford, goals were scored by Tom Lonergan (2') and Conan Noonan (80'). St. Patrick's Athletic had 9 shots at 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 this game after a 1-0 Premier Division win with the downing of Bohemian FC in their previous match.

In that match, Drogheda United managed 34% possession and 9 shots on goal with 4 on target. The only player to score for Drogheda United was Douglas James-Taylor (60'). Bohemian FC got 14 attempts on goal with 5 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 review of their prior head-to-head clashes dating back to 24/09/2021 tells us that Waterford have won 3 of these games and Drogheda United 2, with the number of drawn results being 1.

A sum of 16 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 9 from The Blues and 7 being from The Drogs. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.67.

The previous league clash between these sides was Premier Division match day 8 on 04/04/2025 which ended up with the score at Drogheda United 2-0 Waterford.

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

Waterford got 7 shots on goal with 3 on target.

The referee was Neil Doyle.

📰 Team News: Waterford

Trae Coyle (Hamstring injury) and Matty Smith (Knee injury) won’t be able to feature for Waterford manager John Coleman.

In all likelihood, The Blues look set to use the 4-3-3 system this time with 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 manager Kevin Doherty has a number of players out of action. Paul Doyle (Hamstring injury) and Josh Thomas (Leg injury) miss out here.

From our viewpoint, The Drogs seem most likely to play in a 3-4-2-1 formation using 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.

💵 ⚽️ What are the top odds for this match?

Looking at the betting prices for the match in the 90 minute result market, staking on Waterford can be had for 2.7, a bet on the game finishing all-square is 3.2 and staking on victory for Drogheda United can get you 2.7. They’re the top bets that can be secured at present.

Peter Guest, 18:02 27/05/2025