Derry City vs Shamrock Rovers Live Stream, Predictions (May 23)

📏 Form Guide

Derry City

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Derry City enter this fixture after a 1-1 Premier Division stalemate vs Drogheda United.

In that game, Derry City had 66% possession and 7 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. The only player to score for Derry City was Dom Thomas (90'). At the other end, Drogheda United had 7 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. Elicha Ahui (41') scored for Drogheda United.

Derry City haven’t had any problems with scoring, netting in each and every one of their last 6 games.

They have hit an aggregate of 10 during that period while also conceding a total of 4. That kind of pattern might not be sustained here, however.

Taking a look at their past results, Derry City:

• have not lost a league tie with Shamrock Rovers in their previous 2 matches.
• have left without a victory over Shamrock Rovers in their previous 8 matches in the league.
• are unbeaten in their previous 3 home league matches.

Shamrock Rovers

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Shamrock Rovers head into the encounter after a 4-0 Premier Division win in the defeat of St. Patrick's Athletic in their previous fixture.

In that match, Shamrock Rovers managed 58% possession and 18 shots at goal with 10 of them on target. For Shamrock Rovers, the goalscorers were Michael Noonan (22'), Graham Burke (36', 50') and Aaron Greene (69'). St. Patrick's Athletic got 19 shots at goal with 7 of them on target.

A series of accomplished showings by the Shamrock Rovers defensive players has seen their ‘goals against’ tally standing at 4 from their past 6 fixtures in total. In that period, the number of goals that they have scored themselves amounts to 15.

Their prior results show that Shamrock Rovers:

• have not lost to Derry City when having played them away from home in the previous 5 league games. Away fans have certainly had plenty to cheer about.
• are unbeaten in their last 5 away league matches.

↔️ Head to head

A look at their past head-to-head meetings stretching back to 15/09/2023 tells us that Derry City have won 0 of them & Shamrock Rovers 2, with the number of drawn games standing at 4.

A combined total of 13 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 5 of them for The Candystripes and 8 created by The Hoops. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.17.

The previous league contest featuring the two was Premier Division match day 7 on 28/03/2025 when it finished Shamrock Rovers 0-0 Derry City.

That day, Shamrock Rovers had 67% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target.

At the other end, Derry City got 8 shots on goal with 1 on target.

The referee was Paul McLaughlin.

📰 Team News: Derry City

Sadou Diallo (Broken arm) and Cameron Dummigan (Hamstring injury) won’t be able to feature for Derry City manager Tiernan Lynch.

We think that The Candystripes should opt for a 5-3-2 system for this game with Brian Maher, Ronan Boyce, Hayden Cann, Mark Connolly, Kevin Holt, Sam Todd, Adam O'Reilly, Carl Winchester, Michael Duffy, Liam Boyce and Gavin Whyte.

ℹ️ Team News: Shamrock Rovers

Shamrock Rovers boss Stephen Bradley has to choose from a squad that has some fitness concerns. Daniel Mandroiu (Hamstring injury) and Aaron McEneff (unknown injury) are names that won’t be on the team sheet.

There’s a good chance that The Hoops might utilise a 5-3-2 formation with a starting lineup of Edward McGinty, Danny Grant, Lee Grace, Roberto Lopes, Cory O'Sullivan, Josh Honohan, Jack Byrne, Darragh Nugent, Matthew Healy, Rory Gaffney and Graham Burke.

🧠 Prediction

In our opinion, Shamrock Rovers and Derry City may well both score, with little between these two teams.

Let’s see how it plays out, but a draw is looking likely to us. That is why we are leaning toward a 1-1 score at the end of the 90 minutes.

📚 ⚽️ What are the best odds for the game?

Looking at the betting prices for the match on the 90 minute result market, putting your money on Derry City can be had for 2.6, a wager on a drawn result is 3 and putting your money on the winner to be Shamrock Rovers can be had at 2.9. They are the best of the bets available at present.

Victor Martins, 15:06 20/05/2025