Waterford vs Derry City Live Stream, Predictions (Apr 25)

📏 Form Guide

Waterford

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Waterford will be wanting a better result here following the 0-4 Premier Division defeat last time out to Sligo Rovers.

In that match, Waterford had 63% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 2 on target. For their opponents, Sligo Rovers got 13 shots on goal with 11 on target. Gareth McElroy (8'), Owen Elding (10'), Cian Kavanagh (62') and Francely Lomboto (88') scored for Sligo Rovers.

Waterford haven’t made the most of their chances in more recent games. Their ‘goals for’ figure equals just 1 versus opponents over their last 6 outings. In those meetings, Waterford have also seen the number of goals against them total 14.

Derry City

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Derry City will go into the encounter after a 2-3 Premier Division win vs Galway United in their last game.

In that match, Derry City managed 57% possession and 15 attempts on goal with 8 on target. For Derry City, the goalscorers were Danny Mullen (16'), Robbie Benson (47') and Gavin Whyte (94'). Galway United had 16 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. Patrick Hickey (43') and Vincent Borden (97') scored for Galway United.

Tiernan Lynch's Derry City have slotted home 8 times throughout their most recent sextet of matches. The aggregate of goals that have been scored against them during those same clashes comes to 7.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking at their past head-to-head meetings dating back to 02/11/2021 tells us that Waterford have won 1 of these & Derry City 4, with the tally of drawn results standing at 1.

A total of 16 goals were scored between them throughout the course of those matches, with 4 for The Blues and 12 for The Candystripes. That’s an average goals per game of 2.67.

ℹ️ Team News: Waterford

Matty Smith (Knee injury) and Andy Boyle (Hamstring injury) are not available for Waterford manager Keith Long.

📋 Team News: Derry City

Thanks to a largely full-strength group, there is only a single fitness worry for the Derry City manager Tiernan Lynch to be concerned about. Sadou Diallo (Broken arm) won’t be playing here.

🔮 Prediction

In our view, Waterford will have their work cut out to see themselves scoring against this Derry City side who we reckon will do enough to score at the other end and edge ahead.

We’re therefore seeing a good tussle with a 0-1 win for Derry City at the end of the 90 minutes.

Let’s see how this one goes.

💵 ⚽️ What are the best odds for this match?

Looking at the betting prices for the match in the WDW market, the win for Waterford is available for 3.5, backing a draw is 3.25 and putting your money on the winning team to be Derry City is 1.95. These are the best of the prices offered at present.

Victor Martins, 11:02 21/04/2025