📊 Form Guide

Derry City

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Derry City, who won their previous game, will hope for a similar result following a 3-0 Premier Division triumph over Drogheda United.

In that game, Derry City had 73% possession and 20 shots on goal with 7 on target. For Derry City, the goalscorers were Sam Todd (33'), Ronan Boyce (36') and Danny Mullen (90'). At the other end, Drogheda United had 7 attempts on goal with 1 of them on target.

Their more recent scorelines show that not much more can be done by the Derry City defence. Derry City have been stingy, with the number of goals that have flown into the back of their net over the course of their previous six games standing at 4. Such a trend might not follow through into this match, of course.

Waterford

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Since a loss in their previous game against Shamrock Rovers in Premier Division action, Waterford and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

In that game, Waterford had 36% possession and 6 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. On the other side, Shamrock Rovers got 23 shots at goal with 7 of them on target. Rory Gaffney (74') scored for Shamrock Rovers.

The numbers tell their own story, and Waterford have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 games, seeing opposing sides hit 9 goals in total. Defensively, Waterford have not been doing too well.

Coming into this meeting, Waterford are without an away win for the past 3 matches in the league.

↔️ Head to head

Inspecting their most recent head-to-head clashes going back to 08/03/2024 shows that Derry City have won 4 of these & Waterford 2, with the number of drawn matches being 0.

In all, 15 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 11 of them for The Candystripes and 4 created by The Blues. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.5.

The previous league meeting featuring these clubs was Premier Division match day 12 on 25/04/2025 which finished with the scoreline of Waterford 2-1 Derry City.

That day, Waterford had 41% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 5 on target. The goalscorers were Darragh Leahy (40') and Pádraig Amond (65').

At the other end, Derry City had 15 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Liam Boyce (94') was the scorer.

The referee was Paul Norton.

ℹ️ Team News: Derry City

Nearly everyone is up for selection, with just the lone fitness concern for the Derry City boss Tiernan Lynch to contend with thanks to an otherwise robust group of players. Cameron Dummigan (Hamstring injury) will miss out.

It seems likely that The Candystripes could use the 5-4-1 system for this game, utilising Brian Maher, Kevin Holt, Sam Todd, Mark Connolly, Ronan Boyce, Hayden Cann, Carl Winchester, Sadou Diallo, Michael Duffy, Gavin Whyte and Liam Boyce.

📰 Team News: Waterford

Owing to an otherwise full-strength group, there’s just the lone fitness worry for the Waterford gaffer John Coleman to contend with. Matty Smith (Knee injury) won’t be playing here.

We reckon that The Blues might begin the game with a 4-3-3 formation, starting Stephen McMullan, Jesse Dempsey, Darragh Leahy, Ryan Burke, Grant Horton, Rowan McDonald, Conan Noonan, James Olayinka, Tom Lonergan, Padraig Amond and Sam Glenfield.

🔮 Prediction

We envisage that Derry City are likely to have the majority of the possession and should be able to turn a few of their chances into goals.

At the same time, Waterford may well find it hard to score but we can see them pulling one back during this clash, too.

We’re therefore expecting to see a 3-1 winning score for Derry City when the full-time whistle blows.

Andre Moura, 18:02 04/07/2025