Derry City vs Shamrock Rovers Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Derry City

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Derry City will play in this fixture after a 2-2 Premier Division draw against Drogheda United.

In that game, Derry City had 62% possession and 11 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. For Derry City, the goals were scored by Michael Duffy (29') and Will Patching (45'). Drogheda United had 10 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Warren Davis (3') and Frantz Pierrot (86') scored for Drogheda United.

Ruaidhrí Higgins's Derry City have netted a sum total of 10 times over their preceding six outings. The tally of goals that have been scored against them in those same games stands at 6.

A look at their previous results shows us that Derry City:

• haven't lost in the league to Shamrock Rovers in their last 2 matches.
• haven't won against Shamrock Rovers in their last 4 league games.

Shamrock Rovers

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Shamrock Rovers will go into this clash after a 3-0 Premier Division win versus Sligo Rovers in their most recent fixture.

In that game, Shamrock Rovers had 67% possession and 21 shots at goal with 11 on target. For Shamrock Rovers, the goalscorers were Graham Burke (36') and Aaron Greene (50', 63'). Sligo Rovers had 5 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target.

A series of outstanding displays from the Shamrock Rovers defence has resulted in their ‘goals against’ tally standing at 4 from their past 6 clashes overall. Over that same period, their own forwards have managed to score 10.

Coming into this meeting, Shamrock Rovers are undefeated by Derry City in away games against them for the last 3 league games.

👥 Head to head

A glance at their prior head to head meetings stretching back to 30/10/2022 tells us that Derry City have won 1 of them and Shamrock Rovers 3, with the number of drawn matches being 2.

A combined total of 13 goals were produced between them throughout the course of those matches, with 5 of them for The Candystripes and 8 netted by The Hoops. That is an average goals per game value of 2.17.

📋 Team News: Derry City

Colm Whelan (Cruciate ligament injury) and Sadou Diallo (Knee injury) will not be taking part for Derry City boss Ruaidhrí Higgins.

We are thinking that The Candystripes may well employ a 4-2-3-1 system this time, handing starts to Brian Maher, Ronan Boyce, Mark Connolly, Cameron McJannett, Ciarán Coll, Adam O'Reilly, Will Patching, Daniel Kelly, Paul McMullan, Michael Duffy and Danny Mullen.

🗞️ Team News: Shamrock Rovers

Shamrock Rovers boss Stephen Bradley has to choose a team with limited availability. Neil Farrugia (Shoulder injury), Sean Kavanagh (Hamstring injury) and Jack Byrne (Calf injury) miss out here.

We’re of the thinking that The Hoops seem likely to begin the game with a 3-4-1-2 lineup, starting the game with Leon Pöhls, Daniel Cleary, Gary O'Neil, Josh Honohan, Darragh Burns, Markus Poom, Darragh Nugent, Roberto Lopes, Cian Barrett, Dylan Watts and Aaron Greene.

💭 Prediction

In our view, Shamrock Rovers will manage to put one past this Derry City lineup, however that is unlikely to be enough to avoid a loss.

We’re tipping both teams to score in a 2-1 win for Derry City after 90 minutes. Definitely a tough call.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 03:08 19/04/2024