Waterford vs Derry City Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Waterford

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Waterford go into this game following a 1-1 Premier Division stalemate against St. Patrick's Athletic.

In that game, Waterford had 40% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 2 on target. The scorer for Waterford was Maleace Asamoah (13'). St. Patrick's Athletic got 13 shots on goal with 2 on target. Brandon Kavanagh (65') was the scorer for St. Patrick's Athletic.

Fewer than three goals per game were recorded in 5 of the past 6 fixtures where Waterford have been involved. Breaking down the goal weighting during that period, opposition teams scored an aggregate of 4 while Waterford totted up 3.

Analysis of their past results shows that Waterford:

• haven't won against Derry City when playing them at home in the last 2 league games.
• haven't won against Derry City in their previous 4 matches in the league.
• are without a win at home for the past 3 league matches.

Derry City

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Derry City will go into the meeting following a 3-1 Premier Division win over St. Patrick's Athletic in their most recent match.

In that match, Derry City managed 33% possession and 12 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. For Derry City, the scorers were Danny Mullen (16', 56') and Patrick Hoban (51'). At the other end, St. Patrick's Athletic got 17 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. Conor Keeley (54') scored for St. Patrick's Athletic.

The numbers tell their own story, and Derry City have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, with opponents netting 8 goals overall. Defensively, Derry City certainly have room for improvement. Let’s see whether or not that trend will end up being continued on in this game.

↔️ Head to head

A look at their past head-to-head meetings going back to 02/10/2020 shows us that Waterford have won 1 of these and Derry City 4, with the tally of draws standing at 1.

A sum of 15 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 4 from The Blues and 11 coming from The Candystripes. That is an average goals per game value of 2.5.

🗞️ Team News: Waterford

The Waterford manager Keith Long will be grateful not to have any fitness worries whatsoever ahead of this clash owing to a completely injury-free squad available for selection.

📋 Team News: Derry City

Derry City manager Ruaidhrí Higgins has to choose a team with limited availability. Sadou Diallo (Knee injury) and Colm Whelan (Cruciate ligament injury) are those who can’t be considered.

💭 Prediction

We’re thinking that Waterford will have their work cut out to get anything against this Derry City outfit who we think will emerge victorious.

We’re therefore expecting a 0-1 victory for Derry City at the conclusion of the game.

Hoping for a good game.

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Andre Moura, 08:04 25/04/2024