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Drogheda United FC v Derry City : Premier Division match betting preview, prediction and odds

Fri 27th Sep, 19:45 BST, United Park (Drogheda), Drogheda

Derry City, led by manager Ruaidhri Higgins, visit Kevin Doherty and his Drogheda United FC side at the United Park (Drogheda) on Friday evening in the Premier Division. We've got bespoke stats for every major market, from from under 0.5 goals to over 5.5, including form and historical head to head (H2H) data. Predictions are calculated from these, and the odds come straight from the UK's biggest bookmakers.

Best Tip: Under 2.5 goals

It may not be what the neutrals want to hear, but it's all-but impossible to predict a high-scoring affair here. The statistics suggest Drogheda and Derry both struggle to score on a consistent basis, and the odds point towards a tie with fewer than 2 goals in total as they go head-to-head. We think they're on the right track here and, without an obvious outright winners to back, under 2.5 goals seems a good bet.

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Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Drogheda
34%
5.004.60
4%
Draw
28%
3.80
3%
3.70
Derry
37%
1.60
2%
1.60
2%
Draw 1-1
13%
7.507.00
Derry 1-0
12%
7.00
8%
6.00
Drogheda 1-0
11%
13.0011.00
Draw 0-0
10%
11.009.00
Derry 2-1
8%
8.507.50
Drogheda 2-1
7%
15.00
12%
13.00
Derry 2-0
7%
7.507.00
Drogheda 2-0
6%
26.0019.00
Draw 2-2
4%
17.00
11%
13.00
13%
Derry 3-1
3%
13.0011.00
Derry 3-0
3%
12.0010.00
Drogheda 3-1
3%
41.0026.00
10%
Drogheda 3-0
2%
51.0034.00
Derry 3-2
2%
26.0019.00
Drogheda 3-2
2%
41.0029.00
Over 2.5 Goals
40%
1.85
3%
1.83
Under 2.5 Goals
60%
1.95
3%
1.80
2%
Home 1st Goal
46%
3.10
3%
-
Away 1st Goal
48%
1.44
3%
-
No 1st Goal
7%
11.00-
BTTS - Yes
46%
1.951.91
BTTS - No
54%
1.801.80
BTTS - Home Win
13%
9.50
5%
8.50
6%
BTTS - Draw
18%
5.505.00
5%
BTTS - Away Win
15%
3.75
4%
3.50
Home/draw
63%
2.302.20
2%
Away/draw
66%
1.171.17
2%
Home/away
72%
1.251.25
Over 1.5 Goals
66%
1.291.25
Under 1.5 Goals
34%
3.503.25
Over 3.5 Goals
20%
3.253.00
Under 3.5 Goals
80%
1.331.30
Over 4.5 Goals
8%
6.505.50
Under 4.5 Goals
92%
1.111.10
Over 5.5 Goals
3%
13.00
13%
10.00
Under 5.5 Goals
97%
1.04
1%
1.02
Over 0.5 Goals
90%
1.051.03
Under 0.5 Goals
10%
11.008.50
Home DNB
54%
3.75
6%
3.60
5%
Away DNB
57%
1.25
2%
1.25
2%
Drogheda win to nil
21%
9.00-
Derry win to nil
23%
2.62-
Drogheda / Drogheda
10%
8.50
6%
7.50
6%
Drogheda / Derry
4%
21.0019.00
Drogheda / Draw
5%
17.0013.00
13%
Draw / Drogheda
8%
10.00
9%
9.50
5%
Draw / Derry
19%
4.334.20
Draw / Draw
15%
5.50
8%
5.25
5%
Derry / Drogheda
2%
41.0029.00
15%
Derry / Derry
31%
2.60
4%
2.50
2%
Derry / Draw
6%
15.0013.00
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Win / draw / win Premier Division table

Drogheda have played 31 matches so far this season and are in 9th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

28 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 13 games, drawn 10 and won 5. Drogheda have conceded 49 goals, scored 34, failed to score in 9 matches and kept 7 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Drogheda have played 15 games at home, winning 5, drawing 7 and losing 3 fixtures. They have scored 26 goals, conceded 19 goals, kept 5 clean sheets and failed to score 4 times in home league games.

Derry lay in 2nd place on 50 points in the Premier Division league table having played 30 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 27 games against teams below them in the table, winning 13, drawing 8 and losing 6 games. They have scored 42 goals and kept 10 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Derry have conceded 24 goals and have failed to score in 6 matches.

Away league performance

Derry have played 15 away games, winning 4, drawing 7 and losing 4 games. They have scored an average of 0.8 goals per away game and conceded an average 0.7 goals per away game.

Drogheda
Won
Draw
Lost
Scores
Derry
HOME AWAY HOME AWAY TEAM PLD GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
d
 
1-1A
Oct 25
d
 
2-2F
d
 
1-1F
 Shelbourne301253 
d
 
1-1F
d
 
0-00-0
Nov 1
d
 
0-00-0
Sep 27
l
 
5-1A
d
 
2-2F
l
 
2-1A
 Derry A301850 
-
-
-
-
Oct 18
d
 
1-1A
l
 
0-2A
l
 
4-0A
 Shamrock311349 
l
 
1-3A
d
 
2-2A
d
 
1-1A
l
 
1-0A
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
3-0A
l
 
2-3A
d
 
0-00-0
 Galway31446 
l
 
0-1A
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
2-0F
l
 
1-0A
w
 
7-0F
l
 
2-1A
w
 
3-1A
l
 
3-1A
 Sligo31-746 
d
 
2-2A
d
 
0-00-0
Oct 14
l
 
2-1F
w
 
2-0F
Oct 11
l
 
1-4F
l
 
4-2F
 Waterford31043 
w
 
3-0F
w
 
0-2F
w
 
3-0F
w
 
0-1F
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
4-1A
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
1-0A
 St Patrick's30441 
w
 
2-1A
w
 
0-1F
w
 
3-1F
Oct 25
d
 
2-2F
w
 
0-1F
w
 
2-1F
l
 
1-0A
 Bohemians30-633 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
2-1A
Oct 11
w
 
1-2A
-
-
-
-
 Drogheda H31-1629 
w
 
2-1F
d
 
2-2A
w
 
5-1F
Sep 27
Nov 1
l
 
4-2A
w
 
2-1F
d
 
0-00-0
 Dundalk31-2224 
w
 
4-1F
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
1-1A
Oct 18
Win / draw / win form
6
Drogheda have not lost in 6 consecutive home league games
Drogheda 9TH
20 league games
Home
6
Overall
Goals: Scored
34
Conceded
24
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
7
Draw
9
L
4
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Drogheda0 - 0Galway
Drogheda7 - 0Sligo
Drogheda2 - 2Bohemians
Drogheda2 - 0Waterford
Drogheda1 - 1Shelbourne
Drogheda0 - 0St Patrick's
Drogheda0 - 2Shamrock
Drogheda2 - 3Galway
Drogheda2 - 1Dundalk
Drogheda3 - 1Sligo
Drogheda2 - 2Derry
Drogheda2 - 2Shelbourne
Drogheda0 - 0St Patrick's
Drogheda2 - 1Bohemians
Drogheda1 - 4Waterford
Drogheda2 - 4Shelbourne
Drogheda0 - 0Derry
Drogheda0 - 0Bohemians
Drogheda3 - 0UC Dublin
Drogheda3 - 1Cork
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
38
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
W
4
Draw
6
Lost
10
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HDrogheda0 - 0Galway
ADrogheda1 - 0Bohemians
ADrogheda1 - 4St Patrick's
HDrogheda7 - 0Sligo
ADrogheda1 - 1Shamrock
HDrogheda2 - 2Bohemians
HDrogheda2 - 0Waterford
ADrogheda2 - 4Dundalk
HDrogheda1 - 1Shelbourne
ADrogheda1 - 5Derry
ADrogheda0 - 3Galway
HDrogheda0 - 0St Patrick's
ADrogheda1 - 2Sligo
HDrogheda0 - 2Shamrock
ADrogheda2 - 4Waterford
HDrogheda2 - 3Galway
ADrogheda1 - 1Shelbourne
HDrogheda2 - 1Dundalk
ADrogheda0 - 1St Patrick's
ADrogheda0 - 4Shamrock
Derry 2ND
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
21
Conceded
13
Games: Scored
11 / 20
Conceded
9 / 20
Clean sheets
11 / 20
Failed to score
9 / 20
Won
7
Draw
8
Lost
5
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Galway1 - 0Derry
Waterford0 - 1Derry
Shelbourne0 - 0Derry
Sligo2 - 1Derry
Bohemians1 - 2Derry
Dundalk0 - 0Derry
Shamrock1 - 0Derry
St Patrick's0 - 1Derry
Galway0 - 0Derry
Waterford0 - 2Derry
Drogheda2 - 2Derry
Shelbourne0 - 0Derry
Bohemians2 - 1Derry
Shamrock2 - 2Derry
Sligo0 - 0Derry
Cork0 - 1Derry
Drogheda0 - 0Derry
Sligo1 - 0Derry
UC Dublin0 - 5Derry
Dundalk1 - 3Derry
Goals: Scored
27
Conceded
15
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
9
Draw
7
L
4
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HDerry1 - 1Shamrock
ADerry0 - 1Galway
ADerry1 - 0Waterford
HDerry1 - 1Dundalk
ADerry0 - 0Shelbourne
ADerry1 - 2Sligo
HDerry5 - 1Drogheda
ADerry2 - 1Bohemians
HDerry2 - 0Galway
HDerry3 - 0Waterford
ADerry0 - 0Dundalk
HDerry2 - 2Sligo
ADerry0 - 1Shamrock
ADerry1 - 0St Patrick's
HDerry1 - 0Bohemians
HDerry1 - 1Shelbourne
ADerry0 - 0Galway
ADerry2 - 0Waterford
HDerry3 - 1St Patrick's
HDerry1 - 3Shamrock
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Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
6
Derry have not lost to Drogheda in 6 consecutive league meetings
League games at Drogheda since 2021
Drogheda
Derry
Goals: Scored
6
7
Games: Scored
5 / 7
5 / 7
Clean sheets
2 / 7
2 / 7
DRO
1
D
4
DER
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Drogheda
Draw2 - 2Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
0 - 1Derry
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Drogheda1 - 0
1 - 2Derry
League games at Derry since 2021
Derry
Drogheda
Goals: Scored
17
5
Games: Scored
7 / 8
5 / 8
Clean sheets
3 / 8
1 / 8
DRO
1
D
2
DER
5
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Derry
Derry5 - 1
Derry2 - 1
Derry3 - 0
0 - 1Drogheda
Draw1 - 1Draw
Derry2 - 0
Derry3 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
Goal Statistics

Derry City's defensive record is to be admired, Ruaidhri Higgins's men having conceded 1 or less in 5 consecutive Premier Division outings. An underwhelming PG rating of 1.1 for Drogheda United FC makes sense in this context.

Drogheda 9th Derry 2nd
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.1
goals
1.2
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
33%
1
37%
2
20%
3
4+
There is a 70% probability that Drogheda will score no more than 1 goal
0
31%
1
36%
2
21%
3
8%
4+
There is a 67% probability that Derry will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+33
Drogheda have scored 33% more goals at home than predicted
-17
Derry have scored 17% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.7
average goals scored
1.1
average goals scored
1.2
conceded
0.7
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Premier Division - 2024/2024 season
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Drogheda
PG (predicted goals)
Derry
1.1
1.2
Attack rating
DRO
DER
12%
better
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Games scored21
22
Failed to score10
8
Scored first11
13
Goals scored38
43
Avg. goals scored1.2
1.4
Avg. shots per game9
10
Avg. shots per goal8
7
Conversion rate for13
14
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
+12%
Defence rating
DRO
DER
33%
better
view stats
Games conceded23
18
Clean sheets8
12
Conceded first15
12
Goals conceded54
25
Avg. goals conceded1.7
0.8
Avg. shots/game conceded9
6
Avg. shots/goal conceded5
8
Conversion rate against19%
13%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
+33%

Drogheda v Derry Premier Division lLine ups will show here when available.

Drogheda Premier Division squad statistics 2024
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
25859
D MarkeyF PierrotD MarkeyL Heeney
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
D Markey MID2915
6
-
R Brennan MID29
6
-
F Pierrot FWD2981
7
-
A Foley MID2842
5
-
L Heeney DEF251
7
2
J Keaney DEF251
6
1
W Davis MID241
2
-
C Kane DEF2313
-
A Quinn DEF2221
2
-
G Deegan MID191
5
-
A Wogan GLK181
1
-
S. Bawa MID173
1
-
K Cailloce FWD13
-
A McNally DEF101
1
-
E Ahui DEF91
3
-
D James-Taylor FWD96
3
-
M O'Brien MID8
2
-
L Dennison GLK7
1
-
J Barr GLK7
1
S Farrell MID711
4
-
A. Haper-Bailey DEF1
-
E Haddock DEF1
-
Derry Premier Division squad statistics 2024
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
301359
B MaherP HobanP McMullanA O'Reilly
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
B Maher GLK30
3
-
P McMullan MID3035
6
-
A O'Reilly MID291
9
-
W Patching MID2864
5
-
M Connolly  DEF2712
7
-
P Hoban FWD27133
6
-
D Kelly FWD2613
3
-
D Mullen FWD2671
1
-
B Doherty DEF2512
2
-
M Duffy FWD2554
3
-
R Boyce DEF242
1
-
C Coll DEF211
3
-
S McEleney DEF20
1
-
C Dummigan  DEF1511
-
S Diallo MID151
1
-
P McEleney MID101
-
C Whelan FWD5
-
J Davenport MID21
-
S Robertson FWD2
-