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

Fri 26th Jun, 19:45 BST, Brandywell Stadium, Derry

Derry City and their manager Tiernan Lynch will be looking to get one over on Kevin Doherty and his Drogheda United FC side on Friday evening, as the pair meet at the Brandywell Stadium in the Premier Division. Form, head to head (H2H) statistics, predictions and the best odds are all published below. It's our job to give you all the information you need to place a smart, well-informed bet. We're tipping , but why not flip through the tabs and find the one you like best?


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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
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Derry
50%
--
Draw
24%
--
Drogheda
26%
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Draw 1-1
11%
--
Derry 2-1
10%
--
Derry 1-0
9%
--
Derry 2-0
8%
--
Drogheda 2-1
7%
--
Drogheda 1-0
6%
--
Draw 2-2
6%
--
Derry 3-1
6%
--
Draw 0-0
5%
--
Derry 3-0
5%
--
Drogheda 2-0
4%
--
Derry 3-2
3%
--
Drogheda 3-1
3%
--
Derry 4-1
2%
--
Drogheda 3-2
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
56%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
44%
--
Home 1st Goal
53%
--
Away 1st Goal
44%
--
No 1st Goal
3%
--
BTTS - Yes
57%
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BTTS - No
43%
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BTTS - Home Win
25%
--
BTTS - Draw
18%
--
BTTS - Away Win
14%
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Home/draw
74%
--
Away/draw
50%
--
Home/away
76%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
79%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
21%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
34%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
66%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
17%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
83%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
8%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
92%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
95%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
5%
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Home DNB
67%
--
Away DNB
43%
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Derry win to nil
25%
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Drogheda win to nil
12%
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Win / draw / win Premier Division table

Derry have played 20 matches so far this season and lay in 6th place in the Premier Division league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 8 games against teams below in the table, having won 2, drawn 4 and lost 2 matches. They have kept 1 clean sheet and have failed to score in 2 fixtures. They have been outscored by their opponents by 25 goals to 22 goals.

Home League Performance

Derry have played 10 games at home winning 3, drawing 5 and losing 2 games. They have scored 13 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and conceded 11 goals at home.

Drogheda are in 8th position in the Premier Division on 21 points having played 19 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

5 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 20 goals and kept 1 clean sheet. They have scored 13 goals in total and found the back of the net in every game.

Performance against teams above them in the league

14 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 6 games, drawn 5 and won 3. Drogheda have conceded 25 goals, scored 17, failed to score in 2 fixtures and have kept 4 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Derry
Drogheda
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Shamrock201440 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
1-0A
Aug 28
Jun 22
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
4-1A
Jul 31
Oct 9
2
Bohemians201034 
l
 
0-1A
d
 
1-1F
Jun 12
Aug 21
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
2-1A
Jul 3
Sep 18
3
St Patrick's191432 
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
0-00-0
Oct 9
Jul 31
l
 
1-3A
l
 
4-1F
Aug 21
Jun 12
4
Dundalk19329 
d
 
2-2A
d
 
2-2F
Oct 23
l
 
2-1A
d
 
1-1A
d
 
1-1A
Aug 28
Jul 10
5
Shelbourne19126 
l
 
1-2A
w
 
1-2F
d
 
0-00-0
Sep 11
l
 
1-2F
w
 
3-4A
Jun 19
Sep 4
6
Derry20-122 
-
-
-
-
w
 
1-0F
d
 
2-2A
Oct 16
Jun 26
7
Galway18-321 
d
 
1-1A
l
 
2-1A
Sep 18
Jun 19
l
 
2-3F
w
 
0-1F
Oct 30
Aug 7
8
Drogheda19-721 
d
 
2-2F
l
 
1-0A
Jun 26
Oct 16
-
-
-
-
9
Sligo19-1219 
w
 
2-1A
d
 
0-00-0
Aug 7
Oct 30
w
 
1-0F
l
 
2-1A
Sep 11
Jul 25
10
Waterford19-1911 
w
 
4-2A
d
 
2-2F
Jul 3
Sep 4
w
 
2-0F
l
 
2-1F
d
 
3-3A
Oct 23
Win / draw / win form
Derry 6TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
32
Conceded
21
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
7
Draw
10
L
3
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Derry0 - 0Shelbourne
Derry0 - 0St Patrick's
Derry1 - 1Galway
Derry1 - 0Shamrock
Derry2 - 2Drogheda
Derry1 - 2Shelbourne
Derry4 - 2Waterford
Derry0 - 1Bohemians
Derry2 - 2Dundalk
Derry2 - 1Sligo
Derry2 - 1Shamrock
Derry1 - 0Sligo
Derry1 - 1Shelbourne
Derry2 - 2St Patrick's
Derry0 - 0Cork
Derry1 - 1Bohemians
Derry7 - 2Waterford
Derry3 - 0Drogheda
Derry1 - 1Galway
Derry1 - 2Shamrock
Goals: Scored
22
Conceded
23
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
W
4
Draw
10
Lost
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ADerry1 - 2Dundalk
HDerry0 - 0Shelbourne
HDerry0 - 0St Patrick's
ADerry2 - 2Waterford
ADerry0 - 1Drogheda
HDerry1 - 1Galway
ADerry1 - 1Bohemians
HDerry1 - 0Shamrock
ADerry2 - 1Shelbourne
ADerry2 - 2Dundalk
ADerry0 - 0Sligo
ADerry1 - 2Galway
HDerry2 - 2Drogheda
ADerry0 - 0St Patrick's
HDerry1 - 2Shelbourne
ADerry0 - 1Shamrock
HDerry4 - 2Waterford
HDerry0 - 1Bohemians
HDerry2 - 2Dundalk
HDerry2 - 1Sligo
Drogheda 8TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
20
Conceded
35
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
W
3
Draw
8
Lost
9
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Waterford2 - 1Drogheda
Bohemians2 - 1Drogheda
Shamrock4 - 1Drogheda
Shelbourne3 - 4Drogheda
Derry2 - 2Drogheda
St Patrick's4 - 1Drogheda
Sligo2 - 1Drogheda
Dundalk1 - 1Drogheda
Galway0 - 1Drogheda
Galway1 - 1Drogheda
Waterford2 - 0Drogheda
Sligo1 - 1Drogheda
Shamrock2 - 1Drogheda
Bohemians0 - 1Drogheda
Derry3 - 0Drogheda
Cork1 - 1Drogheda
St Patrick's0 - 0Drogheda
Waterford2 - 2Drogheda
Shelbourne0 - 0Drogheda
Shamrock3 - 0Drogheda
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
36
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
5
Draw
6
Lost
9
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HDrogheda3 - 3Waterford
HDrogheda1 - 1Dundalk
ADrogheda1 - 2Waterford
ADrogheda1 - 2Bohemians
HDrogheda1 - 0Derry
ADrogheda1 - 4Shamrock
HDrogheda1 - 0Sligo
ADrogheda4 - 3Shelbourne
HDrogheda1 - 3St Patrick's
HDrogheda2 - 3Galway
HDrogheda0 - 0Bohemians
ADrogheda2 - 2Derry
HDrogheda0 - 0Shamrock
ADrogheda1 - 4St Patrick's
ADrogheda1 - 2Sligo
HDrogheda1 - 2Shelbourne
ADrogheda1 - 1Dundalk
HDrogheda2 - 0Waterford
ADrogheda1 - 0Galway
HDrogheda1 - 4Bohemians
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Derry since 2021
Derry
Drogheda
Goals: Scored
23
10
Games: Scored
10 / 11
7 / 11
Clean sheets
4 / 11
1 / 11
DER
6
D
3
DRO
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Derry
Draw2 - 2Draw
Derry3 - 0
1 - 3Drogheda
Derry5 - 1
Derry2 - 1
Derry3 - 0
0 - 1Drogheda
Draw1 - 1Draw
Derry2 - 0
Derry3 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
League games at Drogheda since 2021
Drogheda
Derry
Goals: Scored
11
10
Games: Scored
9 / 11
8 / 11
Clean sheets
3 / 11
2 / 11
DER
2
D
6
DRO
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Drogheda
Drogheda1 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Drogheda2 - 1
Draw2 - 2Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
0 - 1Derry
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Drogheda1 - 0
1 - 2Derry
Goal Statistics
Derry 6th Drogheda 8th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.7
goals
1.2
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
18%
1
31%
2
27%
3
15%
4+
10%
There is a 82% probability that Derry will score 1 or more goals
0
30%
1
36%
2
22%
3
9%
4+
There is a 66% probability that Drogheda will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+3
Derry’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-9
Drogheda’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.6
average goals scored
1.0
average goals scored
1.1
conceded
1.8
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Premier Division - 2026/2026 season
Derry
PG (predicted goals)
Drogheda
1.7
1.2
Attack rating
%
better
DER
DRO
view stats
Games scored0
0
Failed to score0
0
Scored first0
0
Goals scored0
0
Avg. goals scored0
0
Avg. shots per game0
0
Avg. shots per goal0
0
Conversion rate for0
0
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
0%
Defence rating
%
better
DER
DRO
view stats
Games conceded0
0
Clean sheets0
0
Conceded first0
0
Goals conceded0
0
Avg. goals conceded0
0
Avg. shots/game conceded0
0
Avg. shots/goal conceded0
0
Conversion rate against0%
0%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
0%

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

Derry Premier Division squad statistics 2026
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Drogheda Premier Division squad statistics 2026
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