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Derry City v Dundalk : Premier Division match betting preview, prediction and odds

Fri 23rd Oct, 19:45 BST, Brandywell Stadium, Derry

Tiernan Lynch welcomes Ciarán Kilduff to the Brandywell Stadium on Friday evening, as their Derry City and Dundalk charges clash in the Premier Division. Statistics power the algorithmic predictions below for seventeen markets, and flipping between them shows bespoke analysis, including head-to-head, form and much more besides. Odds from leading bookmakers are also provided. Click on the tabs below to explore.


In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
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
Team To Score First

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Derry
47%
--
Draw
25%
--
Dundalk
29%
--
Draw 1-1
12%
--
Derry 1-0
10%
--
Derry 2-1
9%
--
Derry 2-0
8%
--
Dundalk 1-0
7%
--
Dundalk 2-1
7%
--
Draw 0-0
6%
--
Draw 2-2
6%
--
Derry 3-1
5%
--
Dundalk 2-0
4%
--
Derry 3-0
4%
--
Derry 3-2
3%
--
Dundalk 3-1
3%
--
Dundalk 3-2
2%
--
Derry 4-1
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
54%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
46%
--
Home 1st Goal
52%
--
Away 1st Goal
45%
--
No 1st Goal
3%
--
BTTS - Yes
56%
--
BTTS - No
44%
--
BTTS - Home Win
23%
--
BTTS - Draw
19%
--
BTTS - Away Win
15%
--
Home/draw
71%
--
Away/draw
53%
--
Home/away
75%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
77%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
23%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
32%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
68%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
16%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
84%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
7%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
93%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
94%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
6%
--
Home DNB
64%
--
Away DNB
46%
--
Derry win to nil
24%
--
Dundalk win to nil
14%
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Win / draw / win Premier Division table

Derry have played 32 matches so far this season and lay in 5th place in the Premier Division league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 17 games against teams below in the table, having won 5, drawn 7 and lost 5 matches. They have kept 4 clean sheets and have failed to score in 2 fixtures. They have been outscored by their opponents by 50 goals to 45 goals.

Home League Performance

Derry have played 16 games at home winning 7, drawing 6 and losing 3 games. They have scored 27 goals, kept 6 clean sheets and conceded 19 goals at home.

Dundalk are in 6th position in the Premier Division on 41 points having played 33 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

4 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 28 goals and kept 1 clean sheet. They have scored 24 goals in total and failed to score in 2 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

18 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 8 games, drawn 5 and won 5. Dundalk have conceded 34 goals, scored 25, failed to score in 2 fixtures and have kept 2 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Derry
Dundalk
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Shamrock322062 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
1-0A
d
 
3-3F
d
 
1-1F
w
 
1-0F
d
 
1-1A
Oct 30
l
 
3-2A
2
St Patrick's322759 
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
0-00-0
Oct 19
d
 
1-1A
w
 
2-0F
l
 
4-0A
l
 
0-4A
d
 
1-1F
3
Bohemians321959 
l
 
0-1A
d
 
1-1F
w
 
4-1A
l
 
5-3F
l
 
1-3F
d
 
1-1A
l
 
1-2A
w
 
1-2A
4
Shelbourne33143 
l
 
1-2A
w
 
1-2F
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
0-1F
l
 
1-2A
w
 
2-3F
l
 
2-3F
l
 
2-1F
5
Derry32341 
-
-
-
-
d
 
2-2A
d
 
2-2F
w
 
2-1F
Oct 23
6
Dundalk33-541 
d
 
2-2A
d
 
2-2F
Oct 23
l
 
2-1A
-
-
-
-
7
Galway32-638 
d
 
1-1A
l
 
2-1A
w
 
1-0F
l
 
2-1A
w
 
2-1F
d
 
2-2F
l
 
1-2A
w
 
0-1F
8
Waterford32-1034 
w
 
4-2A
d
 
2-2F
l
 
2-4A
d
 
2-2F
w
 
5-0F
d
 
3-3F
l
 
2-3F
d
 
1-1F
9
Drogheda33-1534 
d
 
2-2F
l
 
1-0A
w
 
2-0F
Oct 16
d
 
1-1F
d
 
1-1F
l
 
1-2F
w
 
2-3F
10
Sligo33-3423 
w
 
2-1A
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
2-0F
Oct 30
w
 
1-0F
l
 
2-0A
d
 
1-1F
Oct 17
Win / draw / win form
Derry 5TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
33
Conceded
23
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
9
Draw
8
L
3
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Derry1 - 0Galway
Derry3 - 3Shamrock
Derry2 - 0Sligo
Derry2 - 4Waterford
Derry2 - 0Drogheda
Derry4 - 1Bohemians
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
Goals: Scored
29
Conceded
26
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
6
Draw
9
Lost
5
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HDerry1 - 0Galway
ADerry2 - 2Waterford
ADerry1 - 0Shelbourne
HDerry3 - 3Shamrock
ADerry3 - 5Bohemians
HDerry2 - 0Sligo
ADerry1 - 1St Patrick's
HDerry2 - 4Waterford
HDerry2 - 0Drogheda
ADerry1 - 1Shamrock
ADerry1 - 2Galway
HDerry4 - 1Bohemians
ADerry1 - 2Dundalk
HDerry0 - 0Shelbourne
HDerry0 - 0St Patrick's
ADerry2 - 2Waterford
ADerry0 - 1Drogheda
HDerry1 - 1Galway
ADerry1 - 1Bohemians
HDerry1 - 0Shamrock
Dundalk 6TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
27
Conceded
33
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
W
4
Draw
10
Lost
6
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Waterford1 - 1Dundalk
Drogheda2 - 3Dundalk
Shamrock3 - 2Dundalk
St Patrick's1 - 1Dundalk
Shelbourne2 - 1Dundalk
Bohemians1 - 2Dundalk
Galway0 - 1Dundalk
Drogheda1 - 1Dundalk
Waterford3 - 3Dundalk
Sligo2 - 0Dundalk
Shelbourne2 - 3Dundalk
Bohemians1 - 1Dundalk
Galway2 - 2Dundalk
St Patrick's4 - 0Dundalk
Shamrock1 - 1Dundalk
Derry2 - 2Dundalk
Drogheda0 - 0Dundalk
Galway1 - 1Dundalk
Sligo2 - 1Dundalk
Waterford2 - 1Dundalk
Goals: Scored
28
Conceded
37
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
5
Draw
5
Lost
10
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HDundalk1 - 2Bohemians
HDundalk2 - 3Shelbourne
HDundalk0 - 4St Patrick's
ADundalk1 - 1Waterford
ADundalk3 - 2Drogheda
HDundalk1 - 2Galway
ADundalk2 - 3Shamrock
HDundalk1 - 1Sligo
ADundalk1 - 1St Patrick's
HDundalk1 - 2Drogheda
ADundalk1 - 2Shelbourne
HDundalk2 - 3Waterford
ADundalk2 - 1Bohemians
ADundalk1 - 0Galway
HDundalk2 - 1Derry
ADundalk1 - 1Drogheda
HDundalk1 - 0Shamrock
HDundalk1 - 3Bohemians
ADundalk3 - 3Waterford
HDundalk1 - 2Shelbourne
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Derry since 2019
Derry
Dundalk
Goals: Scored
16
14
Games: Scored
9 / 12
9 / 12
Clean sheets
3 / 12
3 / 12
DER
3
D
5
DLK
4
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Derry
Draw2 - 2Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Derry4 - 1
Derry3 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
0 - 1Dundalk
1 - 2Dundalk
Derry1 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
1 - 2Dundalk
Draw2 - 2Draw
0 - 2Dundalk
League games at Dundalk since 2019
Dundalk
Derry
Goals: Scored
17
18
Games: Scored
11 / 13
10 / 13
Clean sheets
3 / 13
2 / 13
DER
3
D
6
DLK
4
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Dundalk
Dundalk2 - 1
Draw2 - 2Draw
0 - 2Derry
Draw0 - 0Draw
1 - 3Derry
Draw2 - 2Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw2 - 2Draw
1 - 2Derry
Dundalk2 - 1
Dundalk1 - 0
Dundalk1 - 0
Draw2 - 2Draw
Goal Statistics

Derry City have been steady in attack of late, scoring in 13 consecutive Premier Division games. Their PG of 1.6 against Dundalk on Friday suggests they're likely to extend that run.

Derry 5th Dundalk 6th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.6
goals
1.2
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
20%
1
32%
2
26%
3
14%
4+
8%
There is a 80% probability that Derry will score 1 or more goals
0
30%
1
36%
2
22%
3
9%
4+
There is a 66% probability that Dundalk will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+4
Derry’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
+16
Dundalk have scored 16% more goals when away than predicted
1.7
average goals scored
1.4
average goals scored
1.2
conceded
1.7
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Premier Division - 2026/2026 season
Derry
PG (predicted goals)
Dundalk
1.6
1.2
Attack rating
DER
DLK
17%
better
view stats
Games scored25
30
Failed to score7
3
Scored first14
22
Goals scored45
50
Avg. goals scored1.4
1.5
Avg. shots per game10
11
Avg. shots per goal7
7
Conversion rate for14
13
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
+17%
Defence rating
12%
better
DER
DLK
view stats
Games conceded23
28
Clean sheets9
5
Conceded first14
11
Goals conceded42
55
Avg. goals conceded1.3
1.7
Avg. shots/game conceded8
10
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
6
Conversion rate against16%
16%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
+12%

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

Derry Premier Division squad statistics 2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
2811610
B FlemingM DuffyM DuffyA O'Reilly
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
A O'Reilly MID3052
9
1
B Fleming DEF293
6
-
J Clarke MID2763
5
1
P McClean DEF2611
9
-
B Cotter DEF252
5
-
J Olayinka MID2511
1
-
M Duffy FWD25116
1
-
C Dummigan  DEF2222
6
-
J Stott DEF221
6
-
C Barr DEF211
1
-
J McClean MID174
4
1
K. Carvalho Santos FWD1431
1
-
C Winchester MID13
3
-
L Boyce  FWD1111
3
-
R Slevin DEF81
1
-
D Burns MID72
2
-
N. Twisk MID7
1
-
E Chapman MID72
-
B Maher GLK5
-
T. Norcott GLK4
-
B Lyons-Foster DEF3
2
-
T. Doherty FWD2
-
S. Callister GLK1
-
L. Kelly MID1
-
Dundalk Premier Division squad statistics 2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
32111010
D HorganD HorganD HorganK Buckley
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
B Burns DEF332
9
-
D Horgan MID321110
3
1
D McDaid MID3241
3
1
K Buckley MID311
10
-
A Dervin MID3012
7
1
H. Groome MID3012
3
-
E Minogue GLK27
-
R. Teahan MID2731
4
-
T Wilson DEF2542
2
-
J Wilson DEF2311
4
1
M Animasahun DEF22
6
-
S. Tracey MID211
4
1
R Cornwall DEF191
5
1
H. Warren DEF181
6
-
D Mullen FWD123
1
-
L. Gaxha FWD12
1
-
T Clarke DEF1011
1
-
C. Dillon FWD91
1
-
E. Vassenin DEF7
1
-
C Kearns GLK6
-
C. O'Keefe DEF61
1
-
S. Spaight DEF5
-
P Cherrie GLK1
-
L Mulligan DEF1
-
A. Keogh MID1
-
N. Garbett FWD1
-