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

Fri 3rd Jul, 19:45 BST, Brandywell Stadium, Derry

the Brandywell Stadium masses welcome Waterford FC's fans on Friday evening, as Tiernan Lynch's Derry City take on Graham Coughlan's charges in the Premier Division. All statistics, including each side's 20 game form and head to head (H2H) history, will change as you browse each of the seventeen betting markets via the tabs below. Odds and, of course, KickOff's predictions will too.


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Over / Under 1.5 Goals
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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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Team To Score First

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Derry
61%
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Draw
20%
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Waterford
19%
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Derry 2-1
10%
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Draw 1-1
9%
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Derry 2-0
9%
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Derry 1-0
9%
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Derry 3-1
7%
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Derry 3-0
6%
--
Draw 2-2
5%
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Waterford 2-1
5%
--
Waterford 1-0
4%
--
Draw 0-0
4%
--
Derry 3-2
4%
--
Derry 4-1
4%
--
Derry 4-0
3%
--
Waterford 2-0
2%
--
Derry 4-2
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
62%
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Under 2.5 Goals
38%
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Home 1st Goal
55%
--
Away 1st Goal
42%
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No 1st Goal
3%
--
BTTS - Yes
58%
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BTTS - No
42%
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BTTS - Home Win
31%
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BTTS - Draw
16%
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BTTS - Away Win
11%
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Home/draw
81%
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Away/draw
39%
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Home/away
80%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
83%
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Under 1.5 Goals
17%
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Over 3.5 Goals
40%
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Under 3.5 Goals
60%
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Over 4.5 Goals
22%
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Under 4.5 Goals
78%
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Over 5.5 Goals
11%
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Under 5.5 Goals
89%
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Over 0.5 Goals
96%
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Under 0.5 Goals
4%
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Home DNB
75%
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Away DNB
33%
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Derry win to nil
30%
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Waterford win to nil
8%
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Win / draw / win Premier Division table

Derry have played 22 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 9 games against teams below in the table, having won 2, drawn 4 and lost 3 matches. They have kept 1 clean sheet and have failed to score in 2 fixtures. Derry have outscored their opponents by 27 goals to 25 goals.

Home League Performance

Derry have played 11 games at home winning 4, drawing 5 and losing 2 games. They have scored 17 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and conceded 12 goals at home.

Waterford are in 10th position in the Premier Division on 14 points having played 21 matches so far this season. Waterford are having a poor run against away teams, having not won a match so far this season. They have also not scored in 4 of those games.

Away League Performance

8 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 28 goals and kept no clean sheets. They have scored 11 goals in total and failed to score in 4 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

21 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 11 games, drawn 8 and won 2. Waterford have conceded 42 goals, scored 25, failed to score in 8 fixtures and have kept 2 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Derry
Waterford
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Shamrock221543 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
1-0A
Aug 28
Jun 22
d
 
1-1F
l
 
1-0A
l
 
0-2A
Sep 18
2
St Patrick's211838 
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
0-00-0
Oct 9
Jul 31
l
 
0-2A
l
 
4-1F
Jul 10
Aug 28
3
Dundalk21535 
d
 
2-2A
d
 
2-2F
Oct 23
l
 
2-1A
d
 
3-3A
l
 
5-0A
Sep 11
Jun 26
4
Bohemians22634 
l
 
0-1A
d
 
1-1F
w
 
4-1A
Aug 21
l
 
0-1A
d
 
1-1F
Aug 7
Oct 16
5
Shelbourne21230 
l
 
1-2A
w
 
1-2F
d
 
0-00-0
Sep 11
d
 
1-1A
l
 
2-1A
Jul 31
Oct 30
6
Derry22125 
-
-
-
-
d
 
2-2A
l
 
4-2F
Sep 4
Jul 3
7
Galway20-324 
d
 
1-1A
l
 
2-1A
Sep 18
l
 
2-1A
d
 
1-1A
l
 
4-3A
Oct 9
Jul 25
8
Drogheda21-922 
d
 
2-2F
l
 
1-0A
Jun 26
Oct 16
w
 
2-1A
l
 
2-0A
Oct 23
d
 
3-3F
9
Sligo21-1819 
w
 
2-1A
d
 
0-00-0
Aug 7
Oct 30
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
2-0A
w
 
4-0F
Aug 22
10
Waterford21-1714 
w
 
4-2A
d
 
2-2F
Jul 3
Sep 4
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-
-
-
Win / draw / win form
Derry 6TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
35
Conceded
20
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
8
Draw
10
L
2
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
Derry0 - 0Cork
Derry1 - 1Bohemians
Derry7 - 2Waterford
Derry3 - 0Drogheda
Derry1 - 1Galway
Goals: Scored
23
Conceded
23
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
W
4
Draw
9
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ADerry1 - 2Galway
HDerry4 - 1Bohemians
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
Waterford 10TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
22
Conceded
47
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
19 / 20
Clean sheets
1 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
W
2
D
4
Lost
14
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Drogheda3 - 3Waterford
Shelbourne2 - 1Waterford
St Patrick's4 - 1Waterford
Shamrock1 - 0Waterford
Sligo2 - 0Waterford
Bohemians1 - 1Waterford
Galway4 - 3Waterford
Dundalk5 - 0Waterford
Derry4 - 2Waterford
Drogheda2 - 0Waterford
Bray1 - 2Waterford
St Patrick's1 - 1Waterford
Shelbourne2 - 1Waterford
Bohemians2 - 1Waterford
Cork2 - 0Waterford
Drogheda0 - 0Waterford
Galway2 - 4Waterford
Derry7 - 2Waterford
Shamrock1 - 0Waterford
Sligo1 - 0Waterford
Goals: Scored
24
Conceded
41
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
W
2
Draw
7
Lost
11
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HWaterford0 - 2Shamrock
HWaterford4 - 0Sligo
AWaterford3 - 3Drogheda
AWaterford1 - 2Shelbourne
HWaterford2 - 1Drogheda
HWaterford2 - 2Derry
AWaterford1 - 4St Patrick's
HWaterford3 - 3Dundalk
AWaterford0 - 1Shamrock
HWaterford1 - 1Galway
AWaterford0 - 2Sligo
AWaterford1 - 1Bohemians
HWaterford1 - 1Shamrock
HWaterford0 - 2St Patrick's
AWaterford3 - 4Galway
AWaterford0 - 5Dundalk
HWaterford0 - 1Bohemians
AWaterford2 - 4Derry
HWaterford0 - 0Sligo
AWaterford0 - 2Drogheda
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Derry since 2019
Derry
Waterford
Goals: Scored
28
10
Games: Scored
10 / 10
5 / 10
Clean sheets
5 / 10
0 / 10
DER
8
WAT
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Derry
Derry4 - 2
Derry7 - 2
1 - 2Waterford
Derry3 - 0
Derry3 - 0
Derry2 - 0
1 - 2Waterford
Derry2 - 0
Derry2 - 0
Derry3 - 2
League games at Waterford since 2019
Waterford
Derry
Goals: Scored
12
15
Games: Scored
7 / 10
10 / 10
Clean sheets
0 / 10
3 / 10
DER
4
D
4
WAT
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Waterford
Draw2 - 2Draw
1 - 2Derry
Waterford2 - 1
0 - 1Derry
0 - 2Derry
Draw2 - 2Draw
0 - 1Derry
Waterford2 - 1
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw2 - 2Draw
Goal Statistics
Derry 6th Waterford 10th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
2.1
goals
1.1
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
12%
1
25%
2
27%
3
19%
4+
16%
There is a 63% probability that Derry will score 2 or more goals in this match
0
34%
1
37%
2
20%
3
4+
There is a 71% probability that Waterford will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+13
Derry have scored 13% more goals at home than predicted
+3
Waterford’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.8
average goals scored
1.1
average goals scored
1.0
conceded
2.4
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Premier Division - 2026/2026 season
Derry
PG (predicted goals)
Waterford
2.1
1.1
Attack rating
4%
better
DER
WAT
view stats
Games scored15
13
Failed to score7
8
Scored first6
6
Goals scored27
25
Avg. goals scored1.2
1.2
Avg. shots per game9
9
Avg. shots per goal7
7
Conversion rate for13
14
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
+4%
Defence rating
23%
better
DER
WAT
view stats
Games conceded17
19
Clean sheets5
2
Conceded first12
14
Goals conceded26
42
Avg. goals conceded1.2
2
Avg. shots/game conceded8
13
Avg. shots/goal conceded7
7
Conversion rate against15%
15%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
+23%

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

Derry Premier Division squad statistics 2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
20636
E. BeachM DuffyJ McCleanA O'Reilly
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Clarke MID2151
3
-
E. Beach GLK20
1
-
B Fleming DEF202
5
-
A O'Reilly MID201
5
1
J Thomas FWD191
4
-
B Cotter DEF181
5
-
J Olayinka MID1811
1
-
J Stott DEF171
5
-
D Markey MID1711
5
-
D Akinyemi FWD173
1
-
P McClean DEF1611
6
-
M Duffy FWD1562
1
-
C Barr DEF141
-
J McClean MID143
3
1
H Rylah FWD1421
1
-
C Dummigan  DEF1311
5
-
C Winchester MID12
2
-
B Doherty DEF112
2
-
K. Carvalho Santos FWD1031
1
-
A Bannon DEF611
-
R Slevin DEF5
1
-
L Boyce  FWD3
-
G Whyte FWD31
1
-
S. Callister GLK1
-
B Maher GLK1
-
C. Downey MID1
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Waterford Premier Division squad statistics 2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
20835
P AmondT LonerganC NoonanJ Mahon
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
H Cann DEF211
2
-
P Amond FWD216
-
C Noonan MID203
3
-
J Mahon DEF1931
5
-
T Lonergan FWD1981
3
-
B Couto DEF1811
4
-
L Heeney MID18
5
-
D McMenamy MID1812
3
-
J. Voilas FWD1823
1
-
S McMullan GLK14
-
S Glenfield MID14
5
-
C Carty FWD14
1
-
T Coyle FWD14
-
K Long DEF1221
4
-
C. Barrett DEF11
1
-
E McLaughlin MID112
4
-
J Houston DEF101
1
-
J Faria MID9
-
W Johnson DEF8
4
-
A. Doherty GLK7
-
R. Mansfield DEF7
3
-
A. Zborowski DEF5
-
J Dempsey DEF4
-