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

Fri 26th Sep, 19:45 BST, United Park (Drogheda), Drogheda

the United Park (Drogheda) is the stage on Friday evening, as Kevin Doherty's Drogheda United FC host Huseyin Eroglu's Derry City in the Premier Division. Premier Division statistics are the most important part of the predictions you'll find below, with head-to-head history included too. It's all on this page, with infographics and odds available for seventeen major betting markets using the tabs.


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Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
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Drogheda
41%
--
Draw
29%
--
Derry
30%
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Drogheda 1-0
14%
--
Draw 1-1
13%
--
Draw 0-0
11%
--
Derry 1-0
11%
--
Drogheda 2-0
8%
--
Drogheda 2-1
8%
--
Derry 2-1
6%
--
Derry 2-0
5%
--
Draw 2-2
4%
--
Drogheda 3-0
3%
--
Drogheda 3-1
3%
--
Derry 3-1
2%
--
Derry 3-0
2%
--
Drogheda 3-2
2%
--
Derry 3-2
1%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
37%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
63%
--
Home 1st Goal
49%
--
Away 1st Goal
43%
--
No 1st Goal
8%
--
BTTS - Yes
43%
--
BTTS - No
57%
--
BTTS - Home Win
15%
--
BTTS - Draw
18%
--
BTTS - Away Win
11%
--
Home/draw
70%
--
Away/draw
59%
--
Home/away
71%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
64%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
36%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
17%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
83%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
7%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
93%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
2%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
98%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
89%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
11%
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Home DNB
62%
--
Away DNB
50%
--
Drogheda win to nil
27%
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Derry win to nil
19%
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Win / draw / win Premier Division table

Drogheda have played 29 matches so far this season and are in 6th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

17 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 6 games, drawn 6 and won 5. Drogheda have conceded 17 goals, scored 13, failed to score in 7 matches and kept 8 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Drogheda have played 14 games at home, winning 6, drawing 5 and losing 3 fixtures. They have scored 17 goals, conceded 11 goals, kept 7 clean sheets and failed to score 3 times in home league games.

Derry lay in 2nd place on 49 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 14, drawing 6 and losing 7 games. They have scored 43 goals and kept 9 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Derry have conceded 31 goals and have failed to score in 4 matches.

Away league performance

Derry have played 15 away games, winning 7, drawing 2 and losing 6 games. They have scored an average of 1.1 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.3 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Drogheda
Derry
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Shamrock282456 
l
 
1-2F
l
 
3-0A
l
 
1-2F
l
 
2-1A
l
 
1-2F
d
 
0-00-0
Oct 24
l
 
2-0A
2
Derry30949 
d
 
1-1F
w
 
1-3A
Sep 26
l
 
3-0A
-
-
-
-
3
Bohemians30947 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-1F
Nov 1
w
 
0-1F
w
 
1-0F
l
 
1-0A
d
 
1-1F
w
 
3-4A
4
Shelbourne28642 
d
 
2-2F
w
 
0-1F
Sep 22
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
2-0F
l
 
3-1A
Sep 19
w
 
0-1F
5
St Patrick's29642 
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
0-1A
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
1-0F
l
 
2-0A
d
 
2-2A
w
 
0-1F
6
Drogheda29342 
-
-
-
-
l
 
1-3F
d
 
1-1A
w
 
3-0F
Sep 26
7
Waterford29-1734 
w
 
2-0F
d
 
2-2A
d
 
0-00-0
Oct 3
l
 
1-2A
l
 
2-1A
w
 
7-2F
Oct 17
8
Galway29-830 
d
 
1-1F
l
 
2-1F
w
 
1-0F
Oct 24
d
 
1-1A
w
 
2-3F
d
 
1-1A
w
 
1-2A
9
Sligo29-1230 
w
 
3-0F
d
 
2-2F
w
 
1-0F
Sep 19
w
 
3-0F
w
 
0-1F
Oct 3
l
 
2-0A
10
Cork29-2022 
w
 
3-2A
d
 
1-1A
Oct 17
d
 
1-1F
w
 
2-1A
w
 
1-2F
d
 
0-00-0
Nov 1
Win / draw / win form
Drogheda 6TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
28
Conceded
15
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
10 / 20
Clean sheets
10 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
8
Draw
8
L
4
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Drogheda0 - 1St Patrick's
Drogheda0 - 0Waterford
Drogheda1 - 0Galway
Drogheda1 - 0Sligo
Drogheda1 - 2Shamrock
Drogheda1 - 0Bohemians
Drogheda1 - 1Derry
Drogheda3 - 2Cork
Drogheda0 - 0St Patrick's
Drogheda2 - 2Shelbourne
Drogheda2 - 0Waterford
Drogheda1 - 2Shamrock
Drogheda1 - 1Galway
Drogheda3 - 0Sligo
Drogheda0 - 0Dundalk
Drogheda0 - 1Shamrock
Drogheda2 - 1Derry
Drogheda0 - 0Galway
Drogheda7 - 0Sligo
Drogheda2 - 2Bohemians
Goals: Scored
18
Conceded
23
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
5
Draw
9
Lost
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ADrogheda1 - 2Shamrock
HDrogheda0 - 1St Patrick's
HDrogheda0 - 0Waterford
ADrogheda1 - 0Bohemians
HDrogheda1 - 0Galway
ADrogheda0 - 3Derry
ADrogheda1 - 1Cork
HDrogheda1 - 0Sligo
HDrogheda1 - 2Shamrock
ADrogheda0 - 0St Patrick's
ADrogheda2 - 2Waterford
HDrogheda1 - 0Bohemians
ADrogheda0 - 0Shelbourne
HDrogheda1 - 1Derry
ADrogheda0 - 3Shamrock
HDrogheda3 - 2Cork
ADrogheda2 - 2Sligo
ADrogheda1 - 2Galway
HDrogheda0 - 0St Patrick's
HDrogheda2 - 2Shelbourne
Derry 2ND
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
21
Conceded
24
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
9
D
2
Lost
9
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Bohemians3 - 4Derry
Galway1 - 2Derry
Shamrock2 - 0Derry
Sligo2 - 0Derry
St Patrick's0 - 1Derry
Shelbourne0 - 1Derry
Bohemians1 - 0Derry
Drogheda1 - 1Derry
Cork1 - 2Derry
Waterford2 - 1Derry
Galway2 - 3Derry
Shamrock0 - 0Derry
Sligo0 - 1Derry
St Patrick's2 - 0Derry
Shelbourne3 - 1Derry
St Patrick's1 - 0Derry
Dundalk0 - 2Derry
Drogheda2 - 1Derry
Galway1 - 0Derry
Waterford0 - 1Derry
Goals: Scored
33
Conceded
21
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
10
Draw
5
Lost
5
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ADerry4 - 3Bohemians
HDerry2 - 2St Patrick's
ADerry2 - 1Galway
HDerry0 - 0Cork
ADerry0 - 2Shamrock
HDerry1 - 1Bohemians
ADerry0 - 2Sligo
HDerry7 - 2Waterford
HDerry3 - 0Drogheda
ADerry1 - 0St Patrick's
ADerry1 - 0Shelbourne
HDerry1 - 1Galway
ADerry0 - 1Bohemians
HDerry1 - 2Shamrock
ADerry1 - 1Drogheda
ADerry2 - 1Cork
HDerry1 - 0St Patrick's
HDerry2 - 0Shelbourne
ADerry1 - 2Waterford
HDerry3 - 0Sligo
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Drogheda since 2021
Drogheda
Derry
Goals: Scored
9
9
Games: Scored
7 / 9
7 / 9
Clean sheets
2 / 9
2 / 9
DRO
2
D
5
DER
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Drogheda
Draw1 - 1Draw
Drogheda2 - 1
Draw2 - 2Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
0 - 1Derry
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Drogheda1 - 0
1 - 2Derry
League games at Derry since 2021
Derry
Drogheda
Goals: Scored
21
8
Games: Scored
9 / 10
6 / 10
Clean sheets
4 / 10
1 / 10
DRO
2
D
2
DER
6
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Derry
Derry3 - 0
1 - 3Drogheda
Derry5 - 1
Derry2 - 1
Derry3 - 0
0 - 1Drogheda
Draw1 - 1Draw
Derry2 - 0
Derry3 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
Goal Statistics

Goals have been difficult to come by for Drogheda United FC of late. It has been 10 Premier Division games since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.2 suggests they'll have problems ending that run on Friday evening against Derry City.

Drogheda 6th Derry 2nd
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.2
goals
1.0
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
30%
1
36%
2
22%
3
9%
4+
There is a 66% probability that Drogheda will score no more than 1 goal
0
38%
1
37%
2
18%
3
4+
There is a 75% probability of Derry scoring 1 goal or less
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+4
Drogheda’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-5
Derry’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.4
average goals scored
1.1
average goals scored
0.8
conceded
1.2
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Premier Division - 2025/2025 season
Drogheda
PG (predicted goals)
Derry
1.2
1
Attack rating
DRO
DER
13%
better
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Games scored21
24
Failed to score8
6
Scored first16
14
Goals scored31
44
Avg. goals scored1.1
1.5
Avg. shots per game8
9
Avg. shots per goal7
6
Conversion rate for14
16
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
+13%
Defence rating
23%
better
DRO
DER
view stats
Games conceded16
20
Clean sheets13
10
Conceded first8
14
Goals conceded28
35
Avg. goals conceded1
1.2
Avg. shots/game conceded10
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded10
6
Conversion rate against10%
15%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
+23%

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

Drogheda Premier Division squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
297310
C KeeleyW DavisS FarrellR Brennan
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
C Keeley DEF2962
6
-
C Kane DEF291
2
-
T Oluwa FWD2921
2
-
L Dennison GLK28
2
-
R Brennan MID2821
10
-
L Heeney MID2811
7
-
O Lambe DEF272
3
-
W Davis FWD2772
4
-
A Quinn DEF262
3
-
D Markey MID2631
4
-
S Farrell MID2523
6
-
J. Bolger DEF19
-
K Cruise DEF131
2
-
D James-Taylor FWD132
1
-
G Cooper DEF111
-
E Ahui DEF81
3
1
S. Bawa FWD8
1
-
D. Kareem FWD61
1
-
A. Haper-Bailey DEF5
-
P Doyle MID5
-
B. Bosakani FWD5
-
J Thomas FWD52
1
-
J O'Sullivan MID2
-
S. Brady MID2
2
-
J Brady GLK1
-
J Stretton FWD1
-
Derry Premier Division squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
309914
B MaherM DuffyM DuffyA O'Reilly
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
B Maher GLK30
2
-
M Duffy FWD3099
5
-
M Connolly  DEF291
5
-
A O'Reilly MID2831
14
-
R Boyce DEF2622
4
1
S Todd DEF2612
2
-
C Winchester MID261
11
1
L Boyce  FWD2481
6
1
G Whyte FWD2434
2
-
R Benson MID231
4
1
D Mullen FWD2361
5
1
H Cann DEF211
4
-
S Diallo MID171
8
-
S Ferguson MID131
5
-
B Doherty DEF11
2
-
B Fleming DEF62
-
D Akinyemi FWD631
-
A Bannon DEF52
1
1
J Stott DEF41
2
1
A Frizzell MID3
-
C Dummigan  DEF1
-