Rep. Ireland - Premier DivisionStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Derry City and Drogheda United, taking place on Friday, 07 April 2023, at Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium in Derry.
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Derry City, Recent FormDerry City head into this match with some confidence in the knowledge that they recorded a solid 1-0 away win against Shelbourne in their last league encounter.
Manager Ruaidhrí Higgins will be pleased with his team's performances recently, having only conceded 2 in their last 6 games, while still managing to score a respectable 10 goals. Having found the net in 5 of their last 6 matches, they will be pleased that their forward line have found some good and consistent form of late. They are proving to be a hard team to beat, having kept 4 clean sheets in their last 6 matches.
There will be mixed feelings from The Candystripes, although undefeated in their last 3 league games at home, 2 of these games ended in a draw.
Goalscorer Jordan McEneff will be planning to get himself on the scoresheet once more, having notched up 4 goals in his last 6 league matches for Derry City.
Drogheda United, Recent FormDrogheda United manager Kevin Doherty will be looking for a better result in this game following a disappointing 1-1 draw in his team's last league outing against Cork City.
It seems pretty certain that he will be quite pleased with his squad's ability to score goals in recent matches, having managed 5 goals in their past 6 outings. In contrast, however, he will be concerned that their defensive qualities look a little more fragile, with 6 goals conceded in those matches and some crucial points dropped. They are showing great consistency in finding the back of the net, having scored in 5 of their last 6 games.
They've had a poor run of form on the road recently, losing 3 of their last 6 away games and managing only 1 win.
Despite both teams hitting the net in their previous encounter, the match ended in a 1-1 draw.
The Drogs defence has struggled at Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium, having conceded 1 or more goals in each of their last 6 visits.
The last 3 league meetings between these teams have ended in a draw, but Derry City may still feel they have the upper hand, given they have not lost any of their last 4 league encounters with Drogheda.
Jamie McGonigle will be feeling confident about scoring for Derry City ahead of this encounter with Drogheda, having netted 3 goals in the past 3 league meetings between these two at Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium.
There is only really one injury concern for the Derry City manager Ruaidhrí Higgins ahead of this clash, with Mark Connolly (Hamstring) missing out, which gives Higgins a strong squad to pick his starting eleven from.
With only Ben Curtis (Hamstring) and Adam Foley (Muscle) the main fitness concerns ahead of this fixture, Kevin Doherty will be happy to have an otherwise healthy squad to pick from.
Derry City Playing at home | Drogheda United Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Goals scored | 0.8 |
| 0.3 | Goals conceded | 1 |
| 56' | Time first goal scored | 43' |
| 25' | Time first goal conceded | 14' |
| 1.3 | Yellow cards | 2.8 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 3.3 | Subs used | 2.5 |
| 2-0 | Biggest victory | 1-0 |
| - | Biggest defeat | 3-1 |
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