Rep. Ireland - Premier DivisionStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Derry City and UCD, taking place on Friday, 19 May 2023, at Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium in Derry.
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Derry City, Recent FormThe last league instalment for Derry City produced a stunning 3-0 home win over Dundalk.
Manager Ruaidhrí Higgins will be pleased with his team's performances recently, having only conceded 3 in their last 6 games, while still managing to score a respectable 10 goals. They have scored in 5 of their last 6 games, and they're currently on a run of 3 consecutive clean sheets.
They have had an excellent run of form recently, winning 5 out of their last 6 games.
UCD, Recent FormIn the aftermath of a 3-0 home mauling at the hands of Shamrock Rovers, the UCD team will need to refocus and rebuild confidence among the team.
Having conceded 10 goals and scored just 3 in their last 6 games, they have been very fortunate to pick up 4 points. They have failed to keep a clean sheet in 5 of their last 6 games, and this season they've failed to score in 9 of their 15 games.
UCD will not be enjoying their recent run of poor form on the road. They've lost their last 6 league games in a row away from home and not recorded a win on their travels in 7 games.
Mark Dignam has scored 2 goals in the last 6 away games and will be looking to add more in this fixture against Derry City.
A defeat for UCD in their last match against Derry City was not completely unexpected, but they will have been disappointed to lose by 4 goals.
Derry City will be feeling confident about extending their scoring record against The Students, having notched up at least 1 goal in the previous 6 meetings between the two. In their recent meetings The Candystripes have had no problem breaking down UCD's defence, having found the back of the net 17 times in their last 5 games. UCD have struggled to break down The Candystripes defence in their past encounters having only managed to find the back of the net 1 time in their last 5 meetings. Derry City have managed to keep a clean sheet against UCD in 4 of their previous 5 meetings.
Derry City will be looking to continue their winning streak against UCD having won in their last 6 meetings in the league.
Derry City man Michael Duffy will be confident about extending his scoring record against UCD, having hit the netting 6 times in the last 5 times they have met in the league.
Derry City manager Ruaidhrí Higgins has some team selection issues to consider ahead of this match. Mark Connolly (Muscle), Patrick McEleney (Muscle) and Colm Whelan (Muscle) are all currently out of contention for this game.
Andy Myler has a number of injury concerns in his UCD squad to contend with: Mark Dignam (Muscle), Mikey Raggett (Knock) and Sam Todd (Muscle)
Derry City Playing at home | UCD Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Goals scored | 0.4 |
| 0.6 | Goals conceded | 2.4 |
| 51' | Time first goal scored | 45' |
| 50' | Time first goal conceded | 26' |
| 1.8 | Yellow cards | 1.4 |
| 0.1 | Red cards | 0 |
| 3.9 | Subs used | 4 |
| 3-0 | Biggest victory | - |
| 2-0 | Biggest defeat | 4-0 |
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