Rep. Ireland - Premier DivisionStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between UCD and Derry City, taking place on Sunday, 06 August 2023, at UCD Bowl in Dublin.
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UCD, Recent FormUCD will not be too troubled by their 2-0 away defeat against Bohemian FC, given the latter currently sit 14 places further up the league table than they do. They came away from that fixture with 31% of the possession and clocked up 5 attempts on goal with 1 on target. By comparison, Bohemian FC managed 21 attempts on goal, with 6 on target.
Manager Andy Myler will be looking to hit the reset button after his team's terrible performances in their last 6 games, having scored only 3 goals, conceded 21, and picked up a meagre 3 points. They have failed to score in 4 of their last 6 games, and they have also failed to keep a clean sheet in their last 15 games.
UCD will not be enjoying their recent run of poor form, having lost 4 league games in a row.
Derry City, Recent FormHaving taken all 3 points, with a crucial 2-1 home win over Sligo Rovers in their last league game, Derry City will undoubtedly be very satisfied with their work.
They may consider themselves adept at breaking through their opponent's defences, having scored 6 goals in their last 6 outings, but they have had their own defensive frailties to worry about, having conceded 7 and seen valuable points lost. They have scored in 4 of their last 6 away games, and overall this season they have recorded 11 clean sheets in 25 games.
They're experiencing a bit of an unwelcome spell of form away from home, having lost 3 of their last 6 on the road and picking up only 2 wins.
The last time these two teams met Derry City enforced their superiority over UCD with a comfortable 4-1 win.
It's been a long time since UCD at home has managed to find the back of The Candystripes net, having failed to score against them in their last 3 encounters at UCD Bowl. In the past 13 away matches at UCD in the league, The Candystripes have consistently found the net, scoring at least 1 goal in each of those encounters. When it comes to breaching the opposition defence, Derry City know how to do it against The Students, having clocked up 19 goals against them in their previous 5 meetings. In their past 5 meetings, Derry City's defence has been pretty stingy, only conceding 2 goals, so The Students will have to take their chances when they come.
Derry City have dominated this away fixture in the past, winning the last 9 times in a row that they have played UCD at UCD Bowl in the league.
Derry City player Michael Duffy has scored 4 times in the previous 3 matches against UCD away at UCD Bowl in the league and will be looking for more of the same in this match.
With only Mark Dignam (Muscle) and Sam Todd (Knock) the main fitness concerns ahead of this fixture, Andy Myler will be happy to have an otherwise healthy squad to pick from.
With Ciaron Harkin (Muscle) and Colm Whelan (Knee) both being out for the rest of the season Derry City manager Ruaidhrí Higgins will be pleased that there are no other major fitness concerns amongst the rest of his squad ahead of this upcoming fixture.
UCD Playing at home | Derry City Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 0.6 | Goals scored | 1.6 |
| 2 | Goals conceded | 1.1 |
| 56' | Time first goal scored | 33' |
| 32' | Time first goal conceded | 51' |
| 2.2 | Yellow cards | 2.5 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0.1 |
| 4.2 | Subs used | 3.9 |
| 2-1 | Biggest victory | 4-0 |
| 4-0 | Biggest defeat | 4-1 |
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