Rep. Ireland - Premier DivisionStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Waterford and Derry City, taking place on Friday, 26 April 2024, at Waterford Regional Sports Centre in Waterford.
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Waterford, Recent FormA point gained from their 1-1 draw against St. Patrick's Athletic in their previous encounter will not be considered a bad outcome for Waterford. In that game they had 40% possession and managed 9 attempts on goal, with 2 on target, compared to St. Patrick's Athletic who had 13 attempts and 2 on target.
Having conceded 4 goals and scored just 3 in their last 6 games, they have been very fortunate to pick up 6 points. They have only kept 2 clean sheets in their last 6 home games.
They've had a less than ideal run of form recently, winning just 1 of their last 6 games.
Derry City, Recent FormDerry City will be happy to have grabbed 3 points in their last match, where they clocked up a 3-1 win in their home outing against St. Patrick's Athletic. They achieved 33% possession in that match and had 12 strikes at goal, with 5 hitting the target, up against St. Patrick's Athletic's tally of 17 efforts at goal, 5 of which were on target.
It seems pretty certain that Ruaidhrí Higgins will be quite pleased with his squad's ability to score goals in recent matches, having managed 10 goals in their past 6 outings. In contrast, however, he will be concerned that their defensive qualities look a little more fragile, with 8 goals conceded in those matches and some crucial points dropped. They have scored in 4 of their last 6 away games, but they have failed to keep a clean sheet in 5 of their last 6 games overall.
They've drawn their last 2 league games away from home, but their search for a league win on the road extends even further having gone 5 consecutive games without grabbing all 3 points.
On an individual basis, Patrick Hoban will be looking to get on the scoresheet again having scored 8 goals in Derry City's 12 league games this season.
Waterford will be looking to forget their last league encounter with Derry City, when a slew of goals ended in a heavy 3-0 defeat.
The Candystripes will be confident of finding the net in this one against Waterford, with an impressive scoring record of at least 1 goal in their previous 12 encounters between the two sides.
In the last 4 league matches against Derry City, Waterford have failed to record a victory.
With only Barry Baggley (Back) and Cameron Cresswell (Hip) the main fitness concerns ahead of this fixture, Keith Long will be happy to have an otherwise healthy squad to pick from.
Ruaidhrí Higgins has a number of injury concerns in his Derry City squad to contend with: Sadou Diallo (Ankle), Cameron Dummigan (Lack of fitness), Patrick McEleney (Unknown) and Colm Whelan (Knee)
Waterford Playing at home | Derry City Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Goals scored | 1 |
| 1 | Goals conceded | 1.2 |
| 25' | Time first goal scored | 60' |
| 55' | Time first goal conceded | 31' |
| 3 | Yellow cards | 1.8 |
| 0.2 | Red cards | 0 |
| 3 | Subs used | 3.6 |
| 3-1 | Biggest victory | - |
| 2-1 | Biggest defeat | 2-1 |
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