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Friday, 16/10/2026 at 20:45

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Match preview · Premier Division (Ireland)

Drogheda United – Derry City

Drogheda United 9th in Premier Division (Ireland) Home 1.13 projected goals by the model
Derry City 4th in Premier Division (Ireland) Away 1.40 projected goals by the model

Model updated 5 October, 15:30 Odds not yet available

What the model expects

expected goals
1.13 1.40
Drogheda United Derry City
Drogheda United
27%
Draw
31%
Derry City
41%
The odds each result is fair at by the model's chance of it, with no margin in it
Drogheda United Draw Derry City
Fair odds 3.64 3.22 2.41
Total goals
2.53
Over 2.5 goals
48%
Both teams to score
57%
Data coverage · full

Both teams have the full 20-match model window available.

Model vs market

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The model's case

Why the model leans Derry City

41% Derry City to win

Attack
8th vs 7th
Derry City attack v Drogheda United defence
Defence
2nd vs 9th
Derry City defence v Drogheda United attack
Recent xG form
+0.10 vs -0.85
xGD per match, last 6
Projected goals
1.13 – 1.40
Drogheda United v Derry City
How the model arrived here →

Team comparison

Season to date, per match, with each club's placing in the competition. The last row is the last 6 matches.

Overview: Drogheda United and Derry City compared, each figure with where it places in the competition.
Reading Drogheda United Derry City
xG / match 1.16 · 9th (better) 1.18 · 8th
xGA / match 1.60 · 8th (better) 1.18 · 4th
xGD / match -0.44 · 9th (better) +0.01 · 5th
xPts / match 1.10 · 9th (better) 1.37 · 5th
Last 6 xGD / match -0.85 (better) +0.10

The scorelines behind the model's numbers

No exact score is especially likely. The 3 most probable scorelines account for 35% of the model's distribution.

Derry City clean sheet
30%
Derry City 2+ goals
42%
Under 2.5 goals
52%
Both teams to score: no
43%

Most likely scorelines

1:1
15.9%
1:2
10.4%
0:1
8.9%
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Match result

Drogheda United to win
27.5% 3.64 —
Draw
31.0% 3.22 —
Derry City to win
41.5% 2.41 —

Goals

Over 1.5 goals
76.2% 1.31 —
Under 1.5 goals
23.8% 4.21 —
Over 2.5 goals
47.6% 2.10 —
Under 2.5 goals
52.4% 1.91 —

Both teams to score

Both teams to score
56.9% 1.76 —
Both teams not to score
43.1% 2.32 —

Team goals — Drogheda United

Drogheda United to score
70.4% 1.42 —
Drogheda United not to score
29.6% 3.38 —
Drogheda United 2+ goals
31.5% 3.18 —
Drogheda United at most 1 goal
68.5% 1.46 —

Team goals — Derry City

Derry City to score
78.3% 1.28 —
Derry City not to score
21.7% 4.60 —
Derry City 2+ goals
42.1% 2.37 —
Derry City at most 1 goal
57.9% 1.73 —

Model details

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the last 20 matches, recency weighted (a match 107 days old counts half)
Drogheda United sample
20 matches
Derry City sample
20 matches
Home xG sample · Drogheda United
16 matches
Away xG sample · Derry City
16 matches
Computed
Monday, 05/10/2026 at 15:30

Limitations

The model reads expected goals and nothing else. It does not know the lineups, who is injured or suspended, what either side has to play for, the weather, or how congested the schedule around this match is.