Derry City v Shamrock Rovers Prediction, Preview & Odds - Premier Division

We have a Derry City v Shamrock Rovers prediction for you plus a breakdown of the betting odds ahead of Friday night's big game!

Derry City looking to end the Shamrock Rovers dominance in recent seasons, but even with them second and 1 point above Rovers’ there is a sense of missed opportunities already for them in the title race.

Shamrock Rovers look to finally be coming into their league-winning form with 4 wins from their last 5 matches, it seems like only a matter of time before and not if when they return to the summit of the table.

How To Watch Derry City v Shamrock Rovers

When is Derry City v Shamrock Rovers?

Derry City v Shamrock Rovers will take place Friday at 7.45 pm

TV Channel

RTÉ 2

Where is Derry City v Shamrock Rovers Being Played?

Derry City are at home so this fixture will be played at their home ground The Brandywell Stadium.

Derry City v Shamrock Rovers Odds

Derry City are 6/4 favourites to claim a huge early season victory, Shamrock Rovers could be value at 9/5 and the draw is priced at 21/1-.

Handicap Betting

Derry City -1 @ 9/2

Shamrock Rovers -+1 @ 1/2

Handicap Draw -1 @ 3/1

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Derry City v Shamrock Rovers Weather Forecast

The temperature is expected to be 9 degrees with no rain forecasted.

Derry City v Shamrock Rovers Preview

Derry City’ Form

Derry have been looking to end the domination of Shamrock Rovers for several seasons and had their closest challenge last season when they finished 7 points behind in runners-up. The signing of Hoban has proved successful so far with his 6 goals putting him top-scorer, but there could be a perceived overreliance on him already when he doesn’t play and/or play well.

Unbeaten from their last three league games albeit 2 of those games were draws, their first result was a 0-0 draw in Tolka against Shelbourne and that was followed by a 4-1 domination of Dundalk at the Brandywell. However, the club's most recent 2-2 against Drogheda conceding a late goal to cost them 2 points there is a sense of missed opportunities a plenty for the club already this season.

A victory here would be a huge step towards their early league title aspirations putting them 4 points ahead of reigning champions.

Derry City’ Last Five Results

Drogheda 2-2 Derry City | April 12th | Draw

Derry City 4-1 Dundalk | April 5th | Win

Shelbourne 0-0 Derry City | April 1st | Draw

Derry City 0-1 Galway United | March 29th | Loss

Derry City 0-1 Galway| February 9th| Win

2 Wins, 2 Draws and 1 Loss

Shamrock Rovers Form

Shamrock Rovers are notoriously slow starters in the league, but there is always an air of inevitability about them eventually returning to the top of the table and landing another league. Thus, it’s no surprise that they are the form team in the league with their 12-point total from the last 5 league games the highest total of any side. Even their loss against St Patrick’s Athletic during that time could be considered unlucky.

Last Friday Night they put in a dominant performance in the “Rovers’ Derby” not only winning 3-0 but they dominated possession (67%) and their 21 shots and 11 on target was substantially higher than their 5 shots and 3 on target. Graham Burke and a brace from Aaron Greene were the goal-scorers. This was the fourth successive game in which the club were involved and had over 2.5 goals.

Victory on Friday Night would see them ascend the table further again at a minimum leapfrogging their opponents and potentially Bohemians’

Shamrock Rovers' Last Five Results

Shamrock Rovers 3-0 Sligo Rovers | April 12th | Win

St Patrick’s Athletic 2-1 Shamrock Rovers | April 5th | Loss

Waterford 1-2 Shamrock Rovers | April 1st | Win

Shamrock Rovers 3-1 Bohemians | March 29th | Win

Galway United 0-1 Shamrock Rovers | March 15th| Win

4 Wins and 1 Loss

Derry City v Shamrock Rovers Predicted Lineups

Derry City’s Predicted Starting XI (4-2-3-1)

GK: Maher

RB: Boyce, CB: Connolly, CB: McJannet, LB: Coll

CM: O’Reilly, CM: Patching

RW: Kelly, AM: McMullan,  LW:  Duffy

CF: Hoban

Shamrock Rovers' Predicted Starting XI (3-4-1-2)

GK: Pohls

CB: Cleary, CB: Hoare, CB: Honohan

RM: Burns, CM: O’Neill, CM: Watts, LM: Poom

CF: Greene, CF: Kenny

Derry City v Shamrock Rovers Head-To-Head Results & Stats

All-Time Head-To-Head Record

Derry City wins: 14

Shamrock Rovers wins: 22

Draws: 14

Head-To-Head Results Last Five Matches

Shamrock Rovers 2-2 Derry City | Premier Division | March 4th, 2024

Derry City 1-1 Shamrock Rovers | Premier Division | September 15th, 2023

Shamrock Rovers 1-0 Derry City | Premier Division| June 26th, 2023

Derry City 0-2 Shamrock Rovers | Premier Division| May 1st, 2023

Shamrock Rovers 1-2 Derry City | Premier Division| March 3rd, 2023

Betting Trends

Goals

Coming in the game between both teams there has been an average of 2.5 Goals Per Match across their games compared with the league average of 2.21.

In historic matches 70% have Over 1.5 Goals, 70% have Over 2.5 Goals and 60% have had BTTS.

Cards

Between both sides, they average a cumulative 3.8 cards per match which is substantially less than the league average of 5.06.

Corners

Between both sides, they average a cumulative 13.80 cards per match which is substantially more than the league average of 9.64.

Scoring Patterns

Both sides have enjoyed going forward with Derry the top scorers in the league (16) and Shamrock Rovers joint second with Shelbourne (14). In defence, they’re both also conceding an average of a goal a game.

Key Players To Watch

Patrick Hoban-Derry City

Their sole signing of the off-season, following the long-running transfer saga they eventually secured the capture of Hoban from Dundalk. It’s been a bright start too with Hoban currently the top-scorer with 6 goals he’s proven the difference maker in games already, but there is a sense that they’re already overreliant on Hoban to score goals.

Darragh Burns -Shamrock Rovers

The former St Patrick’s Athletic star is back in the League of Ireland following an unsuccessful period with MK Dons and he will have a point to prove that he still has the technical ability and talent to bounce back and bounce back is exactly what he has done with 3 goals and 3 assists from 9 league games this season already and has made light work of the competition for places argument playing every game.

Derry City v Shamrock Rovers Prediction & Best Bet

Prediction: Derry City 0-2 Shamrock Rovers

Derry City may have missed a few opportunities already this season to have a higher points tally including dropping 2 points late against Drogheda in their last game. However, they can take a huge step in a positive direction with a home win on Friday Night.

Shamrock Rovers’ are the form team in the league and their performances are starting to come together too they’ll fancy their chances of landing a win here even if by the betting they’re “outsiders” in the market.

Rovers’ are a superior side to Derry even this season and I think they win this game comfortably.

Best Bet:  Shamrock Rovers Win @ 19/10

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