Derry City and Limerick meet at Brandywell Stadium, in a match for the 25 th round of the Premier League. In the last head-to-head for this edition of the league, played on 03-12-2018, Derry City won at home against (5-0). In this stadium, the history of direct confrontations indicates total equilibrium between these two teams, since there were 2 draws and 2 victories for each team in the last 6 matches. However, the last time these two teams played a match at this stadium was on 12-03-2018, for the Premier League, which ended in Derry City’s victory by (5-0). The goals of the match were scored by R. Curtis (62 ‘), A. McEneff (64’) and Ronan Hale (9 ‘, 70’ and 73 ‘) for Derry City. In spite of being a match between 5th and 9th of the table, it is really a match between the 6th classified in home matches and the 7th as a visitor.
Derry City:
The home team is currently in the 5 th position of the league, with 33 points won, after 10 wins, 3 draws and 11 losses. In the penultimate match, they lost in a home match against Dundalk, by (0-4). In the last match, they lost in an away match against Shamrock Rovers, by (2-0). This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, since they have won 20 points in away matches, with 19 goals scored and 30 conceded, against 19 points won and 13 goals scored. For the championship, Derry City won 17 points out of 30 possible points, after 5 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses in the last 10 home matches. In their home league matches the most frequent final result at halftime was 1-0 (4 out of 11 matches). Defensive consistency has not been their best feature, as they have conceded goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 24 matches in this tournament, he suffered the first goal 9 times and never got the comeback.
The Derry City comes to this game unmotivated, fruit of the defeat in the field of the Shamrock, by 2-0, totalizing the according snub continued in this Irish championship. Due to the irregular moment they are going through, the locals moved away from the top of the leaderboard. As he has done in the home games, coach Kenny Shiels must act in 4-2-3-1, privileging possession of ball and organized attacks: the 10 Bem Fisk sweater is the big responsible for creating and organizing the offensive process . Aaron McEnuff is the best scorer of the home team, with 10 goals scored. There are no absences of weight for this game.
Limerick:
The away team is currently in the 9 th position of the league, with 21 points won, after 5 wins, 6 draws and 13 losses. In the penultimate match, they lost in a home match against Shamrock Rovers, by (0-2). In the last match, they won in a home match against Bray Wanderers, by (2-1). This is a team that usually gets more positive results in away matches than at home, since they have won 12 points in away matches and 10 at their stadium, with 10 goals scored and 24 conceded in away matches, against 7 goals scored and 20 conceded at home. In the last away game in this competition lost by (4-0) to Dundalk. In the last 10 away league matches Limerick has a record of 2 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses, so they have won 9 points out of 30 possible. In their away league matches the most frequent result at half-time was the 0-0 (5 out of 13 matches). The team allowed goals to the opponent in 9 of the last 10 matches for this competition, so it was not very strong defensively. In their home matches there is a tendency for few goals, since 5 of the last 11 matches for this competition have ended with Under 1,5 goals. In 24 matches in this tournament, he suffered the first goal 13 times and never got the comeback. There is 1 period that stands out in the last 11 away matches for this competition: they have suffered 9 of their 24 goals between minutes (61′-75 ‘).
The Limerick starts for this day with a home win over Bray, 2-1, finally returning to the triumphs after having remained five consecutive games without winning in this competition: the goals were scored by Maguire and Coleman, both in the first half of the game. A win on this day is an almost mandatory goal, since visitors occupy the descent zone. In this game away from home, coach Tommy Barrett will have to adopt a tactic very similar to that of the last game, that is, the 4-2-3-1, privileging the defensive organization and counterattacks, however, in some moments of the game. duel must assume possession of the ball. Danny Morrissey is the best Limerick marker, with 5 goals scored. The entire template is available for this game.
PREDICTION: Derry City to win @ 1.40
