📊 Form Guide

Waterford

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Waterford will be looking for an improved result here after the 4-1 Premier Division defeat last time out to St. Patrick's Athletic.

In that match, Waterford managed 31% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. The scorer for Waterford was John Mahon (5'). On the other side, St Patrick's Athletic had 23 attempts at goal with 10 of them on target. Chris Forrester (45'), Zachary Elbouzedi (57', 60') and Ryan Edmondson (77') scored for St. Patrick's Athletic.

It has been seldom in recent games that Waterford have shown defensive steel. In fact, Waterford have seen their defence breached in 6 of their previous 6 matches, shipping 12 goals in the process.

Pre-game facts show that Waterford:

• are winless against Derry City in their last 3 league games.
• have not been beaten in their last 3 league matches at home.
• haven’t won at home in the past 9 matches in the league. It's been disappointing.

Derry City

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Since being beaten in their last game against Drogheda United in Premier Division action, Derry City will be aiming to make amends here.

In that match, Derry City had 69% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Drogheda United got 6 shots on goal with 2 on target. Ryan Brennan (55') was the scorer for Drogheda United.

The stats don’t lie, and Derry City have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, conceding 6 goals in total. In defence, Derry City have seen their frailties exposed. Still, we will just have to wait and see if that pattern might be replicated here in this game or not.

Going into this contest, Derry City haven’t won away from home in the past 2 league games.

↔️ Head to head

Looking at their prior head to head clashes stretching back to 23/08/2024 shows that Waterford have won 2 of these games & Derry City 4, with the tally of drawn results being 0.

There were also plenty of goals scored in those games, 25 in all which averages out at 4.17 goals per meeting.

The last league match featuring these sides was Premier Division match day 4 on 27/02/2026 when the final score was Derry City 4-2 Waterford.

In that game, Derry City managed 66% possession and 21 attempts at goal with 13 on target. The scorers were Michael Duffy (58', 75', 94') and Dipo Akinyemi (90').

At the other end, Waterford had 8 shots at goal with 5 on target. Jørgen Voilås (19') and Tom Lonergan (51') scored.

The match was refereed by Paul Norton.

📋 Team News: Waterford

It’s our opinion that The Blues will probably use a 5-3-2 formation for the game, handing starts to Arlo Doherty, Jordan Houston, Hayden Cann, John Mahon, Kevin Long, Benny Couto, Sam Glenfield, Dean McMenamy, Conan Noonan, Tommy Lonergan and Padraig Amond.

🗞️ Team News: Derry City

We reckon that The Candystripes seem likely to utilise a 4-2-3-1 formation, giving starts to Eddie Beach, Conor Barr, Jamie Stott, Patrick McClean, Brandon Fleming, Adam O'Reilly, Carl Winchester, Kevin Santos, Darragh Markey, Michael Duffy and James Clarke.

✨ Prediction

We’re thinking that Waterford have it within them to find the net against this Derry City outfit, however a single goal is unlikely to be enough.

Our selection here is for a narrow 1-2 win for Derry City at the end of the 90 minutes. Let’s wait and see how it plays out.

Andre Moura, 14:06 15/05/2026