📏 Form Guide

Waterford

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Waterford enter this fixture following a 2-2 Premier Division tied result vs Derry City.

In that game, Waterford managed 37% possession and 15 shots on goal with 7 on target. For Waterford, the goals were scored by Tom Lonergan (59') and Kevin Long (81'). Derry City had 9 attempts at goal with 4 on target. Kevin Santos (19') and Henry Rylah (90') scored for Derry City.

It’s been seldom in recent times that Waterford haven’t conceded. The reality is that Waterford have seen their defence breached in 6 of their previous 6 games, giving up 12 goals during that time. Regardless, we will just have to wait and see if that pattern might be maintained in this match or not.

Looking at their past form shows that Waterford:

• are undefeated in their previous 4 home league matches.
• haven’t won at home in the past 10 matches in the league. Something needs to change.

Drogheda United

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Since being defeated in their last game at the hands of Bohemian FC in Premier Division competition, Drogheda United and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

In that match, Drogheda United managed 29% possession and 4 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. The only player to score for Drogheda United was Thomas Oluwa (86'). For their opponents, Bohemian FC had 20 shots at goal with 8 of them on target. Dayle Rooney (56') and Patrick Hickey (68') scored for Bohemian FC.

Over the course of their previous 6 outings, Drogheda United have helped themselves to a tally of 9 goals. Drogheda United have also scored on each one of those occasions. In that time, they’ve had 12 goals scored by their opponents.

Their prior results show that Drogheda United:

• have not emerged victorious against Waterford in away games against them for the last 5 league games. They really have not been travelling well at all.
• have not won away from home in their last 2 league games.

↔️ Head to head

An examination of their prior head-to-head clashes dating back to 11/10/2024 shows that Waterford have won 1 of these games & Drogheda United 2, with the number of drawn results being 3.

A sum of 10 goals were produced between them in these games, with 4 for The Blues and 6 netted by The Drogs. The average goals per game has been 1.67.

The last league meeting between these clubs was Premier Division match day 2 on 13/02/2026 when it ended Drogheda United 2-0 Waterford.

On that occasion, Drogheda United had 40% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 6 on target. The goals were scored by Shane Farrell (3') and Mark Doyle (10').

For their opponents, Waterford got 20 shots on goal with 3 of them on target.

The match was refereed by Aaron O'Dowd.

ℹ️ Team News: Waterford

There’s just the lone fitness concern for the Waterford gaffer Brian Murphy to contend with from an otherwise complete group. Finlay Armstrong (unknown injury) won’t play.

It looks as if The Blues look set to opt for a 5-3-2 system for this one, handing starts to Stephen McMullan, Jesse Dempsey, Hayden Cann, John Mahon, Kevin Long, Benny Couto, Luke Heeney, Will Johnson, Conan Noonan, Tommy Lonergan and Padraig Amond.

📋 Team News: Drogheda United

From a largely full-strength group of players, there is only a single fitness worry for the Drogheda United manager Kevin Doherty to be concerned about. Owen Lambe (Cruciate ligament injury) misses out for this game.

We believe The Drogs could decide to utilise a 4-2-3-1 lineup, starting Fynn Talley, Edwin Agbaje, Conor Keeley, James Bolger, Conor Kane, Shane Farrell, Jago Godden, Thomas Oluwa, Brandon Kavanagh, Warren Davis and Mark Doyle.

💡 Prediction

We feel that Drogheda United and Waterford might both not be able to do quite enough to get on the scoresheet here.

A draw is a real possibility, as a clear-cut winner doesn’t appear to be obvious. We’re therefore seeing a tight encounter with a 0-0 score at the end of the match.

Renata Leite, 05:02 18/05/2026