Drogheda United 1-0 Derry City — Result, Statistics & Match Review — Ireland - Premier League, 8 May 2026

📅08/05/2026 · 🕒21:45 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 1-1 2nd Score 0-1
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Probability per market · Global + League + Team blend
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
34%
2.67
Draw
33%
3.11
Away
33%
2.39
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
59%
1.67
Over 2.5
41%
2.1
Both Teams to Score
Yes
52%
1.85
No
48%
1.85
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
32%
2.57
2-3 Goals
39%
1.7
4-5 Goals
20%
4.05
6+ Goals
9%
20.1
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
12%
4.39
1/2
7%
30.0
1/X
8%
13.35
X/1
15%
5.99
X/2
9%
5.2
X/X
16%
4.02
2/1
7%
34.0
2/2
17%
3.53
2/X
9%
13.1
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
34%
Home Win
34%
-0.0pp
33%
Draw
28%
+4.6pp
33%
Away Win
38%
-4.6pp
59%
Under 2.5
56%
+2.5pp
41%
Over 2.5
44%
-2.5pp
52%
BTTS Yes
50%
+1.7pp
48%
BTTS No
50%
-1.7pp
gold — our model green — our served pick grey — EU market (margin removed: each group sums to 100%)
Edge (pp): green = we see more probability than the market · gold = essentially even (±0.5pp) · red = we see less. The Decision above outranks any single row: the engine backs well-supported edges, not merely big ones.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Drogheda United EU Bookmakers 37%
Head to Head
AWAY Derry City EU Bookmakers 42%
+2% / +15% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations +1% / +1%
1.32/0.93 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 0.97/0.93
+44% / -2% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) -7% / +35%
50% Ball Possession 50%
10 Total Shots 10
4 Shots on Target 4
4 Corners 4
256 · 67% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 246 · 66%
20.2 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 16.9
17.0 Crosses 18.8
1.9 Yellow Cards 2.7
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Drogheda United
1W-4D-1L
AWAY Derry City
1.33 Avg Goals (FT) 1.50
0.85 xG 1.30
34% Ball Possession 66%
10 Total Shots 14
4 Shots on Target 6
4 Corners 6
130 Passes 386
53% Pass Accuracy 76%
16 Box Touches 18
13 Crosses 20
2 Yellow Cards 3
20.03.2026 Derry City Derry City 2-2 HT 1-0 Drogheda United Drogheda United İRL
26.09.2025 Drogheda United Drogheda United 1-1 HT 1-0 Derry City Derry City İRL
16.08.2025 Derry City Derry City 1-1 HT 0-1 Drogheda United Drogheda United İRK
27.06.2025 Derry City Derry City 3-0 HT 2-0 Drogheda United Drogheda United İRL
16.05.2025 Drogheda United Drogheda United 1-1 HT 1-0 Derry City Derry City İRL
11.04.2025 Derry City Derry City 1-3 HT 0-0 Drogheda United Drogheda United İRL
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Drogheda United
1-0
AWAY Derry City
1.09 xG 0.62
31% Ball Possession 69%
6 Total Shots 13
2 Shots on Target 4
1 Corners 9
119 Passes 395
49% Pass Accuracy 75%
21 Box Touches 28
10 Crosses 35
2 Yellow Cards 2
POST-MATCH Drogheda United vs Derry City
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Drogheda United squeezed past Derry City 1-0. The game was level at 0-0 at the break, so the decisive goals came after it.

We called this one close before kick-off — 34% / 33% / 33% — and on the day Drogheda United made the difference. The goals side of the card held up too — under 2.5 goals (59%) came in.

On the day, Drogheda United had 31% of the ball to Derry City's 69%, shots finished 6-13, expected goals 1.09 to 0.62.

Coming into the game, across their last 6 meetings in our records, honours were even at 1 apiece, 4 drawn. Those games averaged 1.33 goals for Drogheda United and 1.50 for Derry City.

What was the final score of Drogheda United vs Derry City?

Drogheda United 1-0 Derry City in the Ireland - Premier League on 08/05/2026. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Drogheda United vs Derry City?

Before kick-off our model rated a Drogheda United win the most likely single outcome at about 34%, with the full match-result split Drogheda United 34%, draw 33%, Derry City 33%. The final score 1-0 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Drogheda United), Under 2.5 — while BTTS Yes went the other way.

✓ Match Result (Drogheda United) ✓ Under 2.5 ✗ BTTS Yes
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