Drogheda United 1-1 Derry City — Result, Statistics & Match Review — Ireland - Premier League, 16 May 2025

📅16/05/2025 · 🕒21:45 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 0-0 2nd Score 1-0
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
33%
3.32
Draw
31%
3.04
Away
36%
2.11
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
59%
1.45
Over 2.5
41%
2.59
Both Teams to Score
Yes
45%
2.19
No
55%
1.6
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
34%
2.03
2-3 Goals
38%
1.79
4-5 Goals
19%
5.78
6+ Goals
9%
35.0
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
7%
5.99
1/2
7%
35.0
1/X
7%
16.4
X/1
17%
6.76
X/2
11%
4.41
X/X
16%
3.63
2/1
9%
35.0
2/2
18%
3.17
2/X
8%
15.55
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
33%
Home Win
27%
+5.9pp
31%
Draw
30%
+1.7pp
36%
Away Win
44%
-7.6pp
59%
Under 2.5
65%
-5.9pp
41%
Over 2.5
35%
+5.9pp
45%
BTTS Yes
42%
+3.2pp
55%
BTTS No
58%
-3.2pp
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 30%
Head to Head
AWAY Derry City EU Bookmakers 48%
+2% / +6% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations -4% / -8%
1.01/1.00 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 0.94/0.83
-6% / +4% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) -14% / +19%
47% Ball Possession 53%
9 Total Shots 10
3 Shots on Target 4
4 Corners 4
245 · 71% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 293 · 74%
19.9 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 18.1
20.5 Crosses 18.7
2.7 Yellow Cards 2.6
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Drogheda United
3W-1D-2L
AWAY Derry City
1.83 Avg Goals (FT) 1.83
1.34 xG 0.68
36% Ball Possession 64%
9 Total Shots 11
3 Shots on Target 4
3 Corners 6
133 Passes 365
58% Pass Accuracy 77%
19 Box Touches 18
15 Crosses 30
2 Yellow Cards 2
11.04.2025 Derry City Derry City 1-3 HT 0-0 Drogheda United Drogheda United İRL
10.11.2024 Drogheda United Drogheda United 2-0 HT 1-0 Derry City Derry City İRK
27.09.2024 Drogheda United Drogheda United 2-1 HT 0-0 Derry City Derry City İRL
28.06.2024 Derry City Derry City 5-1 HT 2-1 Drogheda United Drogheda United İRL
12.04.2024 Drogheda United Drogheda United 2-2 HT 1-2 Derry City Derry City İRL
16.02.2024 Derry City Derry City 2-1 HT 0-0 Drogheda United Drogheda United İRL
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Drogheda United
1-1
AWAY Derry City
0.89 xG 0.65
34% Ball Possession 66%
7 Total Shots 7
2 Shots on Target 3
5 Corners 3
110 Passes 334
49% Pass Accuracy 74%
19 Box Touches 18
16 Crosses 15
2 Yellow Cards 3
POST-MATCH Drogheda United vs Derry City
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Drogheda United and Derry City shared the points in a 1-1 draw. It was 1-0 at half-time, meaning the result turned around in the second half.

We called this one close before kick-off — 33% / 31% / 36% — and a draw is about as on-script as that read gets. On goals, under 2.5 goals (59%) landed while no to both teams scoring (55%) missed.

On the day, Drogheda United had 34% of the ball to Derry City's 66%, shots finished 7-7, expected goals 0.89 to 0.65.

Coming into the game, across their last 6 meetings in our records, Drogheda United had the better of it with 3 wins, 1 drawn. Those games averaged 1.83 goals for Drogheda United and 1.83 for Derry City.

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

Drogheda United 1-1 Derry City in the Ireland - Premier League on 16/05/2025. 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 an Derry City win the most likely single outcome at about 36%, with the full match-result split Drogheda United 33%, draw 31%, Derry City 36%. The final score 1-1 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Under 2.5 — while Match Result (Derry City), BTTS No went the other way.

✗ Match Result (Derry City) ✓ Under 2.5 ✗ BTTS No
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