Derry City 2-2 Drogheda United — Result, Statistics & Match Review — Ireland - Premier League, 20 Mar 2026

📅20/03/2026 · 🕒22:45 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 1-0 2nd Score 2-0
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
58%
1.57
Draw
20%
3.72
Away
22%
5.11
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
50%
1.75
Over 2.5
50%
1.97
Both Teams to Score
Yes
50%
2.03
No
50%
1.7
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
26%
2.79
2-3 Goals
39%
1.7
4-5 Goals
25%
3.71
6+ Goals
10%
16.55
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
31%
2.02
1/2
6%
34.0
1/X
5%
15.75
X/1
19%
3.88
X/2
8%
10.75
X/X
9%
4.88
2/1
8%
25.0
2/2
8%
9.41
2/X
6%
17.9
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
58%
Home Win
60%
-1.3pp
20%
Draw
24%
-4.1pp
22%
Away Win
17%
+5.4pp
50%
Under 2.5
53%
-3.7pp
50%
Over 2.5
47%
+3.7pp
50%
BTTS Yes
45%
+4.5pp
50%
BTTS No
55%
-4.6pp
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 Derry City EU Bookmakers 64%
Head to Head
AWAY Drogheda United EU Bookmakers 20%
-4% / -3% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations +4% / +30%
1.71/0.74 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 0.75/1.55
+19% / +3% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) -14% / +0%
57% Ball Possession 43%
14 Total Shots 8
5 Shots on Target 3
6 Corners 4
366 · 80% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 251 · 71%
24.2 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 15.4
24.7 Crosses 14.2
2.0 Yellow Cards 2.4
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Derry City
1W-3D-2L
AWAY Drogheda United
1.17 Avg Goals (FT) 1.33
1.38 xG 0.91
65% Ball Possession 35%
14 Total Shots 10
6 Shots on Target 4
6 Corners 4
404 Passes 124
76% Pass Accuracy 52%
18 Box Touches 18
18 Crosses 14
3 Yellow Cards 2
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
10.11.2024 Drogheda United Drogheda United 2-0 HT 1-0 Derry City Derry City İRK
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Derry City
2-2
AWAY Drogheda United
0.97 xG 0.63
61% Ball Possession 39%
11 Total Shots 9
4 Shots on Target 2
6 Corners 4
316 Passes 153
76% Pass Accuracy 58%
22 Box Touches 12
29 Crosses 12
3 Yellow Cards 2
POST-MATCH Derry City vs Drogheda United
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Derry City and Drogheda United couldn't be separated, finishing 2-2. It was 1-0 at half-time, meaning the result turned around in the second half.

By our pre-match numbers this was an upset: we had Derry City at 58% and the game still went the other way. Single results are noisy — probabilities earn their keep across thousands of matches, not one.

Over 2.5 goals sat near a coin-flip at 50% and both teams to score was close to even at 50%.

On the day, Derry City had 61% of the ball to Drogheda United's 39%, shots finished 11-9, expected goals 0.97 to 0.63.

Coming into the game, across their last 6 meetings in our records, Drogheda United led the recent series with 2 wins, 3 drawn. Those games averaged 1.17 goals for Derry City and 1.33 for Drogheda United.

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

Derry City 2-2 Drogheda United in the Ireland - Premier League on 20/03/2026. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

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

Before kick-off our model rated a Derry City win the most likely single outcome at about 58%, with the full match-result split Derry City 58%, draw 20%, Drogheda United 22%. The final score 2-2 went against our main leads this time — single matches are noisy by nature; our accuracy is measured across thousands of predictions, not one result.

✗ Match Result (Derry City)
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