Drogheda United 1-1 Derry City — Result, Statistics & Match Review — Ireland - Premier League, 26 Sep 2025

📅26/09/2025 · 🕒21:45 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 0-1 2nd Score 0-0
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
28%
3.29
Draw
30%
2.94
Away
42%
2.23
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
60%
1.45
Over 2.5
40%
2.61
Both Teams to Score
Yes
46%
2.27
No
54%
1.56
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
32%
1.96
2-3 Goals
42%
1.77
4-5 Goals
18%
5.92
6+ Goals
8%
34.5
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
13%
5.67
1/2
7%
34.5
1/X
5%
15.9
X/1
8%
6.45
X/2
13%
4.49
X/X
19%
3.45
2/1
7%
34.5
2/2
22%
3.29
2/X
6%
15.1
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
28%
Home Win
27%
+1.0pp
30%
Draw
31%
-1.2pp
42%
Away Win
42%
+0.2pp
60%
Under 2.5
65%
-4.9pp
40%
Over 2.5
35%
+4.9pp
46%
BTTS Yes
40%
+6.1pp
54%
BTTS No
60%
-6.1pp
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 45%
+2% / +7% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations +1% / -6%
1.02/0.99 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 0.99/0.91
-11% / +11% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) -4% / +25%
46% Ball Possession 54%
8 Total Shots 10
3 Shots on Target 3
4 Corners 4
246 · 71% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 352 · 79%
19.7 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 17.0
19.7 Crosses 17.7
2.6 Yellow Cards 2.3
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Drogheda United
3W-2D-1L
AWAY Derry City
1.50 Avg Goals (FT) 1.17
1.02 xG 1.15
33% Ball Possession 67%
9 Total Shots 12
3 Shots on Target 5
3 Corners 6
124 Passes 443
55% Pass Accuracy 80%
18 Box Touches 15
14 Crosses 20
2 Yellow Cards 2
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
27.09.2024 Drogheda United Drogheda United 2-1 HT 0-0 Derry City Derry City İRL
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Drogheda United
1-1
AWAY Derry City
1.39 xG 1.57
41% Ball Possession 59%
20 Total Shots 19
9 Shots on Target 8
8 Corners 6
133 Passes 240
51% Pass Accuracy 66%
23 Box Touches 25
12 Crosses 18
2 Yellow Cards 5
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.

Our pre-match lean was Derry City at 42%, but a lead that slim is closer to a coin-flip than a call — and it fell the other way. We had also flagged under 2.5 goals (60%), and that read landed as well.

On the day, Drogheda United had 41% of the ball to Derry City's 59%, shots finished 20-19, expected goals 1.39 to 1.57.

For context: across their last 6 meetings in our records, Drogheda United had the better of it with 3 wins, 2 drawn. Those games averaged 1.50 goals for Drogheda United and 1.17 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 26/09/2025. 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 42%, with the full match-result split Drogheda United 28%, draw 30%, Derry City 42%. 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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