Dundalk 2-1 Derry City — Result, Statistics & Match Review — Ireland - Premier League, 29 May 2026

Dundalk
2 - 1 HT 1 - 0
Derry City
📅29/05/2026 · 🕒21:45 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 2-1 2nd Score 3-1
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Authentic Intelligence™ · Probability per market
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
41%
2.18
Draw
29%
3.18
Away
30%
2.94
Under/Over 2.5
Under
52%
1.8
Over
48%
1.91
Both Teams to Score
Yes Pick
54%
1.72
No
46%
2.0
Total Goals
0-1
28%
2.98
2-3
46%
1.71
4-5
21%
3.49
6+
5%
14.35
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
24%
3.18
1/2
2%
32.5
1/X
6%
12.6
X/1
15%
5.1
X/2
11%
6.46
X/X
18%
4.41
2/1
2%
26.5
2/2
16%
4.6
2/X
6%
13.1
Our Pick = the most likely outcome.
SIGNALS Team Signals — the why behind the numbers
iddaakolik predictions — not real match figures
HOME Dundalk The Market 46%
Head to Head
AWAY Derry City The Market 34%
Weak Team Performanceagainst Market Expectation Strong
1.38 xG Scorediddaakolik model prediction 1.10
1.38 xG Concedediddaakolik model prediction 1.28
Average Attack Strength Average
Bad Defense Strength Average
55% Ball Possession 45%
12 Total Shots 10
5 Shots on Target 4
6 Corners 4
315 · 73% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 222 · 66%
19 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 16
23 Crosses 17
2 Yellow Cards 3
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Dundalk
0W-4D-2L
AWAY Derry City
1.00 Avg Goals (FT) 1.83
1.07 xG 1.16
44% Ball Possession 56%
12 Total Shots 15
4 Shots on Target 6
4 Corners 7
227 Passes 318
64% Pass Accuracy 73%
18 Box Touches 25
17 Crosses 25
3 Yellow Cards 3
10.04.2026 Dundalk Dundalk 2-2 HT 1-2 Derry City Derry City İRL
13.02.2026 Derry City Derry City 2-2 HT 0-1 Dundalk Dundalk İRL
18.10.2024 Dundalk Dundalk 0-2 HT 0-1 Derry City Derry City İRL
09.08.2024 Derry City Derry City 1-1 HT 0-1 Dundalk Dundalk İRL
31.05.2024 Dundalk Dundalk 0-0 HT 0-0 Derry City Derry City İRL
05.04.2024 Derry City Derry City 4-1 HT 1-0 Dundalk Dundalk İRL
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Dundalk
2 - 1
AWAY Derry City
1.76 xG 0.87
46% Ball Possession 54%
14 Total Shots 12
4 Shots on Target 4
6 Corners 5
194 Passes 355
26 Box Touches 20
16 Crosses 24
2 Yellow Cards 4
REVIEW Dundalk vs Derry City
IDDAAKOLIK POST-MATCH REVIEW

Dundalk found just enough to beat Derry City 2-1. Half-time: 1-0.

As we said in the preview, our model had Dundalk as the likeliest winner at 41%, and the 2-1 landed on that lead.

Neither goals market gave much away — over 2.5 sat at 48% and both teams to score at 54%.

By the numbers, Dundalk had 46% of the ball to Derry City's 54%, shots finished 14-12, expected goals 1.76 to 0.87.

The head-to-head backdrop: across their last 6 meetings in our records, Derry City led the recent series with 2 wins, 4 drawn. Those games averaged 1.00 goals for Dundalk and 1.83 for Derry City.

Dundalk vs Derry City Result & Final Score

Dundalk 2 - 1 Derry City in the Ireland - Premier League on 29/05/2026. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

Dundalk vs Derry City Prediction vs Result

Before kick-off our model rated a Dundalk win the most likely single outcome at about 41%, with the full match-result split Dundalk 41%, draw 29%, Derry City 30%. The final score 2-1 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Dundalk), BTTS Yes — while Under 2.5 went the other way.

✓ Match Result (Dundalk) ✗ Under 2.5 ✓ BTTS Yes
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