Derry City vs Shamrock Rovers — Tips & Analysis

Derry City +0: Shamrock Rovers sit top of the table, but they are a different team away from home. They have won just 2 of their 9 road games and score less than a goal a trip. They also land at Brandywell three days after losing in Finland and going out of Europe. Derry have had 9 days off. Derry are awkward at home. They let in under a goal a game across ten home matches and have lost only 3 of them. They are no free scorers, with 5 wins in their last 20 and just over a goal a game, but they make you work for everything. Rovers on the road are a modest side. They score under a goal a game away and let in close to 2. Games between these two are always tight. The last 20 meetings averaged under 2 goals, and the last five finished 1-1, 1-0, 0-1, 1-0 and 2-1. A 1-1 is the likeliest score again. That is not a losing result for us, but we want Derry to go one better and take it. The warning is real. Derry let in five at Bohemians on 21 August and have let in a goal in three of their last four games. Rovers can also freshen up now their European run is over. We are with Derry to match them.