Shamrock Rovers vs Derry City Predictions and Free Tips from our expert tipsters when the teams go head-to-head in the Irish Premier Division on Friday, 4 March 2023.
Derry City’s inconsistent form towards the end of the last season caused them the top spot which their upcoming rivals Shamrock Rovers claimed with a difference of 13 points.
However, Derry City looks motivated this time as the team started off this season sealing a win and a draw in the opening two fixtures to climb into the second position. Meantime, Shamrock Rovers recorded two back-to-back draws and are sitting at fifth at the moment.
Shamrock Rovers vs Derry City Head-to-head Stats
The past six head to head clashes between these two saw the both recording all the outcomes two apiece. Their most recent clash ended in a 2-0 win for Derry City.
At this venue, Shamrock Rovers have been the dominant side as the team won seven of the past nine clashes and are on a nine-game unbeaten streak against Derry City at the moment.
Who will win the match between Shamrock Rovers vs Derry City?
The home form of Shamrock Rovers looks pretty decent. They have been recording impressive outcomes post Premier Division 2022. However, their opponents were not that strong.
Going on, the team’s last home match in the past season was against Derry City which they won 1-0. But we don’t like to go with the Rovers blindly as Derry City follows a decent form on the road at present.
Since Shamrock Rovers have a strong form in the recent h2h matches at this stadium, we expect a result in favor of them.
How many goals will be scored in the match?
They both have started off this season recording under 2.5 goal matches. Their h2h matches have also been low-scoring and we don’t expect this match to have goals over 2.5 ft.
Will Both teams score in the match?
We are quite not sure about the chances of this match to have goals from both ends. It seems a tough task to consider from the recent stats of both.
Shamrock Rovers vs Derry City Prediction
Shamrock Rovers have an upper hand when all the above stats are considered, specifically in the h2h tradition. Therefore, we like to place a draw no bet option in favor of the home side at 1.66 odds as the main betting tip.
For the second tip, we like to place the under 2.5 goals option at 1.60 odds considering the low-scoring start of both sides.