Waterford vs Drogheda United Prediction & Betting Tips

Form pointing in different directions

Waterford's recent record has been strong. They've won close to half of their last twenty matches and lost only a handful, scoring freely along the way.

Waterford: 20 completed matches; Drogheda United: 20 completed matches.

Waterford

20 matches

Win

50% 10 / 20

Draw

35% 7 / 20

Loss

15% 3 / 20

Scored

38

Conceded

24

Difference

+14

Drogheda United

20 matches

Win

25% 5 / 20

Draw

30% 6 / 20

Loss

45% 9 / 20

Scored

27

Conceded

29

Difference

-2

Drogheda's numbers make for tougher reading. They've won far fewer of their recent games and lost nearly half of them, with defeats to Bohemians, Shelbourne and St Patrick's Athletic among the recent results. Goals have dried up a bit too, with almost as many conceded as scored.

Waterford go into this on noticeably better momentum than their opponents.

Comparative Team Statistics: Waterford vs Drogheda United

A head-to-head record with no clear pattern

These two have met regularly down the years and the results swing wildly, from a 0-7 defeat in one direction to a 1-4 scoreline the other way, with several goalless and drawn games mixed in as well.

Their two most recent meetings this year were closer affairs, a narrow Waterford win followed by a high-scoring draw. There's no long dominant streak either way to lean on.

History offers little extra insight beyond the current form picture.

Barely anything between them in the table

Despite that gap in form, Waterford and Drogheda are level on points, sitting eighth and ninth respectively after 32 games each. Waterford's goal difference is slightly healthier, but neither club has had a comfortable season by the numbers.

The league table doesn't back the form gap quite as strongly as recent results suggest.

Lonergan the standout name on either side

Waterford's T. Lonergan has been their main source of goals this season with 14 in 30 appearances, well clear of teammate P. Amond's nine, and Benny Couto has chipped in eight assists from midfield. Drogheda's top scorer, M. Doyle, has eight goals, while B. Kavanagh leads their assist charts with five. Both squads have players picking up regular yellow cards, though neither list shows a sending-off.

Waterford:

Best scorers:

T. Lonergan - 14

P. Amond - 9

Penalty cards:

J. Mahon x 9

S. Glenfield x 7

Drogheda United:

Best scorers:

M. Doyle - 8

Penalty cards:

S. Farrell x 11

R. Brennan x 9

Waterford look to carry more individual scoring threat on paper.

How this one could play out

Put it together and you get a home side playing with more confidence and more firepower, against an away team level in the table but shakier in form. Given how tight this fixture has often been, a cagey, low-scoring game wouldn't be a shock either.

Waterford's underlying numbers give them a case, but Drogheda have shown before they can take points off this opponent even while out of form.