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Derry City — over 2.5 goals record & form (2026)

Derry City have gone over 2.5 goals in 16 of 33 league games this season (48%) — 50% at home, 47% away. They've scored 45 and conceded 44, so their matches average 2.70 goals, and both teams have scored in 61% of them. Record: 9-14-10 in the Premier Division, where the division average is 52% over 2.5.

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How Derry City's matches tend to go

Their games land close to the Premier Division norm for goals — 48% over 2.5 against a division average of 52%. That ranks them 5th of 10 for goals in their matches, 6th for scoring (1.36 a game) and 7th for goals conceded (1.33). They've kept 9 clean sheets and failed to score 8 times in 33 games.

Across 33 matches with half-time data, 63% of the goals in their games have come after the break (33 before, 56 after). Derry City themselves have scored 17 in first halves and 28 in second — a distinctly second-half team.

Season splits

PWDLGFGAO2.5O3.5BTTS
Overall3391410454448%30%61%
Home16763271950%38%56%
Away17287182547%24%65%

Home/away splits are small samples — our 30,582-match study found ~94% of such gaps are indistinguishable from chance, which is why the app's ratings pool them rather than trusting the split.

Scorelines and margins

Their most common result this season is 2–2 (5 times). Biggest win: 4–1 at home to Bohemians (Fri 12 Jun). Heaviest defeat: 0–2 away at Drogheda United. 5 of their 33 games have produced five goals or more.

Against last season

In 36 league games last season Derry City's matches went over 2.5 goals 44% of the time. This season is tracking it closely at 48% — consistent goal patterns across two campaigns.

Last 10 league games

Fri 16 Octat Drogheda United0–2U2.5
Fri 18 Septvs Galway United1–0U2.5
Mon 14 Septat Waterford2–2O2.5
Fri 11 Septat Shelbourne1–0U2.5
Sun 30 Augvs Shamrock Rovers3–3O2.5
Fri 21 Augat Bohemians3–5O2.5
Fri 7 Augvs Sligo Rovers2–0U2.5
Sun 2 Augat St Patrick's Athl.1–1U2.5
Fri 3 Julvs Waterford2–4O2.5
Fri 26 Junvs Drogheda United2–0U2.5

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