Week 30 brings us a match on Sep 9th, where Derry City will play host to Bohemians in a Premier Division match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 16 degrees, a perfect day for football. Derry City sits at 2nd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 3-0 shutout win against UCD. Ryan Graydon scored the first goal for Derry City in the 5th minute, then Sadou Diallo added another in the 71st minute In the end, UCD couldn’t muster any offence and Derry City ran away with the shutout win. Derry City should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 20 points in their last 10 matches, while bohemians is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Shamrock Rovers. Liam Burt struck first for Bohemians in the 72nd minute on a feed from Conor Levingston, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Shamrock Rovers couldn’t muster any offence and Bohemians ran away with the shutout win. Bohemians is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches.
Bohemians and Derry City last played eachother at the Dalymount Park on the 1st of July. Derry City was victorious by a score of 3 to 2. Joseph Thomson scored the first goal for Derry City in the 41st minute, then Alistair Coote tied it up for Bohemians in the 58th minute , but luckily for Derry City it didn’t end there. They were able to keep scoring to earn themselves the victory.
John O’Sullivan and Tyreke Wilson are the top scorers for Bohemians in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.. Both James Akintunde and Ryan Graydon have been the hottest scorers for Derry City in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each.