In this 36th week match, on Sunday Nov 6th, Dundalk and Derry City will play a match in Londonderry in a clash of these two evenly matched Premier Division teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 9 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Derry City sits at 2nd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-1 loss against Shamrock Rovers. Rory Gaffney scored the first goal for Shamrock Rovers in the 38th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Derry City couldn’t manage to score, and Shamrock Rovers took the shutout win. With 21 points in their last 10 matches Derry City should be reasonably happy with their performance, while in their last match, Dundalk recorded a 2-1 win against Bohemians. David McMillan scored the first goal for Dundalk in the 21st minute, then Runar Hauge added another in the 39th minute. Dundalk is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches.
On the 5th of August, Dundalk hosted Derry City in their last match together. Dundalk and Derry City battled to a 1-1 draw. James Akintunde struck first for Derry City in the 12th minute on a feed from Joseph Thomson, then Hoban tied it up for Dundalk in the 3rd minute of the second half’s stoppage time on a feed from Steven Bradley earning them at least the one point.
Both Ryan O’Kane and Runar Hauge have been the hottest scorers for Dundalk in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals. Derry City is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Cian Kavanagh and McGonigle each only have 1 goal in their last 5.