Derry City – Dundalk

In 4 meetings between Derry City and Dundalk, Derry City have been the more successful side, winning 1 to 1 with 2 draws along the way. The record leans firmly in one direction, but in a rivalry like this one head-to-head form rarely tells the full story once the game kicks off. The numbers suggest an entertaining watch: 3.5 goals per match on average, 100% of encounters going beyond two and a half, and both teams scoring in 100% of them. The pattern has been fairly consistent across the sample above. Venue has shaped plenty of these results. Derry City read 1-1-0 at home against this side, whereas Dundalk sit on 1-1-0 on their own turf, a split that is worth keeping in mind before the teams line up again. Form going into the next meeting is worth a glance. Derry City have won 3 of their last 5 games and are scoring 1.2 a game, while Dundalk have taken 0 wins from 5, averaging 1, so both arrive with recent evidence to lean on. Taken together, the split works out at roughly 25% for Derry City, 50% drawn and 25% for Dundalk. It is the kind of record that rewards the favourite more often than not, without ever making the outcome a certainty. Their most recent meeting came on 23.10.2026, when Derry City and Dundalk finished 2–1, the latest marker in a long rivalry. With no date yet set for the next one, that result is where the story currently rests.