Drogheda United – Waterford

Drogheda United and Waterford have met 4 times down the years, and the overall balance favours Waterford, who have won 2 of those games to 1, with 1 finishing level. On paper it is a fixture with a clear favourite, yet many of the meetings have been decided by the finest of margins. The numbers suggest an entertaining watch: 3.8 goals per match on average, 75% of encounters going beyond two and a half, and both teams scoring in 75% of them. The pattern has been fairly consistent across the sample above. Where the game is played has mattered. Drogheda United hold 1-1-0 as hosts in this fixture, and Waterford show 2-0-0 at home, underlining how much home comfort can tilt an otherwise close rivalry one way or the other. Current form reads clearly enough: Drogheda United have 2 wins in their last 5, scoring 1.4 each time out, and Waterford have 2 from 5, netting 2.2 on average. Momentum like that can quickly override what the historical numbers suggest. Taken together, the split works out at roughly 25% for Drogheda United, 25% drawn and 50% for Waterford. 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 Waterford and Drogheda United finished 3–1, the latest marker in a long rivalry. With no date yet set for the next one, that result is where the story currently rests.