Derry City vs Bohemians - prediction, team news, lineups

Derry City invited Bohemians to the Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium connected Friday evening for their latest instalment of Irish Premier Division action.

The Candystripes were narrowly beaten 2-1 by Dundalk astatine Oriel Park successful their erstwhile league outing, whilst the Bohs claimed a convincing 3-1 triumph distant to Sligo Rovers.

Match preview

After narrowly finishing runners up to Shamrock Rovers successful past season’s Premier Division, Derry's 2025-26 run has been highly underwhelming truthful far.

Just implicit halfway done the season, the Candystripes beryllium sixth successful the array with lone 22 points, a immense 18 down Shamrock successful apical spot.

To marque matters worse, Tiernan Lynch’s broadside are not conscionable miles distant from the rubric race, but they person slipped into a relegation battle, presently sitting conscionable 3 points supra Sligo Rovers, who presently inhabit the dreaded playoff place.

Unfortunately for Derry fans, the side’s concern has shown nary signs of improving either, picking up nary wins and lone 5 points from their erstwhile 7 fixtures, a tally little than immoderate different squad successful the part implicit that span.

If determination is immoderate affirmative for the location side, it is that they person mislaid lone 2 of their erstwhile 10 matches against Friday’s opponents, arsenic good arsenic conscionable a mates of their latest 13 erstwhile hosting Bohemians.

On the different hand, Bohemians are enjoying arguably their champion play of the erstwhile decade, gathering connected caller improvements pursuing a disappointing period.

In the 5 seasons pursuing the 2020 campaign, the Bohs finished nary higher than 4th successful the league table, but person bounced backmost from that spell and presently beryllium second, albeit trailing leaders Shamrock by six points.

What makes their existent presumption each the much awesome is however Alan Reynolds's broadside person bounced backmost from a hard mid-season spell, winning 4 of their erstwhile 5 aft going connected a nine-match winless streak implicit the people of March, April and May.

If they tin support their blistery streak and decorativeness successful 2nd place, Bohemians would participate adjacent season’s UEFA Europa League qualifying signifier for lone the 3rd clip successful the erstwhile 20 years, past uncovering themselves successful specified presumption during the 2020-21 campaign.

Having mislaid lone 1 of their erstwhile 5 against Derry, who are massively struggling for form, the visitors volition beryllium assured of extending their blistery streak excessively and holding onto the coattails of Shamrock above.

Derry City League of Ireland Premier form:

Bohemians League of Ireland Premier form:

Team News

Derry proceed to beryllium without goalkeeper Brian Maher, with the 25-year-old missing the full play frankincense acold with a wrist occupation sustained successful pre season.

Defender Rob Slevin is besides yet to retrieve from a calf wounded sustained successful April, though helium is expected to beryllium backmost successful the adjacent future.

The Candystripes are yet to uncover a instrumentality day for Carl Winchester either, with the midfielder presently ruled retired with a genu injury.

Torino loanee Senan Mullen has been sidelined for the erstwhile period owed to a hamstring injury, with a instrumentality day yet to beryllium revealed.

After a fruitful tally of form, including a extremity against Friday’s opponents, midfielder Markuss Strods earned a caller telephone up to the Latvian nationalist team.

However, the 19-year-old was cruelly denied the accidental to perform, picking up an wounded that has besides ruled him retired of playing for the Bohs.

Derry City imaginable starting lineup:

Beach; Cotter, Barr, Stott, Fleming; Santos, Duffy, Dummigan, Olayinka, McClean; Thomas

Bohemians imaginable starting lineup:

Chorazka; Byrne, Hickey, Todd; Power, Devoy, Diallo, Rooney; Vaughan, James-Taylor, Parsons

We say: Derry City 1-3 Bohemians

There is nary avoiding the concern that Derry are successful and with high-flying Bohemians coming to municipality next, it is hard to spot immoderate abrupt improvements.

Although they person a respectable caller grounds against the Bohs, we tin spot the Candystripes falling abbreviated erstwhile again connected Friday evening arsenic they proceed their descent towards the ft of the league table.

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