In this 30th week match, on Friday Sep 9th, UCD plays host to Dundalk in a Premier Division match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 17 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. 10th placed UCD is fresh off their 0-3 loss against Derry City. Ryan Graydon struck first for Derry City in the 5th minute, then Sadou Diallo added another in the 71st minute on a feed from Michael Duffy At the end of 90 a dissapointed UCD couldn’t manage to score, and Derry City took the shutout win. UCD looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 7 of their last 10, while dundalk is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Shelbourne. Neither Dundalk nor Shelbourne could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 12 and 8 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. Dundalk is looking for direction having 3 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches.
UCD and Dundalk last played eachother at the Oriel Park on Jul 1st. Dundalk won by a score of 3 to 0. David McMillan struck first for Dundalk in the 51st minute, then Joe Adams added another in the 57th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed UCD couldn’t manage to score, and Dundalk took the shutout win.
Patrick Hoban and Tadhg Ryan are the top scorers for Dundalk in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats. UCD hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Tom Lonergan and Evan Caffrey, and they each have 1 goal.