2018
| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limerick | 15 | L2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6/15 | 4-15 |
| Derry City | 15 | L1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 12/15 | 18-6 |
Computed over each team's finished games before kickoff — see the Games column for the sample behind each row.
Aggregated from 2 finished meetings (2013-07-28 – 2018-07-06) in the GioScore fixtures corpus.
| Date | Home | Score | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-07-06 | Derry City | 2-1 | Limerick |
| 2013-07-28 | Limerick | 0-1 | Derry City |
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limerick | 9 | 36 | 27 | -50 | WLLLL | 8 | +1 |
| Derry City | 8 | 36 | 42 | -23 | LWLLL | 8 | 0 |
Form rank = league-wide rank by points from the last 5 league games; "Form vs pos" > 0 means over-performing the table.
Figures computed from the GioScore results database · data cutoff: kickoff 2018-10-05
The table gap was wide: 15 points between Derry City (8th, 42 pts) and Limerick (9th, 27 pts). Scoring rates set the scale: Limerick 0.69 scored and 2.08 conceded per game, Derry City 1.31 and 1.94, with the league averaging 1.39.
Recent form was uneven: 6/15 points for Limerick, 12/15 for Derry City.
With 12 matches recorded and 0.6 yellow cards per game, G. Kelly was the man in the middle. The venue was Markets Field in Limerick, with room for 5,000 spectators.
