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.
The venue was Markets Field in Limerick, with room for 5,000 spectators.
