Derry City 3–3 Shamrock Rovers
Premier Division · Round Regular Season - 29 · 30 August 2026 at 15:00 UTC · The Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium
Derry City
3–3HT 3–1
Shamrock Rovers
Derry City played Shamrock Rovers in the Premier Division on 30 August 2026 at The Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium. The match finished 3–3.
Goals and cards
- 2'E. Chapman (assist by M. Duffy)
- 6'Patrick McClean — Yellow card
- 16'M. Duffy (assist by D. Burns)
- 18'Michael Noonan — Yellow card
- 24'Jamie Stott — Yellow card
- 28'M. Noonan (assist by G. Burke)
- 33'E. Chapman (assist by M. Duffy)
- 44'Adam Matthews — Yellow card
- 50'Cory O'Sullivan — Yellow card
- 72'G. Burke (assist by W. Fitzgerald)
- 80'D. Watts (assist by W. Fitzgerald)
- 88'William Fitzgerald — Yellow card
Line-ups
Derry City 4-5-1
- T. Norcott
- C. Barr
- J. Stott
- P. McClean
- B. Fleming
- D. Burns
- A. O'Reilly
- N. Twisk
- E. Chapman
- M. Duffy
- T. Smith
- SUBSTITUTES
- B. Maher
- C. Dummigan
- B. Cotter
- B. Lyons-Foster
- C. Grogan
- J. Olayinka
- M. McColgan
- T. Doherty
- Y. Prigent
Shamrock Rovers 3-1-4-2
- E. McGinty
- A. Matthews
- L. Grace
- C. O'Sullivan
- M. Healy
- T. Sobowale
- J. O'Sullivan
- J. Byrne
- A. Brennan
- M. Noonan
- G. Burke
- SUBSTITUTES
- A. Noonan
- L. O'Regan
- E. Stevens
- D. Cleary
- D. Watts
- J. Mulraney
- A. Greene
- W. Fitzgerald
- J. McGovern
Match statistics
| Derry City | | Shamrock Rovers |
|---|
| 8 | Shots on goal | 5 |
| 7 | Shots off goal | 1 |
| 17 | Total shots | 6 |
| 2 | Blocked shots | 0 |
| 11 | Shots inside box | 4 |
| 6 | Shots outside box | 2 |
| 11 | Fouls | 11 |
| 3 | Corners | 5 |
| 1 | Offsides | 2 |
| 45% | Possession | 55% |
| 2 | Yellow cards | 4 |
| 2 | Saves | 5 |
| 402 | Total passes | 485 |
| 307 | Accurate passes | 390 |
| 76% | Pass accuracy | 80% |
| 1.20 | Expected Goals (xG) | 0.89 |
| -1.64 | goals_prevented | -1.64 |