Preview – Derry City v Drogheda United

Derry City vs Drogheda United – Friday 28th June 2024 – KO 7.45pm – Brandywell

SSE Airtricity Premier Division

Match sponsored by Tomorrows

The League of Ireland returns to action this Friday night, bringing with it some temporary respite from events (or lack thereof) in Germany.

City went into the break with a late win at Bohemians- their third on the bounce- and the Candystripes welcome Drogheda to the Brandywell in the first game back.

On the face of it, a home outing against the bottom side in the table might be the ideal start, however Ruaidhri Higgins needed no-one to remind him of the fact that the Louth side seem to find an extra yard when these sides lock horns.

“It doesn’t seem to matter where or when we play them or where the teams are respectively in the table, they always make things very difficult for us” said the City boss.

“To be honest we’re expecting nothing else on Friday night and we’ve prepared for exactly that.

“We’ve been playing well recently and we all made the best of the short break and we’ll be ready to go on Friday.

“There’s obviously been a couple of personnel changes already with Cameron McJannet going to Grimsby Town and Jacob Davenport coming in.

“I expect there’ll be one or two more over the next few weeks, but obviously we can’t register Jacob until 1st July, so we’re working off much the same squad as before the break.”

The home side won the first meeting between the pair this season with a 2-1 Brandywell victory on opening night, before an entertaining 2-2 in Drogheda last time out.

Points are certainly at a premium for both of them this weekend, which should lead to another competitive contest.

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