UCD v Derry City

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UCD will take on high-flying Derry City at their UCD Bowl on Wednesday night as the student outfit desperately look for a way out of their current predicament with the hosts sitting rock-bottom of the Irish Premier Division and some 20 points adrift of safety.

UCD are staring down the barrel of almost certain relegation from the Irish top flight as they only have eight league matches remaining to pull off what would be a remarkable escape from the drop but the hosts will need to win every single one of these eight remaining games to even have a chance of survival.

This looks highly unlikely as UCD have lost six of their last seven matches in the Premier Division while the bigger picture shows the hosts have produced a woeful sequence of results in the domestic top flight which has contributed to their almost certain downfall in this campaign.

UCD have managed to claim just one win from their last 18 matches overall while also slipping to a total of 15 defeats within this terrible run of results, but goals also look likely to feature as 12 of UCD's last 18 matches have also produced Over 2.5 goals.

Derry City by contrast sit in second spot in the Irish Premier Division table and the visitors bring a useful looking five-match unbeaten run into this Wednesday night's clash at the UCD Bowl which includes recent wins against Sligo Rovers, Drogheda United and Dundalk in 2-1, 3-0 and 3-1 victories respectively.

The visitors still trail the Premier Division league leaders, Shamrock Rovers, by a seven-point margin but Derry City will be licking their lips at the prospect of an almost certain three-point haul at the UCD Bowl on Wednesday night against hapless UCD.

The bigger picture shows Derry City have lost just three of their last 15 matches overall in the Irish top flight, each of which were away from home, and indeed, recent results on the road suggest this may be a tricky assignment for the high-flying visitors.

Having captured just one win from their last six outings on their travels in the Premier Division which includes defeats at Sligo Rovers, St Patricks Athletic and Shamrock Rovers, Derry City know they must grab all three points here on Wednesday night if they're to have any chance of overhauling the league leaders and into top spot.

UCD v Derry City Verdict

Both UCD and Derry City will therefore be pushing to grab the all-important three points here and this should make for an entertaining game at the UCD Bowl and previous recent history suggests a few goals could be in order on Wednesday night too.

Indeed, each of the last three meetings have resulted in Over 2.5 goals.

Therefore, our main bet will be Over 2.5 goals @ 1.50

Other side bets worth considering:

Derry City win & Over 3.5 goals @ 2.40 @ 3.40

Correct score: Derry City 2-1 @ 6.50