Drogheda vs UC Dublin

Republic of Ireland • Premier Division - Final • 2026 • Final • Final

Drogheda

17:307 November 2026

UC Dublin

Match information

Country: Republic of Ireland
Competition: Premier Division - Final
Season: 2026
Round: Final
Stage: Final
Date: 7 November 2026
Kick-off: 17:30
Stadium: Tallaght Stadium

Clubs

Drogheda

Founded: 1975
Country: Ireland
Stadium: Head in the Game Park
City: Drogheda
Capacity: 3 500
Surface: grass

UC Dublin

Founded: 1895
Country: Ireland
Stadium: UCD Bowl
City: Dublin
Capacity: 3 000
Surface: grass

Recent form

Drogheda

WLWLW

UC Dublin

DWWWW

Standings

#	Team	P	GD	Pts
8	Galway	36	-7	42
9	Drogheda	36	-13	40
10	Sligo Rovers	36	-38	25

Full standings

Head-to-head

20 January 2026 • Club Friendlies • Drogheda 1 : 1 UC Dublin (Half-time 0 : 1)
1 September 2023 • Premier Division • Drogheda United 3 : 0 UCD (Half-time 2 : 0)
14 July 2023 • Premier Division • UCD 1 : 3 Drogheda United (Half-time 0 : 2)
26 May 2023 • Premier Division • Drogheda United 3 : 1 UCD (Half-time 2 : 1)
10 March 2023 • Premier Division • UCD 0 : 1 Drogheda United (Half-time 0 : 0)

Full H2H

Starting line-ups are announced about an hour before kick-off.

Coaches

Drogheda: Kevin Doherty
UC Dublin: William O'Connor

Squad - Drogheda

#	Player	Age	Apps	Goals	Assists	YC	Rating
Goalkeepers
1	Luke Dennison	30	17	0	0	0	6.87
36	Theo Hennessy	19	-	-	-	-	-
44	Fynn Talley	24	8	0	0	0	6.23
Defenders
2	Edwin Agbaje	22	25	2	0	6	6.74
3	Conor Kane	27	25	0	1	3	6.74
4	Andrew Quinn	24	17	0	0	0	6.52
5	Leo Burney	24	18	1	0	5	6.43
7	Jason Bucknor	24	14	0	1	2	6.63
18	James Bolger	25	14	0	0	2	6.50
22	Conor Keeley	28	25	1	1	5	7.16
31	Kieran Cruise	22	9	0	1	0	6.78
34	Calum Donnelly	19	-	-	-	-	-
Midfielders
6	Jago Godden	22	23	2	0	5	6.55
8	Ethan O'Brien	25	15	0	1	0	6.67
10	Brandon Kavanagh	26	24	3	4	1	6.96
15	Alfie Bates	25	7	0	0	2	6.52
17	Shane Farrell	26	23	4	1	6	6.99
19	Ryan Brennan	34	18	0	1	7	6.50
32	Daniel Mare	19	1	0	0	0	6.70
33	Sean McGrath	17	1	0	0	0	6.30
61	Charlie Cummins	15	-	-	-	-	-
Forwards
9	Keegan Ancelin	23	5	0	1	0	6.70
11	Thomas Oluwa	25	25	4	1	3	6.64
14	Mark Doyle	27	23	8	0	2	6.67
24	Warren Davis	21	18	5	0	0	6.95
25	Ryan Markey	20	4	0	0	0	6.50
26	Michael Cardo	22	-	-	-	-	-

Squad - UC Dublin

#	Player	Age
Goalkeepers
1	Dara Kavanagh	21
16	Noah Douglas	18
20	Karl Andrade	18
Defenders
2	Sean Murphy	18
3	Luca Cailloce	18
5	Carl Lennox	22
6	Adam Wells	23
14	Harry Curtis	22
18	Niall Holohan	21
22	Thomas Morley	20
26	Daniel Costello	-
27	Eoin Sheeran	21
Midfielders
7	Mikey McCullagh	21
8	Louis Dignam	-
10	Ciaran Behan	25
11	Hugh Smith	19
12	Matthew Alonge	20
19	Colin Bolton	21
21	Goodness Ogbonna	18
23	Ryan McBrearty	21
31	Stephen Mohan	20
Forwards
9	Mikey Raggett	22
15	Charles Akinrintayo	18
17	Killian Cailloce	20
24	Sam Norval	21
25	Geordy Lavin	-

Head-to-head

Last 9 meetings

Drogheda wins6

Draws2

UC Dublin wins1

Goals: Drogheda: 19 (2.1)
Goals: UC Dublin: 8 (0.9)
Goals per match: 3.0
Both teams scored: 6 / 9
Over 2.5 goals: 5 / 9

Results

20 January 2026 • Club Friendlies • Drogheda 1 : 1 UC Dublin (Half-time 0 : 1)
1 September 2023 • Premier Division • Drogheda United 3 : 0 UCD (Half-time 2 : 0)
14 July 2023 • Premier Division • UCD 1 : 3 Drogheda United (Half-time 0 : 2)
26 May 2023 • Premier Division • Drogheda United 3 : 1 UCD (Half-time 2 : 1)
10 March 2023 • Premier Division • UCD 0 : 1 Drogheda United (Half-time 0 : 0)
21 October 2022 • Premier Division • UCD 2 : 1 Drogheda United (Half-time 1 : 1)
1 August 2022 • Premier Division • Drogheda United 1 : 1 UCD (Half-time 1 : 1)
15 April 2022 • Premier Division • UCD 0 : 2 Drogheda United (Half-time 0 : 0)
4 March 2022 • Premier Division • Drogheda United 4 : 2 UCD (Half-time 3 : 0)

Form: last 10 matches

	Drogheda	UC Dublin
W-D-L	5-0-5	5-3-2
Scored (per match)	15 (1.5)	22 (2.2)
Conceded (per match)	14 (1.4)	15 (1.5)
Clean sheets	4 / 10	3 / 10
Both teams scored	6 / 10	7 / 10
Over 2.5 goals	6 / 10	6 / 10

Recent form - Drogheda

W30 October 2026 • Premier Division • Drogheda 2 : 0 Galway (Half-time 1 : 0)
L23 October 2026 • Premier Division • Waterford 3 : 1 Drogheda (Half-time 1 : 1)
W16 October 2026 • Premier Division • Drogheda 2 : 0 Derry City (Half-time 1 : 0)
L8 October 2026 • Premier Division • Shamrock Rovers 3 : 1 Drogheda (Half-time 3 : 0)
W1 October 2026 • Club Friendlies • Trabzonspor 0 : 1 Drogheda (Half-time 0 : 0)
L18 September 2026 • Premier Division • Bohemians 2 : 1 Drogheda (Half-time 1 : 0)
W14 September 2026 • Premier Division • Shelbourne 1 : 2 Drogheda (Half-time 1 : 1)
W11 September 2026 • Premier Division • Drogheda 2 : 0 Sligo Rovers (Half-time 2 : 0)
L4 September 2026 • FAI Cup • Drogheda 1 : 2 Galway (Half-time 1 : 1)
L28 August 2026 • Premier Division • Drogheda 2 : 3 Dundalk (Half-time 2 : 1)

Recent form - UC Dublin

W1 November 2026 • First Division • Bray 1 : 3 UC Dublin (Half-time 1 : 2)
W27 October 2026 • First Division • UC Dublin 2 : 0 Longford (Half-time 1 : 0)
W24 October 2026 • First Division • Longford 0 : 2 UC Dublin (Half-time 0 : 1)
W16 October 2026 • First Division • Wexford 2 : 5 UC Dublin (Half-time 1 : 3)
D9 October 2026 • First Division • UC Dublin 1 : 1 Longford (Half-time 1 : 0)
W2 October 2026 • First Division • Treaty United 0 : 4 UC Dublin (Half-time 0 : 3)
L25 September 2026 • First Division • UC Dublin 1 : 3 Bray (Half-time 0 : 1)
L18 September 2026 • First Division • Cork City 5 : 1 UC Dublin (Half-time 4 : 0)
D11 September 2026 • First Division • UC Dublin 2 : 2 Athlone (Half-time 1 : 1)
D4 September 2026 • First Division • Cobh Ramblers 1 : 1 UC Dublin (Half-time 0 : 0)

Standings

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Shamrock Rovers	36	20	8	8	59	38	+21	68
2	Bohemians	36	19	8	9	63	44	+19	65
3	St. Patricks	36	17	9	10	55	31	+24	60
4	Shelbourne	36	12	13	11	52	50	+2	49
5	Derry City	36	11	15	10	50	47	+3	48
6	Dundalk	36	11	12	13	55	59	-4	45
7	Waterford	36	10	13	13	54	61	-7	43
8	Galway	36	10	12	14	46	53	-7	42
9	Drogheda	36	10	10	16	44	57	-13	40
10	Sligo Rovers	36	5	10	21	28	66	-38	25

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Shamrock Rovers	18	14	3	1	37	15	+22	45
2	St. Patricks	18	10	3	5	34	15	+19	33
3	Derry City	18	9	6	3	30	20	+10	33
4	Bohemians	18	8	6	4	29	21	+8	30
5	Waterford	18	6	9	3	28	22	+6	27
6	Galway	18	6	7	5	25	25	0	25
7	Dundalk	18	7	3	8	29	28	+1	24
8	Drogheda	18	6	6	6	22	21	+1	24
9	Shelbourne	18	4	5	9	27	31	-4	17
10	Sligo Rovers	18	3	7	8	18	29	-11	16

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Bohemians	18	11	2	5	34	23	+11	35
2	Shelbourne	18	8	8	2	25	19	+6	32
3	St. Patricks	18	7	6	5	21	16	+5	27
4	Shamrock Rovers	18	6	5	7	22	23	-1	23
5	Dundalk	18	4	9	5	26	31	-5	21
6	Galway	18	4	5	9	21	28	-7	17
7	Waterford	18	4	4	10	26	39	-13	16
8	Drogheda	18	4	4	10	22	36	-14	16
9	Derry City	18	2	9	7	20	27	-7	15
10	Sligo Rovers	18	2	3	13	10	37	-27	9

Top scorers

#	Player	Team	Goals	Pen.	Assists
1	P. Amond	Waterford	14	0	2
1	T. Lonergan	Waterford U.	13	5	5
2	M. Melia	St. Patricks	13	0	0
3	M. Duffy	Derry City	12	0	5
4	O. Elding	Sligo Rovers	12	0	0
2	C. Whelan	Bohemians	11	6	4
3	P. Amond	Waterford U.	10	0	0
5	M. Dyer	Galway	10	0	0
4	M. Doyle	Drogheda United	9	1	0
6	H. Wood	Shelbourne	9	0	0
7	T. Lonergan	Waterford	9	0	0
8	R. Gaffney	Shamrock Rovers	9	0	0
5	A. Keena	St Patrick's	8	3	5
6	Daryl Horgan	Dundalk	8	4	6
7	M. Duffy	Derry City	8	2	5
9	G. Burke	Shamrock Rovers	8	0	3
10	A. Odubeko	Shelbourne	8	0	0
10	J. Clarke	Bohemians	8	0	0
12	L. Boyce	Derry City	8	0	0
8	D. Kelly	Shelbourne	7	0	4
14	C. Keeley	Drogheda	7	0	0
15	W. Davis	Drogheda	7	0	0
14	W. Davis	Drogheda United	5	0	0
18	B. Kavanagh	Drogheda United	4	0	4
26	Farell Shane	Drogheda United	4	0	0
27	T. Oluwa	Drogheda United	4	0	0