The first of two encounters in the Europa Conference League 1st Qualifying Round, as the hometeam Bala Town will try to edge Sligo Rovers in their own ballpark.
Bala Town and Sligo Rovers should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Bala Town form and stats
Bala Town participated in Europa Conference League the last season, where they reached the 1st qualifying round and lost against Larne.The Bala Town supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Penybont and win 11-0. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Bala Town played a great game against Penybont and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. Spittle was absolutely essential when Bala beat Penybont 11-0, scoring four goals.
Previous to that game, a Premier League home match hosting Penybont in a game that was won 11-0.Sligo Rovers form and stats
They also participated in Europa Conference League last season. This ended in the 1st qualifying round, when FH drew the shortest straw.The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier Division travels is 3 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats.
Sligo Rovers go into this game after a win, the home game against Shelbourne that ended 3-1.
Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Drogheda United.Sligo Rovers have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 11 league away games 13 goals have been scored. Rovers have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Keena 11 goals |  M. Mata 4 goals |  K. O’Sullivan 3 goals |
Bala Town missing players
Sligo Rovers missing players
| Bala Town | Sligo Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 9 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 55 | 32 | Scored | S | 16 | 35 | ||
| 32 | 16 | Conceded | C | 15 | 27 | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 88% | ||
| 76% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 76% | ||
| 60% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 56% | ||
| 44% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 24% | ||
| 32% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 48% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 60% | ||
| 48% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 24% | ||
| 3.8 | 3.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.3 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 4.5 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 10.5 | 11.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.1 | 9.3 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.9 | ||
| 50% | 48% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 36% | ||
| 7.8 | 7.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.2 | 9.8 | ||
| 3.1 | 2.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 4.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Shamrock Rovers | 23 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 23 | 51 |
| 2 | Dundalk | 21 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 31 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 41 |
| 3 | Derry City | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 38 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 17 | 40 |
| 4 | St Patrick's | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 35 |
| 5 | Sligo Rovers | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 31 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 32 |
| 6 | Bohemians | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 27 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -1 | 26 |
| 7 | Shelbourne | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 12 | -9 | 25 |
| 8 | Drogheda United | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 35 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 21 | -13 | 22 |
| 9 | Finn Harps | 21 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 37 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -20 | 12 |
| 10 | UCD | 21 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 44 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 30 | -32 | 9 |
