Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Shamrock Rovers & Sligo Rovers face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FAI Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Sligo Rovers could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a FAI Cup game only four sleeps ago.
Shamrock Rovers form and stats
Home games in the Premier Division have been a walk in the park for Shamrock Rovers so far, with 23 points won from 9 matches; 7 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses. In general it's been a long time since Shamrock Rovers tasted defeat here at Tallaght Stadium, as they have taken at least one point from their last 16 home games in the league.
Shamrock Rovers are confident in defense, having played 563 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Shelbourne.
The force was strong with Shamrock Rovers in their previous game playing Finn Harps. It looked dark when they went behind 0-2 but thanks to goals from G. Burke (2), A. Greene and A. McEneff the match ended with a very strong 3-2 win.
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Shamrock Rovers home games with this odds we find seven games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in five wins, two draws and zero defeats. Looking at the victories, four matches were won by at least two goals.
Shamrock Rovers are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Tallaght Stadium in their league games, having scored an impressive 25 goals in 9 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only -1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Shamrock Rovers have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 4 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Sligo Rovers form and stats
Sligo Rovers's mission in FAI Cup last season failed in the semi-finals.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Sligo Rovers so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-6 (win-draw-lose).
Preceding that game was the away Premier Division victory against Dundalk with the score of 2-0.
You'll want to know how Rovers managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found two similar matches resulting in zero away wins, one draw and one home win.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Rovers's away games in the league this season with only 4 goals from 9 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only -1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Sligo Rovers have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Shamrock won five games, three matches ended with a draw and Sligo Rovers has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / sixTop Goalscorers
  J. Byrne 9 goals |  G. Burke 8 goals |  A. Greene 7 goals |
Shamrock Rovers missing players
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| Shamrock Rovers | Sligo Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 18 | 8 | Won | W | 6 | 12 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 7 | 10 | ||
| 54 | 29 | Scored | S | 19 | 34 | ||
| 17 | 9 | Conceded | C | 20 | 31 | ||
| 84% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 68% | ||
| 52% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 47% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 13% | 12% | ||
| 36% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 44% | ||
| 60% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 47% | 40% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.6 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10 | 10.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.8 | 7.6 | ||
| 4.6 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.2 | ||
| 46% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 37% | ||
| 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 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 46 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 36 | 48 |
| 2 | Bohemians | 18 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 37 |
| 3 | Dundalk | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 29 |
| 4 | Sligo Rovers | 18 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 19 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 | -4 | 25 |
| 5 | Waterford United | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -5 | 24 |
| 6 | St Patrick's | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -3 | 21 |
| 7 | Derry City | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| 8 | Finn Harps | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -9 | 20 |
| 9 | Shelbourne | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -9 | 19 |
| 10 | Cork City | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 20 | -20 | 11 |