National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Sligo Rovers or Wexford Youths that keep their silverware dream alive.
Rovers have less rest than Wexford Youths in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Europa Conference League game only three days ago. This match was also played here at The Showgrounds. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Wexford Youths have had more rest.
Sligo Rovers form and stats
Sligo Rovers participated in FAI Cup the last season, where they reached the 1st round.The total Premier Division results at home this season for Sligo Rovers are 5-4-3 (wins-draws-losses).
Sligo Rovers's previous match was a Europa Conference League game also played at their own arena, finishing 2-0 versus Motherwell. The home side hope to to continue in that form.
There will be little rest for Rovers after this match as they are travelling to Viking for a Europa Conference League game in only four days.
A decent goal production from Sligo Rovers in their home games so far, with 18 goals from 12 league matches. Sligo Rovers's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Wexford Youths form and stats
They also participated in FAI Cup last season. This ended in the quarter-finals.The story so far for the visiting team on their First Division travels is 4 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.
Home advantage was not enough for Wexford in their previous game as they lost hosting Cork City, 0-1.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Waterford United at their stadium, the result 3-1.We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Wexford Youths played away with similar odds. This revealed 10 games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 0 times, 1 were draw and the home team won as expected 9 times.
Wexford Youths are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 19 times in 11 away games so far. 13 goals have been conceded by Wexford in these games.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the prior four meetings between these two participants are: three wins for Sligo Rovers, zero draws and one win for Wexford Youths. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: zero games.Top Goalscorers
  A. Keena 11 goals |   A. Dobbs 7 goals | M. Mata 4 goals |
Sligo Rovers missing players
Wexford Youths missing players
| Sligo Rovers | Wexford Youths | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 10 | ||
| 34 | 20 | Scored | S | 20 | 38 | ||
| 27 | 14 | Conceded | C | 15 | 40 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 52% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 68% | ||
| 24% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 32% | ||
| 4% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 68% | ||
| 28% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 12% | ||
| 24% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 24% | ||
| 4.8 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 4.9 | ||
| 4.6 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4.4 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.4 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10.3 | 12.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 9.1 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.2 | ||
| 33% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 36% | ||
| 9.8 | 9.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.4 | 8.6 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.6 | ||
| 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 | 24 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 38 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 23 | 52 |
| 2 | Dundalk | 24 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 35 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 45 |
| 3 | Derry City | 23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 40 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 18 | 43 |
| 4 | St Patrick's | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 33 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 36 |
| 5 | Sligo Rovers | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 31 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 32 |
| 6 | Bohemians | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 31 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 32 |
| 7 | Shelbourne | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 12 | -5 | 31 |
| 8 | Drogheda United | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 37 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 22 | -13 | 26 |
| 9 | Finn Harps | 24 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 45 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 27 | -26 | 12 |
| 10 | UCD | 24 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 49 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 30 | -34 | 12 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cork City | 22 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 46 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 6 | 36 | 53 |
| 2 | Galway United | 23 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 44 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 10 | 29 | 52 |
| 3 | Waterford United | 22 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 48 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 31 | 12 | 24 | 41 |
| 4 | Longford Town | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 1 | 36 |
| 5 | Treaty United | 23 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 29 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 12 | -2 | 33 |
| 6 | Wexford Youths | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 33 | 36 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 13 | -3 | 30 |
| 7 | Bray Wanderers | 24 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 42 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 14 | -20 | 21 |
| 8 | Cobh Ramblers | 23 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 24 | 59 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 32 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 27 | -35 | 12 |
| 9 | Athlone Town | 23 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 27 | 57 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 31 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 26 | -30 | 8 |
