Creeping up on the top sides is the subject when these two mid-table sides battle it out. Both are trying to improve their league table position, Bohemians in 6th and Sligo Rovers in 5th place.
- Bohemians have the most dropped points from leading position (18) in Premier Division
- Sligo Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Bohemians 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.
Bohemians form and stats
All-inclusive Premier Division results playing at home this season for Bohemians are 2-3-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Bohemians faced defeat in their previous match, away at Dundalk (1-3).
A 1-1 draw away before that, with Derry City the opponent.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Bohemians have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 8 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 2 and lost 2.
The manager Long will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to St Patrick's in only three days.
Bohemians have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Dalymount Park with 11 goals in 7 league matches. 10 goals have been conceded.
Sligo Rovers form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier Division travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats. Rovers has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Sligo Rovers's last game was the home draw against St Patrick's (1-1).
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Shamrock Rovers wasn't a success with a 1-3 loss.We have checked recent matches where Sligo Rovers have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 11 games were 4 victories, 2 draws and 5 defeats.
After this away game Rovers return home for a Premier Division game against Derry City. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Sligo Rovers are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 11 away goals from 8 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Rovers have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The most recent registered match involving both these squads is the Sligo Rovers - Bohemians 0-1 played not long ago this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - two - three (Bohemians wins - draws - Sligo Rovers wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Keena 7 goals |   P. Omochere 5 goals |  D. Devoy 4 goals |
Bohemians missing players
Sligo Rovers missing players
| Bohemians | Sligo Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 16 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 21 | 11 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 11 | 21 |
| 19 | 10 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 10 | 19 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 88% |
| 80% | 86% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 69% |
| 47% | 71% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 56% |
| 33% | 43% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 31% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 73% | 71% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 62% | 62% |
| 20% | 29% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 38% | 25% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 25% |
| 5.9 | 6.6 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 3.8 | 4.5 |
| 3.7 | 3 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 5.8 | 4.6 |
| 1.8 | 1.9 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.9 | 2.2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9.9 | 9.1 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 7.8 | 9.6 |
| 3.9 | 4.1 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 3.5 | 3.9 |
| 36% | 38% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 39% | 34% |
| 9.1 | 7.3 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 12.5 | 10.4 |
| 3.9 | 3.7 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8 | 6.4 | 4.9 |
- Bohemians have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Bohemians have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Bohemians have the most dropped points from leading position (18) in Premier Division
- Bohemians have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Bohemians haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sligo Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| 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 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 17 | 36 |
| 2 | Derry City | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 17 | 32 |
| 3 | Dundalk | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 25 |
| 4 | St Patrick's | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 25 |
| 5 | Sligo Rovers | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 21 |
| 6 | Bohemians | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 19 |
| 7 | Shelbourne | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | -7 | 18 |
| 8 | Drogheda United | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -13 | 13 |
| 9 | Finn Harps | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -13 | 10 |
| 10 | UCD | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 23 | -22 | 8 |
