Derry City are listed as expected winners of this home fixture vs Sligo Rovers, if the league standings are thought to provide some clues. Or could we be eyeing a possible shock?
- Derry City have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Premier Division
- Sligo Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
It should be mentioned that Sligo Rovers play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Sligo Rovers on artifical turf are 1 victory, 2 draws and 3 defeats from six games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 9-16. You can compare this with overall results below.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Derry City form and stats
The story so far in the Premier Division for Derry City at their home stadium (The Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium) is 5 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.
An away draw last time out for Derry City, facing Shelbourne in a game that ended 1-1.
Heartbreak before that as Derry lost 0-1 at Shamrock Rovers's place.It should be taken into account that a look at the 13 most recent league matches shows that 10 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored).
Derry City has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. Derry City are not conceding a lot of goals here at The Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 12 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Sligo Rovers form and stats
There's been little loot from Sligo Rovers's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 11 away games in the Premier Division. Sligo Rovers only have 3 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 2 draws.
Rovers go into this game after a win, the home game against Bohemians that ended 3-1. That win felt good as this club had gone four league rounds without victory.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against UCD wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.As opposed to that, Sligo Rovers have seen the ball go into their own net 15 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Oddly enough, the last time Sligo Rovers kept a "clean sheet" was also versus this opponent, six league games ago (Sligo Rovers - Derry City 1-0). The ref pulled out his red card when these teams last played each other, and the sinner was Mahon (Sligo Rovers). H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Derry four wins, four draws and Sligo Rovers two victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Mata 10 goals |  J. McEneff 6 goals | M. Duffy 4 goals |
Derry City missing players
Sligo Rovers missing players
| Derry City | Sligo Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 22 |
| 11 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 31 | 14 | 8 | Scored | S | 2 | 11 | 24 |
| 18 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 15 | 30 |
| 88% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 58% | 58% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 73% | 73% |
| 29% | 17% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 45% | 50% |
| 21% | 8% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 9% | 18% |
| 8% | 8% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 5% |
| 33% | 17% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 64% | 59% |
| 46% | 58% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 9% | 9% |
| 33% | 50% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 27% | 32% |
| 6.5 | 7.7 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 5 | 5.5 |
| 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 6.3 | 5.6 |
| 2.2 | 1.9 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.8 | 2.6 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | 16.1 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.5 | 11.8 | 11.6 |
| 3.8 | 4.6 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.4 |
| 34% | 25% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 28% | 32% |
| 8.6 | 7.5 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.5 | 12.5 | 11.7 |
| 2.5 | 1.7 | 1.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 3.5 | 3.9 |
- Derry City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Derry City have the fewest conceded goals (6) at home in Premier Division
- Derry City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (11) in Premier Division
- Derry City have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Premier Division
- Derry City have the most clean sheets (7) at home in Premier Division
- Derry City have the most matches under the total-line (17) in Premier Division
- Derry City have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Sligo Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 47 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 25 | 46 |
| 2 | St Patrick's | 24 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 46 | 31 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 15 | 42 |
| 3 | Derry City | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 31 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 40 |
| 4 | Dundalk | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 36 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 39 |
| 5 | Bohemians | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 31 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 35 |
| 6 | Shelbourne | 22 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 31 |
| 7 | Sligo Rovers | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 15 | -6 | 26 |
| 8 | Drogheda United | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -8 | 24 |
| 9 | Cork City | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 25 | 39 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 24 | -14 | 22 |
| 10 | UCD | 22 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 57 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 39 | -44 | 9 |
