The Premier Division season is still fresh and sports bettors should be cautious. This meeting between Derry City and Sligo Rovers promises to be an interesting one.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
2-1-5 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Sligo Rovers when playing away games on artifical turf, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has grass). Their goal statistics from those eight matches are 6-18 (scored/conceded).
Derry City form and stats
Only two Premier Division home games for Derry City so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat.
In their previous game, the manager D. Devine led his Derry City to a defeat in the Premier Division match away at Waterford United. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at The Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium. Ahead of that match, Derry City won a home game hosting Bohemians (2-0).
Heartbreak for Derry City in their last match as Waterford United's S. Griffin scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Derry City matches with similar probabilities have ended with zero wins, one draw and zero defeats (from one game).
There will be little rest for Derry City after this match as they are travelling to St Patrick's for a Premier Division game in only three days.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Derry City at home in the league. 3 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Sligo Rovers form and stats
It's not happening yet for Sligo Rovers on their Premier Division travels, with zero points from their first 2 away games. Maybe today will be different? It's looking increasingly bleak for Sligo Rovers who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Finn Harps was the last time a defeat was avoided. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Sligo Rovers have lost on their last two travels.
Sligo Rovers's previous game was their home loss versus Shamrock Rovers (2-3). It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Bohemians wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.
As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Sligo Rovers playing away, we found four games. Results were one away win, zero draws and three home wins.
After this away game Sligo Rovers return home for a Premier Division game against Waterford United. That game is only three sleeps after this.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Sligo Rovers has managed 0 goals and let in 3 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: five wins for Derry City, one draw and four wins for Sligo Rovers. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
 J. Malone 1 goals |
Derry City missing players
Sligo Rovers missing players
| Derry City | Sligo Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 75% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 4.2 | 5.5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.5 | 3.8 |
| 5.5 | 3.5 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3 | 4.2 |
| 1.8 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | 26 | 16 | Total Shots | T S | 8 | 18 | 26 |
| 13 | 7 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| 31% | 43% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 20% |
- Sligo Rovers has the fewest clean sheets (0)
- Sligo Rovers is in the worst form (0-0-4)
| Derry City | Last season | Sligo Rovers | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 12 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 12 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Lost | L | 9 | 14 | ||
| 56 | 31 | Scored | S | 19 | 38 | ||
| 34 | 15 | Conceded | C | 30 | 47 | ||
| 86% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 83% | ||
| 75% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 89% | 78% | ||
| 44% | 44% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 56% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 14% | ||
| 8% | 6% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 8% | ||
| 39% | 22% | BTTS | BTTS | 44% | 50% | ||
| 39% | 56% | Clean Sheets | C S | 22% | 25% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 44% | 42% | ||
| 4.4 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.9 | 3.7 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 6.2 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 343 | 157 | Total Shots | T S | 133 | 286 | ||
| 124 | 67 | Shots on Target | S O | 56 | 115 | ||
| 44% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 33% | ||
| 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 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 15 |
| 2 | Dundalk | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| 3 | Bohemians | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | St Patrick's | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Shelbourne | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 6 |
| 6 | Waterford United | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 6 |
| 7 | Derry City | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | Finn Harps | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 4 |
| 9 | Cork City | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | -10 | 3 |
| 10 | Sligo Rovers | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Dundalk | 36 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 73 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 43 | 8 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 10 | 55 | 86 |
| 2 | Shamrock Rovers | 36 | 23 | 6 | 7 | 62 | 21 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 7 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 14 | 41 | 75 |
| 3 | Bohemians | 36 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 47 | 28 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 34 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 19 | 60 |
| 4 | Derry City | 36 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 56 | 34 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 22 | 57 |
| 5 | St Patrick's | 36 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 29 | 35 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 19 | -6 | 52 |
| 6 | Waterford United | 36 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 46 | 53 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 26 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 27 | -7 | 43 |
| 7 | Sligo Rovers | 36 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 38 | 47 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 30 | -9 | 42 |
| 8 | Cork City | 36 | 9 | 10 | 17 | 29 | 49 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 26 | -20 | 37 |
| 9 | Finn Harps | 36 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 64 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 24 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 40 | -38 | 28 |
| 10 | UCD | 36 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 25 | 82 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 17 | 30 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 52 | -57 | 19 |