Derry City prepare to fight against Sligo Rovers in this Premier Division fixture. Everything you should know about the game can be found here!
- Derry City have the fewest conceded goals (2) in Premier Division
- Sligo Rovers have the most points from losing position (5) in Premier Division
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Sligo Rovers have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 1-1-3 (win-draw-loss) from five matches.
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.
Derry City form and stats
OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Derry City's two home games in the Premier Division so far this season, having collected 4 points here at The Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Brian Philip Maher not having conceded a league goal in 244 minutes.
The home fans saw a 0-0 draw versus Dundalk (after extra-time) last time out and are looking for a win here.
A strong away win before that one, visiting UCD (after extra-time) and winning 4-0.It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Derry City at home in the league. 2 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Sligo Rovers form and stats
Sligo Rovers are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Premier Division, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).
Rovers delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Cork City (after extra-time) (placed 6th) in their previous match. Sligo Rovers's last match (vs Cork City) ended in drama as all points looked lost at the score 0-2. They did not give up, fought back and in the end a courageous finish rescued a draw after 90 minutes thanks to a 90th minute equalizer by Mata.
Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against St Patrick's (after extra-time).Sligo Rovers have the goal stats of 3-3 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - four - two (Derry wins - draws - Sligo Rovers wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. McEneff 4 goals |  M. Mata 4 goals | J. McGonigle 1 goals |
Derry City missing players
Sligo Rovers missing players
| Derry City | Sligo Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | 2 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 80% | 50% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 80% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 20% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 80% |
| 60% | 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 20% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 20% |
| 5.2 | 8 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.5 | 4.8 |
| 4.2 | 4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 10 | 6.6 |
| 2.2 | 1.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 15.5 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 15 | 14.6 |
| 3.4 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.5 | 4.6 |
| 53% | 33% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 35% |
| 9 | 8 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 19.5 | 15 |
| 1.2 | 0.5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
- Derry City have not yet lost a game.
- Derry City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Derry City have the fewest conceded goals (2) in Premier Division
- Derry City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1) in Premier Division
- Derry City have the the best goal difference (+7) in Premier Division
- Derry City have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Sligo Rovers have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Sligo Rovers have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Sligo Rovers have the most points from losing position (5) in Premier Division
- Sligo Rovers have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Sligo Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Derry City | Last season | Sligo Rovers | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 18 | 8 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Drew | D | 5 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 8 | 13 | ||
| 53 | 28 | Scored | S | 23 | 47 | ||
| 27 | 13 | Conceded | C | 24 | 44 | ||
| 89% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 89% | ||
| 64% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 72% | 72% | ||
| 42% | 44% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 56% | 53% | ||
| 14% | 11% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 28% | 28% | ||
| 6% | 6% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 8% | ||
| 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 56% | 53% | ||
| 42% | 44% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 31% | ||
| 19% | 22% | Failed to Score | F T | 22% | 28% | ||
| 5.9 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 4.2 | ||
| 4 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 4.3 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 11.7 | 12.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.1 | 9.4 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 4 | ||
| 30% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 33% | ||
| 6 | 4.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.8 | 9.2 | ||
| 2.5 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bohemians | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 2 | Derry City | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| 3 | Dundalk | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 4 | Sligo Rovers | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 5 | Drogheda United | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 8 |
| 6 | Cork City | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Shelbourne | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 8 | Shamrock Rovers | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 9 | St Patrick's | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -7 | 4 |
| 10 | UCD | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -10 | 1 |
