This could be an interesting match as Drogheda United have their presumed home advantage while Sligo Rovers are ahead 5 points in the Premier Division table.
- Drogheda United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sligo Rovers have the fewest matches over the total-line (7) in Premier Division
Drogheda United form and stats
The Drogheda manager T. Clancy might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
A good away victory last time out for Drogheda, who won 2-1 against Dundalk (placed 9th).
Preceding that match was a defeat to Shamrock Rovers (0-1).Drogheda are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 12 games. On the other hand, Drogheda have conceded 13 goals.
Sligo Rovers form and stats
It's looking increasingly bleak for Sligo Rovers who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Longford Town was the last time a defeat was avoided.
The manager L. Buckley was unhappy after their last game, a Premier Division match played at their home ground The Showgrounds. Rovers suffered a 1-2 loss to Derry City (placed 4th).
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Bohemians wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.Rovers are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 12 games (in the league). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Sligo Rovers as they have only conceded 9 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
This was the score when the contenders played each other earlier this season; Sligo Rovers - Drogheda United 1-2. Head-to-head data (for the previous ten meetings): Drogheda United won three games, four matches ended with a tie and Sligo Rovers managed three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / sixTop Goalscorers
  M. Doyle 10 goals |  C. Lyons 9 goals |  J. Gibson 7 goals |
Drogheda United missing players
Sligo Rovers missing players
| Drogheda United | Sligo Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 23 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 7 | 11 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 37 | 16 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 13 | 28 |
| 32 | 13 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 67% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 50% | 61% |
| 52% | 42% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 25% | 30% |
| 24% | 25% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 8% | 9% |
| 12% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 60% | 67% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 42% | 43% |
| 16% | 8% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 35% |
| 24% | 25% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 25% | 22% |
| 4 | 4.5 | 1.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.5 | 4.8 |
| 5.6 | 5 | 8.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 5 | 4.4 |
| 1.6 | 1.8 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 1.9 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7.4 | 9.5 | 3.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 9.5 | 9.7 |
| 3.2 | 3.9 | 1.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4 |
| 46% | 34% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 27% | 28% |
- Drogheda United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sligo Rovers have the fewest matches over the total-line (7) in Premier Division
- 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 | 23 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 39 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 21 | 50 |
| 2 | St Patrick's | 25 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 43 | 28 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 15 | 47 |
| 3 | Sligo Rovers | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 38 |
| 4 | Derry City | 25 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 31 | 29 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 37 |
| 5 | Bohemians | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 35 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 34 |
| 6 | Drogheda United | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 37 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 5 | 33 |
| 7 | Finn Harps | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 24 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 18 | -8 | 29 |
| 8 | Waterford United | 25 | 9 | 1 | 15 | 23 | 43 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 21 | -20 | 28 |
| 9 | Dundalk | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 27 | 34 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 16 | -7 | 27 |
| 10 | Longford Town | 25 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 16 | 45 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 23 | -29 | 11 |