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- Sligo Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Drogheda United 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.
Drogheda United form and stats
With 3 Premier Division wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats from their home games, Drogheda United are certainly not brimming with confidence. When Drogheda United hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Drogheda United, UCD and Cork City), they have won 1 of 2 matches!
Drogheda United's previous fixture was a FAI Cup game also played at their home, ending 2-1 vs Sligo Rovers. The home team are looking to build on that result.
In the preceding match a 3-1 victory visiting UCD.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Drogheda have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 4 matches with the results: Won 0, drawn 2 and lost 2.
Drogheda United aren't scoring a lot here at United Park in the league, with only {10 goals} from 12 games. Drogheda have conceded 14 in these home matches.
Sligo Rovers form and stats
Sligo Rovers have only collected 11 points from their away games in the Premier Division, after 3-2-7 (12 played). Sligo Rovers has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Two away matches in a row for Sligo Rovers, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 against Drogheda United in the FAI Cup.
That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus Cork City in the Premier Division.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 5 similar matches played by Sligo Rovers in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Sligo Rovers, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
Sligo Rovers have conceded 17 goals in these away matches. When Rovers is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 3 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against UCD, Cork City and Sligo Rovers.
Head 2 Head
The last head to head match ended Sligo Rovers - Drogheda United 1-1, earlier this season. Head-to-head numbers (for the last ten meetings): Drogheda United won three games, three matches ended in a draw and Sligo Rovers have four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Mata 11 goals |   F. Draper 8 goals |  A. Foley 5 goals |
Drogheda United missing players
Sligo Rovers missing players
| Drogheda United | Sligo Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 24 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| 25 | 10 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 12 | 28 |
| 31 | 14 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 17 | 32 |
| 92% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 58% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 75% | 75% |
| 42% | 33% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 50% | 54% |
| 25% | 17% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 8% | 17% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 8% | 4% |
| 58% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 67% | 58% |
| 21% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | 12% |
| 29% | 42% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 25% | 29% |
| 5.8 | 6.3 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 5 | 5.5 |
| 4.8 | 4.3 | 1.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.7 | 6.3 | 5.5 |
| 2.4 | 2.5 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.9 | 2.6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 13.2 | 16.2 | 19 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 11.8 | 12 |
| 3.2 | 3.6 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| 33% | 23% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 29% | 33% |
| 12 | 11.2 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.7 | 12.8 | 11.7 |
| 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.8 | 3.8 |
- 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 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 47 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 25 | 47 |
| 2 | St Patrick's | 25 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 47 | 32 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 15 | 43 |
| 3 | Derry City | 25 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 33 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 43 |
| 4 | Bohemians | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 35 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 39 |
| 5 | Dundalk | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 38 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 39 |
| 6 | Shelbourne | 24 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 26 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 35 |
| 7 | Sligo Rovers | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 28 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 17 | -4 | 29 |
| 8 | Drogheda United | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 31 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 17 | -6 | 28 |
| 9 | Cork City | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 26 | 43 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 28 | -17 | 23 |
| 10 | UCD | 24 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 64 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 39 | -50 | 9 |
