Playing at their own ground is safe and nice for Longford Town, but Sligo Rovers are fully intent and able to win. How will it end?
- Longford Town is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- Sligo Rovers have the fewest conceded goals (13) in Premier Division
Longford Town 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.
Longford Town form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Premier Division this season. Longford Town have only managed 1 win, 2 draws and 6 losses from their games here at Bishopsgate Stadium. All in all it has been a very rough period for Longford who hasn’t won a league-game in their last 17 attempts. Their previous win was against Derry City, 105 days ago.
Longford shared the glory with Finn Harps in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1.
Preceding that match was the home game against Waterford United that was lost 1-2.Longford Town aren't scoring a lot here at Bishopsgate Stadium in the league, with only 6 goals from 9 games. Longford Town have conceded 15 from these games.
Sligo Rovers form and stats
Sligo Rovers, who have the fewest conceded goals (13) in Premier Division, have an excellent away record in the Premier Division so far with 6-2-1 from 9 games.
The supporters enjoyed Sligo Rovers's previous game versus Bohemians (placed 4th), a Premier Division 4-0 win played at home. As mentioned above, Rovers was the only team on the pitch versus Bohemians in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task. It's hard not to mention J. Kenny's lethal finishing against Bohemians. three goals were a big reason for the important victory.
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Derry City.Rovers are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 12 away goals from 9 games (in the league). Rovers are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 7 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Sligo Rovers - Longford 2-0 earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - two - six (Longford wins - draws - Sligo Rovers wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Gibson 6 goals | J. Kenny 5 goals | R. Parkes 4 goals |
Longford Town missing players
Sligo Rovers missing players
| Longford Town | Sligo Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 5 | 12 | 26 |
| 32 | 15 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| 94% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 78% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 72% |
| 44% | 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 33% | 33% |
| 28% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 33% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 56% | 50% |
| 11% | 22% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 39% |
| 44% | 56% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 3.2 | 3.3 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.7 | 4.6 |
| 6.1 | 6.1 | 10 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 5.3 | 4.6 |
| 1.4 | 1.6 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 5.9 | 5.6 | 3.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 8.7 | 9.2 |
| 2.2 | 2 | 1.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.7 | 3.6 |
| 32% | 33% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 56% | 36% | 37% |
- Longford Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Longford Town have the most conceded goals in the second half (19) in Premier Division
- Longford Town is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- Sligo Rovers have the fewest conceded goals (13) in Premier Division
- Sligo Rovers have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in Premier Division
- Sligo Rovers have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in Premier Division
- Sligo Rovers have the most points (20) away 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 | St Patrick's | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 35 |
| 2 | Shamrock Rovers | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 13 | 35 |
| 3 | Sligo Rovers | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 35 |
| 4 | Bohemians | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 27 |
| 5 | Drogheda United | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 26 |
| 6 | Dundalk | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 12 | -1 | 24 |
| 7 | Derry City | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | -4 | 22 |
| 8 | Finn Harps | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | -10 | 20 |
| 9 | Waterford United | 18 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 16 | -24 | 13 |
| 10 | Longford Town | 18 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 17 | -19 | 9 |