The Shamrock Rovers & Sligo Rovers managers S. Bradley and L. Buckley are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Premier Division league table.
- Shamrock Rovers is in the best form (4-1-1)
- Sligo Rovers have the fewest conceded goals (7) in Premier Division
It's no vacation for neither Shamrock nor Sligo Rovers as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Shamrock Rovers form and stats
Shamrock Rovers are steadily winning Premier Division games and points here at Tallaght Stadium. 4 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 6 games.
Shamrock Rovers lost their last game at Dundalk (placed 7th) after a 1-2 scoreline.
Before that, Shamrock drew at home versus Derry City.Shamrock have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Tallaght Stadium with 11 goals in 6 league matches. Shamrock are not conceding a lot of goals here at Tallaght Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 6 matches.
Sligo Rovers form and stats
4 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. That’s the product of Sligo Rovers, who have the fewest conceded goals (7) in Premier Division, playing as the away team in the Premier Division this season.
Sligo Rovers have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper. It's been 270 minutes since they last conceded in Premier Division.
Impressive finishing secured the home win 2-0 against Longford Town in their previous game.
Before that, Rovers secured a home win against Waterford United with the score 3-0.The schedule is very tough for Rovers now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Premier Division game at Finn Harps is waiting in only four days.
Rovers are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 8 times in 5 away games so far. It's not easy to score on Rovers as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Sligo Rovers - Shamrock 1-1. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: five wins for Shamrock, three draws and two wins for Sligo Rovers. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.Top Goalscorers
  R. Gaffney 5 goals |   J. Gibson 5 goals | D. Mandroiu 4 goals |
Shamrock Rovers missing players
Sligo Rovers missing players
| Shamrock Rovers | Sligo Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | 11 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 17 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 60% | 67% |
| 50% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 8% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 83% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 60% | 50% |
| 33% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 42% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | 14 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10.4 | 8.6 |
| 5.2 | 6.2 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5.6 | 4.4 |
| 32% | 30% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 29% | 29% |
- All of Shamrock Rovers's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Shamrock Rovers have not yet lost a game at home.
- Shamrock Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Shamrock Rovers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Shamrock Rovers have scored in all their matches so far.
- Shamrock Rovers have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers have the most points from losing position (9) in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Shamrock Rovers is in the best form (4-1-1)
- Sligo Rovers have not yet lost a game away.
- Sligo Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sligo Rovers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Sligo Rovers have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Sligo Rovers have the fewest conceded goals (3) away in Premier Division
- Sligo Rovers have the fewest conceded goals (7) in Premier Division
- Sligo Rovers have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) 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 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 27 |
| 2 | Sligo Rovers | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 25 |
| 3 | St Patrick's | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 24 |
| 4 | Drogheda United | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 19 |
| 5 | Finn Harps | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -6 | 15 |
| 6 | Bohemians | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 14 |
| 7 | Dundalk | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 14 |
| 8 | Derry City | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -5 | 13 |
| 9 | Longford Town | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -12 | 7 |
| 10 | Waterford United | 12 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -20 | 6 |