Shelbourne hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 16 points and a 8th position in the Premier Division table. Visiting Sligo Rovers holds 6th place with 19 pts.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Shelbourne form and stats
Shelbourne's struggle is real here at Tolka Park with only 6 points collected from 7 Premier Division games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-3-3.
Shelbourne are returning here after visiting Waterford United in a Premier Division game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. R. Brennan scored the goal(s). Preceding that match was the home game against Bohemians that was lost 1-3.
This is expected to be a close game, with Shelbourne perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Shelbourne as a small favourite), we find one game. Shelbourne has won one of these, drawn zero and lost zero.
Shelbourne aren't scoring a lot here at Tolka Park in the league, with only 6 goals from 7 games. On the other hand, Shelbourne have conceded 9 goals.
Sligo Rovers form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Sligo Rovers, who have the fewest scored goals (2) away in Premier Division, so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-5 (win-draw-lose). The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Sligo Rovers have lost on their last two travels.
Rovers play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-4 to Shamrock Rovers (placed 1st). Before that, Rovers secured a home win against Derry City with the score 1-0.
As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Shamrock Rovers was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Sligo Rovers playing away and similar expectations, we found four relevant matches. Results were three Sligo Rovers wins, zero draws and one defeat.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Rovers's away games in the league this season with only 2 goals from 7 matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Sligo Rovers have conceded 11 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Sligo Rovers - Shelbourne 2-1. Shelbourne-Sligo Rovers H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Shelbourne one win, Sligo Rovers seven wins, two draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  R. Coughlin 4 goals |   R. Brennan 3 goals | R. De Vries 3 goals |
Shelbourne missing players
Sligo Rovers missing players
| Shelbourne | Sligo Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 2 | 15 |
| 18 | 9 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 11 | 21 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 93% |
| 60% | 71% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 57% | 67% |
| 27% | 29% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 29% | 47% |
| 13% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 27% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 47% | 71% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 14% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 29% | 20% |
| 27% | 14% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 86% | 53% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 1.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.4 | 2.5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 84 | 52 | 4 | Total Shots | T S | 31 | 52 | 106 |
| 36 | 27 | 1 | Shots on Target | S O | 11 | 16 | 45 |
| 25% | 22% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 12% | 33% |
- Shelbourne have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Shelbourne have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Sligo Rovers have scored away.
- Shelbourne haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Sligo Rovers has the fewest scored goals (2) away in Premier Division
- Sligo Rovers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
| 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 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 30 | 38 |
| 2 | Bohemians | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 34 |
| 3 | Dundalk | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 25 |
| 4 | Waterford United | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -5 | 21 |
| 5 | St Patrick's | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 19 |
| 6 | Sligo Rovers | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | -6 | 19 |
| 7 | Derry City | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 16 |
| 8 | Shelbourne | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -6 | 16 |
| 9 | Finn Harps | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -11 | 11 |
| 10 | Cork City | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 18 | -19 | 10 |