Can Sligo Rovers beat Bohemians in The Showgrounds clash?

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Competition: Republic of Ireland Premier Division
Competition: Fri 18.September
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: The Showgrounds (5500 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Sligo Rovers have their presumed home advantage while Bohemians are ahead 5 points in the Premier Division table.

Sligo Rovers and Bohemians 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.

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Sligo Rovers form and stats

Sligo Rovers, who have the most conceded goals (9) at home in Premier Division, have performed here at The Showgrounds this season with 4 wins from 6 Premier Division matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 0 games and lost 2. Ever since the Shamrock Rovers game Rovers has been unbeatable here at The Showgrounds producing four straight wins.

The home team returns to The Showgrounds after being equal after 90 minutes with St Patrick's (placed 8th) on their last time out; the Premier Division game ended 0-0. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Finn Harps in a game that was won 3-1.

Rovers can score goals in their home matches. After 6 league matches they have found the net 12 times. Rovers have conceded 9 from these games.

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Bohemians form and stats

The visitors, who have the fewest conceded goals (7) in Premier Division, are W3-D0-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Premier Division.

The attacking players of Bohemians have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 246 minutes.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Premier Division home defeat versus Waterford United with 0-2 on the scoreboard. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Shamrock Rovers wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Bohemians as they have only managed to score 4 times from 5 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Bohemians as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Bohemians - Rovers 2-0 played earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Rovers won three, Bohemians won four and three draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Sligo RoversR. Coughlin
R. Coughlin
4 goals
BohemiansD. Mandroiu
D. Mandroiu
3 goals
BohemiansA. Wright
A. Wright
3 goals

Sligo Rovers missing players

Bohemians missing players

Sligo Rovers Bohemians
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
11 6 2 Played P 2 5 11
5 4 1 Won W 1 3 7
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
5 2 1 Lost L 1 2 4
14 12 5 Scored S 2 4 12
15 9 4 Conceded C 2 3 7
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
82% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 40% 64%
55% 83% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 9%
27% 50% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
9% 17% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
45% 83% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 9%
18% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 60% 55%
45% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 40% 36%
 
4.1 4.2 1.5 Corners for (avg) C F 8.5 5.6 4.8
4.5 5 10.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 4.8 4.2
2.7 2.5 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.6 2.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
85 42 10 Total Shots T S 11 40 87
36 22 6 Shots on Target S O 4 14 33
39% 55% 83% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 29% 36%
Key stats in Premier Division this season:
  • All of Sligo Rovers's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Bohemians has the fewest conceded goals (3) away in Premier Division
  • Bohemians has the fewest conceded goals (7) in Premier Division
  • Bohemians has the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in Premier Division
  • Bohemians has the fewest points from losing position (0) in Premier Division
  • Bohemians has the most matches under the total-line (7) in Premier Division
  • Bohemians haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sligo Rovers has the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Premier Division
  • Sligo Rovers has the most conceded goals (9) at home in Premier Division
  • Sligo Rovers have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Sligo Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sligo Rovers have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Bohemians have scored away.
  • Sligo Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Sligo Rovers is in the best form (4-1-1)

  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 9 2 1 26 9 5 4 1 0 13 3 7 5 1 1 13 6 17 29
2 Bohemians 11 7 0 4 12 7 6 4 0 2 8 4 5 3 0 2 4 3 5 21
3 Dundalk 11 6 2 3 23 16 6 4 2 0 13 7 5 2 0 3 10 9 7 20
4 Waterford United 11 5 2 4 14 12 6 2 1 3 7 8 5 3 1 1 7 4 2 17
5 Sligo Rovers 11 5 1 5 14 15 6 4 0 2 12 9 5 1 1 3 2 6 -1 16
6 Derry City 10 3 3 4 11 10 5 2 1 2 7 6 5 1 2 2 4 4 1 12
7 Shelbourne 11 3 3 5 9 12 5 1 2 2 4 5 6 2 1 3 5 7 -3 12
8 St Patrick's 11 3 3 5 6 10 6 2 2 2 3 3 5 1 1 3 3 7 -4 12
9 Finn Harps 11 2 2 7 7 18 5 1 1 3 1 6 6 1 1 4 6 12 -11 8
10 Cork City 11 2 2 7 6 19 5 2 0 3 4 5 6 0 2 4 2 14 -13 8

Read more about Premier Division

The League of Ireland Premier Division, also known as the SSE Aitricity League Premier Division, is the highest level of football in the Republic of Ireland. It also has teams from Northern Ireland participating. The season runs from February to October with ten teams playing 36 matches each.