This match features two teams living in the basement of the Premier Division, Sligo Rovers holding 7th place and Cork City lying 10th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
Sligo Rovers and Cork City 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.
Sligo Rovers form and stats
Sligo Rovers, who have the fewest clean sheets (1) at home in Premier Division, have played 8 Premier Division games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-0-3 (wins-draws-losses).
Rovers are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 183 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by R. de Vries).
In their previous game, the manager L. Buckley led his Rovers to a defeat in the Premier Division match away at Shelbourne. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at The Showgrounds. Prior to that, an away loss at Shamrock Rovers.
The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Rovers's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played two games, won one match, drawn one and lost zero.
A decent goal production from Rovers in their home games so far, with 13 goals from 8 league matches. On the other hand, Rovers have conceded 10 goals.
Cork City form and stats
There's been little loot from Cork City's travels as they have only collected 3 points from 8 away games in the Premier Division. Cork City, who have the fewest scored goals (8) in Premier Division, only have 0 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 3 draws.
Cork are looking to quickly end their 315 minutes long goal drought in the Premier Division.
There were no winners in Cork's previous match, a Premier Division home game that ended 0-0 vs Waterford United (placed 4th). A loss against Dundalk was the result prior to that, in a home game.
Looking at the earlier recent performances of Cork City when being an outsider away as they are today, we find two matches with the visitors losing one time, drawing one and winning zero games.
Cork are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 3 goals from 8 away games. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. For Cork City, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Cork City - Rovers 3-0 played earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Rovers won three games, two matches ended with a draw and Cork City has five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  R. Coughlin 4 goals | R. De Vries 3 goals |   D. Dalling 2 goals |
Sligo Rovers missing players
Cork City missing players
| Sligo Rovers | Cork City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 6 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 15 | 13 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 22 | 10 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 18 | 27 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 88% |
| 62% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 62% |
| 44% | 62% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 44% |
| 25% | 38% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 6% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 6% |
| 31% | 62% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 38% | 25% |
| 19% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 25% |
| 56% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 62% | 62% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 121 | 54 | 19 | Total Shots | T S | 28 | 56 | 114 |
| 49 | 29 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 23 | 46 |
| 31% | 45% | 62% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 13% | 17% |
- Cork City has the fewest points (3) away in Premier Division
- Cork City has the fewest scored goals (8) in Premier Division
- Cork City has the most conceded goals (18) away in Premier Division
- Cork City has the most conceded goals (27) in Premier Division
- Cork City has the most conceded goals in the second half (16) in Premier Division
- Cork City has the the worst goal difference (-15) away in Premier Division
- Cork City has the the worst goal difference (-19) in Premier Division
- Cork City have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Cork City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Cork City have yet to win a game away.
- Cork City is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- Sligo Rovers has the fewest clean sheets (1) at home in Premier Division
- 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 Cork City have scored away.
- Sligo Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 28 |
| 4 | Waterford United | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -5 | 21 |
| 5 | Derry City | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 19 |
| 6 | St Patrick's | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 19 |
| 7 | Sligo Rovers | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 12 | -7 | 19 |
| 8 | Shelbourne | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -7 | 19 |
| 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 |