With their 3 point advantage in the league table, Sligo Rovers fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Derry City.
It's no vacation for neither Rovers nor Derry City 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.
Derry City play their home games on artifical turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for Derry City when playing on grass are 13 wins, 9 draws and 14 defeats from 36 matches. They have scored 47 goals and conceded 55 times in these games.
Sligo Rovers form and stats
The story so far in the Premier Division for Sligo Rovers, who have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Premier Division, at their home stadium (The Showgrounds) is 4 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 275 minutes without scoring a league goal. R. Coughlan was the last player to find the net.
No payout for Rovers in their previous match, an away game at Waterford United that ended in defeat 0-1. Preceding that match was the home game against Bohemians that was lost 0-1.
Rovers are traveling soon after this match as the Premier Division match at Shamrock Rovers awaits in three days.
Rovers have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at The Showgrounds with 12 goals in 7 league matches. Sligo Rovers's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Derry City form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Derry City so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-3 (win-draw-lose).
There might be some fixture complaints from Derry City as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the Premier Division match against Bohemians (1-2). A draw for Derry before that, at their own venue hosting St Patrick's (0-0).
Derry were so close to getting something from the game against Bohemians, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal six minutes into overtime.
After this away game Derry return home for a Premier Division game against Waterford United. That game is only three sleeps after this.
The attacking power of Derry when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 6 league matches away. As opposed to that, Derry have seen the ball go into their own net 6 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Derry City - Sligo Rovers 0-2. Last ten meetings between the teams: Sligo Rovers won four, Derry City won five and one draw. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Coughlin 4 goals |  W. Capango Figueira 3 goals | J. Akintunde 3 goals |
Sligo Rovers missing players
Derry City missing players
| Sligo Rovers | Derry City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 14 | 12 | 5 | Scored | S | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 17 | 10 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 83% |
| 69% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 75% |
| 46% | 71% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 33% | 33% |
| 23% | 43% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 8% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 38% | 71% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 33% |
| 54% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | 50 | 19 | Total Shots | T S | 10 | 40 | 109 |
| 40 | 25 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 17 | 39 |
| 35% | 48% | 62% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 29% | 31% |
- Derry City has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Premier Division
- Derry City has the most dropped points from leading position (11) in Premier Division
- Sligo Rovers has the fewest clean sheets (0) 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 Derry 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 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 26 | 35 |
| 2 | Bohemians | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 27 |
| 3 | Dundalk | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 20 |
| 4 | Waterford United | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 20 |
| 5 | St Patrick's | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 16 |
| 6 | Sligo Rovers | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | -3 | 16 |
| 7 | Derry City | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 13 |
| 8 | Shelbourne | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -5 | 13 |
| 9 | Finn Harps | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -11 | 10 |
| 10 | Cork City | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | -13 | 9 |