The Showgrounds: Sligo Rovers vs Dundalk Premier Division preview

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Competition: Republic of Ireland Premier Division
Competition: Sat 20.March
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Showgrounds (5500 seats)

It's a new Premier Division campaign and Sligo Rovers are eager to get started here at The Showgrounds. Dundalk are coming to visit and this should be a thrilling season kickoff.

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Dundalk have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 26-5-13 (win-draw-loss) from 44 matches.

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Sligo Rovers form and stats

It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Rovers, who have participated in one training match. Sligo Rovers have won 0 of these, drawn 1 and were beaten in 0 games.

Last season, Sligo Rovers's league statistics were 8 wins, 1 draw and 9 losses, resulting in a 4th position in the Premier Division. Over these 18 matches they scored 19 goals and conceded 23. Playing at home last season Sligo Rovers managed 6-0-3 (win-draw-lost) with 15 goals and 11 conceded.

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Dundalk form and stats

Dundalk played one friendly in their break from official games, resulting in 1 victory, 0 draws and 0 defeats. In these one match Dundalk scored 3 and conceded 2 goals.

Let's have a look at how Dundalk performed last season in the Premier Division: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 7 victories, 5 draws and 6 defeats. In total they scored 25 and conceded 23 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 1 and lost 4 with 15/12 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Sligo Rovers victories, one draw and six Dundalk wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Sligo Rovers missing players

Dundalk missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sligo Rovers Dundalk
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Sligo Rovers Last season Dundalk
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
18 9   Played P   9 18
8 6   Won W   4 7
1 0   Drew D   1 5
9 3   Lost L   4 6
19 15   Scored S   15 25
23 11   Conceded C   12 23
94% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 89%
67% 78%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   89% 78%
44% 67%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   67% 56%
22% 33%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   33% 33%
6% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 11%
33% 67%   BTTS BTTS   67% 50%
22% 11%   Clean Sheets C S   22% 33%
50% 22%   Failed to Score F T   11% 28%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
2.7 2.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 1.5
1 0   Red cards R C   0 0
 
7.1 6.3   Shots (avg) S (   8.6 9.1
2.9 3.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.6 3.5
36% 48%   Goal Efficiency G E   47% 37%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bohemians 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Derry City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Drogheda United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Dundalk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Finn Harps 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Longford Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Shamrock Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Sligo Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 St Patrick's 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Waterford United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season 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 18 15 3 0 44 7 9 7 2 0 25 4 9 8 1 0 19 3 37 48
2 Bohemians 18 12 1 5 23 12 9 6 0 3 13 7 9 6 1 2 10 5 11 37
3 Dundalk 18 7 5 6 25 23 9 3 4 2 10 11 9 4 1 4 15 12 2 26
4 Sligo Rovers 18 8 1 9 19 23 9 6 0 3 15 11 9 2 1 6 4 12 -4 25
5 Waterford United 18 7 3 8 17 22 9 4 1 4 9 9 9 3 2 4 8 13 -5 24
6 St Patrick's 18 5 6 7 14 17 9 3 3 3 7 6 9 2 3 4 7 11 -3 21
7 Derry City 18 5 5 8 18 18 9 4 2 3 12 8 9 1 3 5 6 10 0 20
8 Finn Harps 18 5 5 8 15 24 9 3 2 4 6 11 9 2 3 4 9 13 -9 20
9 Shelbourne 18 5 4 9 13 22 9 2 3 4 7 11 9 3 1 5 6 11 -9 19
10 Cork City 18 2 5 11 10 30 9 2 2 5 6 10 9 0 3 6 4 20 -20 11

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bohemians 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Derry City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Drogheda United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Dundalk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Finn Harps 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Longford Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Shamrock Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Sligo Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 St Patrick's 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Waterford United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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.