Both squads are in good shape, Dundalk enjoying a 14 point advantage on Sligo Rovers in the league table. Let's go!
Dundalk play their home games on artifical turf, while this game will be played on grass. The latest statistics for Dundalk when featuring on grass are 13 wins, 18 draws and 12 defeats from 43 matches. They have created 66 goals and conceded 56 times in these games.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Sligo Rovers and Dundalk.
Sligo Rovers form and stats
Sligo Rovers have collected 22 points from their Premier Division home games so far after 6-4-3.
The spoils were shared in Rovers's previous game, also at home. Visiting Dundalk (placed 2nd) travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline.
Prior to that, an away loss at Finn Harps.Sligo Rovers have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at The Showgrounds with 20 goals in 13 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 14 goals have been conceded.
Dundalk form and stats
3-7-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Dundalk in their Premier Division matches away.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Sligo Rovers (placed 5th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 0-0.
Earlier, the FAI Cup victory away at Wexford Youths.
A tale of few goals? 9 of this team's most recent 12 league fixtures have seen two goals or less.
The attacking power of Dundalk when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 14 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Dundalk as they have only conceded 13 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Dundalk - Sligo Rovers 2-1 was the story when these two contenders formerly met, also in this season. Head to head statistics (for the prior ten meetings): Sligo Rovers won four games, two matches ended with a draw and Dundalk managed four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six
Top Goalscorers
  A. Keena 13 goals |   P. Hoban 9 goals | M. Mata 6 goals |
Sligo Rovers missing players
Dundalk missing players
| Sligo Rovers | Dundalk | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 14 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 28 |
| 9 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 35 | 20 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 10 | 37 |
| 31 | 14 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 13 | 20 |
| 85% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 73% | 82% |
| 70% | 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 40% | 57% |
| 56% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 27% | 43% |
| 26% | 29% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 13% | 18% |
| 7% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 59% | 57% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 33% | 39% |
| 26% | 21% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 40% | 46% |
| 30% | 36% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 53% | 32% |
| 4.5 | 4.8 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.8 |
| 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 4.5 | 4 |
| 2 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.8 | 2.3 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 9.7 | 11 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 9.7 | 10.5 |
| 4 | 4.6 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.3 | 4.1 |
| 32% | 31% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 20% | 32% |
| 9.4 | 8.2 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 9.9 | 9.4 |
| 4.5 | 3.8 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4 | 3.5 |
| 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 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 41 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 26 | 56 |
| 2 | Dundalk | 27 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 37 | 20 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 17 | 49 |
| 3 | Derry City | 26 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 42 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 18 | 46 |
| 4 | St Patrick's | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 36 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 42 |
| 5 | Sligo Rovers | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 35 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 4 | 35 |
| 6 | Bohemians | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 33 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 0 | 33 |
| 7 | Shelbourne | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 25 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 15 | -7 | 32 |
| 8 | Drogheda United | 28 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 29 | 43 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 25 | -14 | 31 |
| 9 | Finn Harps | 27 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 26 | 49 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 29 | -23 | 18 |
| 10 | UCD | 27 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 53 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 31 | -34 | 16 |
