The Premier Division match summary, better known as a league table, tells the truth about these contenders to this date, with Sligo Rovers ahead of Longford Town by 36 points. Here's the Tipsway preview:
- Sligo Rovers have the fewest matches over the total-line (10) in Premier Division
- Longford Town have the fewest scored goals (21) in Premier Division
It's no vacation for neither Rovers nor Longford Town 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.
Longford are nearing the end of this stay in this division as relegation is now unavoidable.
Sligo Rovers form and stats
The story so far in the Premier Division for Sligo Rovers at their home stadium (The Showgrounds) is 7 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats.
A nice win for Rovers last time playing, versus Drogheda United. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0 with J. Mahon and J. Kenny scoring for the victors.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Finn Harps that finished 2-2.The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Rovers home games with this odds we find two games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in one win, zero draws and one defeat. Looking at the victories, one match were won by at least two goals.
Sligo Rovers are traveling soon after this match as the Premier Division match at St Patrick's awaits in four days.
The Sligo Rovers fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 22 in 16 matches. From these home matches, Rovers have conceded only 12 goals.
Longford Town form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Longford Town so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 0-5-10 (win-draw-lose). The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Longford have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone 15 consecutive matches without winning on the road. The last time three points were secured away was the Galway United game.
Longford's previous game was their home loss versus St Patrick's (1-4).
A 0-1 loss hosting Shamrock Rovers before that.We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Longford played away with similar odds. This revealed five games. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, two were draws and the home team won as expected three times.
The visitors have scored 11 goals from 15 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. For Longford, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
The two teams in this fixture also encountered each other previously this season: Longford Town - Sligo Rovers 0-1. Stats for the last ten meetings between these two participants are: six wins for Rovers, two draws and two wins for Longford Town. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.Top Goalscorers
  J. Kenny 10 goals | R. Parkes 4 goals |  D. Grimes 4 goals |
Sligo Rovers missing players
Longford Town missing players
| Sligo Rovers | Longford Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 16 | 6 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 32 |
| 14 | 7 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 10 | 22 |
| 38 | 22 | 8 | Scored | S | 3 | 11 | 21 |
| 29 | 12 | 4 | Conceded | C | 9 | 31 | 62 |
| 97% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 97% |
| 66% | 75% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 87% | 75% |
| 31% | 31% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 47% | 44% |
| 12% | 6% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 27% | 28% |
| 3% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 20% | 16% |
| 44% | 44% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | 47% |
| 34% | 38% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 25% | 19% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 40% | 47% |
| 4.8 | 5.3 | 6.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.8 | 3.1 | 3.4 |
| 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.2 | 5.7 | 6.2 |
| 2 | 2.3 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9.7 | 10.7 | 10.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.2 | 5.7 | 6.1 |
| 4 | 3.9 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| 28% | 33% | 19% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 33% | 31% |
- Longford Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Longford Town have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Longford Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Longford Town have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Premier Division
- Longford Town have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Premier Division
- Longford Town have the fewest points (5) away in Premier Division
- Longford Town have the fewest scored goals (11) away in Premier Division
- Longford Town have the fewest scored goals (21) in Premier Division
- Longford Town have the fewest scored goals in the first half (10) in Premier Division
- Longford Town have the fewest scored goals in the second half (11) in Premier Division
- Longford Town have the most conceded goals (31) away in Premier Division
- Longford Town have the most conceded goals (62) in Premier Division
- Longford Town have the most conceded goals in the second half (38) in Premier Division
- Longford Town have the the worst goal difference (-20) away in Premier Division
- Longford Town have the the worst goal difference (-41) in Premier Division
- Longford Town have yet to win a game away.
- Longford Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Longford Town is in the worst form (1-0-5)
- Sligo Rovers have the fewest matches over the total-line (10) in Premier Division
- 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 | 33 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 53 | 23 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 11 | 30 | 72 |
| 2 | St Patrick's | 32 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 52 | 35 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 17 | 59 |
| 3 | Sligo Rovers | 32 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 38 | 29 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 50 |
| 4 | Derry City | 32 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 42 | 38 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 46 |
| 5 | Bohemians | 32 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 52 | 41 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 11 | 44 |
| 6 | Drogheda United | 32 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 43 | 38 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 22 | 5 | 43 |
| 7 | Dundalk | 33 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 40 | 44 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 24 | -4 | 42 |
| 8 | Waterford United | 32 | 12 | 3 | 17 | 32 | 50 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 15 | 26 | -18 | 39 |
| 9 | Finn Harps | 32 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 36 | 49 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 28 | -13 | 38 |
| 10 | Longford Town | 32 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 21 | 62 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 31 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 31 | -41 | 14 |