Waterford United vs Sligo Rovers match preview

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Competition: Republic of Ireland Premier Division
Date: Tue 08.October
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Waterford Regional Sports Centre (5500 seats)

Waterford United hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 37 points and a 7th position in the Premier Division table. Visiting Sligo Rovers holds 6th place with 42 pts.

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 Waterford United and Sligo Rovers.

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Waterford United form and stats

With 4 Premier Division wins, 4 draws and 8 defeats from their home games, Waterford United are certainly not brimming with confidence. Waterford United are slowly digging their own grave here at Waterford Regional Sports Centre with the depressing streak of not having won a home game in seven attempts. The last victory here came in the UCD match.

A good away victory last time out for Waterford United, who won 2-0 against St Patrick's (placed 5th). Ahead of that match, Waterford United lost 0-1 at home to Dundalk.

The manager A. Reynolds will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Stenhousemuir in only three days.

Waterford United has scored 20 league goals at home this season, in 16 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Waterford United defense is not exactly impregnable. 24 goals conceded from 16 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Sligo Rovers form and stats

As the visiting team in Premier Division matches, Sligo Rovers have produced an overall stat of 5-4-7 so far. Sligo Rovers love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.

Sligo Rovers delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Shamrock Rovers (placed 2nd) in their previous match; a Premier Division game. The game before that, in the FAI Cup, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Dundalk.

Sligo Rovers are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 18 away goals from 16 games (in the league). Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Sligo Rovers have conceded 26 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Sligo Rovers - Waterford United 0-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 3 Waterford United victories, 4 draws and 3 Sligo Rovers wins. 3 of these games ended with three goals or more, 7 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

R. Parkes
11 goals
R. Coughlin
8 goals
Z. Elbouzedi
5 goals

Waterford United missing players

Sligo Rovers missing players

Waterford United Sligo Rovers
Total Home Home vs mid Statistics Stat Away vs low Away Total
33 16 4 Played P 6 16 33
10 4 1 Won W 4 5 10
7 4 2 Drew D 1 4 12
16 8 1 Lost L 1 7 11
40 20 6 Scored S 10 18 36
50 24 5 Conceded C 5 26 41
88% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 88% 82%
79% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 88% 76%
61% 56% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 56% 42%
24% 25% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 19% 15%
15% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 12% 9%
48% 50% 75% BTTS BTTS 33% 44% 48%
33% 31% 25% Clean Sheets C S 50% 25% 27%
30% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 44% 42%
 
4.7 4.8 3.5 Corners For (avg) C F 5.3 3.1 3.8
5.6 5.1 6 Corners Against (avg) C A 5.7 6.6 6.4
1.6 1.8 1.8 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.8 2.2
2 1 0 Red Cards R C 1 1 3
Key stats This season:
  • Sligo Rovers have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Sligo Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sligo Rovers have won significantly less corners away then at home.

Waterford United
All Premier Division League Cup First Division Club Friendlies Challenge Cup FAI Cup
All Home Away
02-09-19 PD Cork City 1 - 2 Waterford United
06-09-19 CC Waterford United 3 - 1 Hearts U21
09-09-19 FAI Waterford United 1 - 3 Dundalk
13-09-19 PD Bohemians 1 - 2 Waterford United
20-09-19 PD Waterford United 0 - 1 Dundalk
04-10-19 PD St Patrick's 0 - 2 Waterford United
08-10-19 PD Waterford United 18:45 Sligo Rovers
11-10-19 CC Stenhousemuir 18:35 Waterford United
18-10-19 PD Finn Harps 19:00 Waterford United
25-10-19 PD Waterford United 18:45 UCD
Sligo Rovers
All Premier Division League Cup Club Friendlies FAI Cup Challenge Cup
All Home Away
30-08-19 PD Cork City 2 - 4 Sligo Rovers
02-09-19 PD Sligo Rovers 0 - 2 Dundalk
07-09-19 FAI Sligo Rovers 4 - 0 UCD
13-09-19 PD Sligo Rovers 3 - 1 Finn Harps
20-09-19 PD UCD 0 - 2 Sligo Rovers
29-09-19 FAI Sligo Rovers 0 - 1 Dundalk
05-10-19 PD Sligo Rovers 0 - 0 Shamrock Rovers
08-10-19 PD Waterford United 18:45 Sligo Rovers
19-10-19 PD Sligo Rovers 18:45 Derry City
25-10-19 PD Bohemians 18:45 Sligo Rovers

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Dundalk 33 26 5 2 68 15 17 15 2 0 39 8 16 11 3 2 29 7 53 83
2 Shamrock Rovers 33 20 6 7 55 21 16 10 4 2 28 7 17 10 2 5 27 14 34 66
3 Bohemians 33 15 8 10 43 26 16 9 3 4 30 13 17 6 5 6 13 13 17 53
4 Derry City 33 13 12 8 49 30 16 8 4 4 26 12 17 5 8 4 23 18 19 51
5 St Patrick's 33 13 9 11 26 30 17 7 4 6 13 16 16 6 5 5 13 14 -4 48
6 Sligo Rovers 33 10 12 11 36 41 17 5 8 4 18 15 16 5 4 7 18 26 -5 42
7 Waterford United 33 10 7 16 40 50 16 4 4 8 20 24 17 6 3 8 20 26 -10 37
8 Cork City 33 7 10 16 25 44 16 2 7 7 12 21 17 5 3 9 13 23 -19 31
9 Finn Harps 33 6 7 20 25 59 17 5 3 9 18 24 16 1 4 11 7 35 -34 25
10 UCD 33 5 4 24 21 72 17 5 1 11 17 27 16 0 3 13 4 45 -51 19

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