Both Waterford United and Sligo Rovers are hungry for points in this one, despite the away team holding a 22 point advantage so far.
- Waterford United have the most conceded goals (39) in Premier Division
- Sligo Rovers have the fewest conceded goals (13) in Premier Division
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Waterford United form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Premier Division this season. Waterford United have only managed 1 win, 1 draw and 7 losses from their games here at Waterford Regional Sports Centre.
Happy days for Waterford United in their previous game, a Premier Division match away at Finn Harps (placed 8th) that ended with a 1-0 victory.
A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Derry City.Waterford have scored 5 league goals here from 9 matches, not a lot. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Waterford with 21 goals conceded in these matches.
Sligo Rovers form and stats
Sligo Rovers's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Sligo Rovers collect 23 points from their 10 away matches in the Premier Division. 7 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat).
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Sligo Rovers goalkeeper Edward McGinty is eager to challenge this, with his 185 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Two travels in a row for Rovers, whose manager L. Buckley could celebrate last time after the Premier Division win against Longford Town.
That result followed a home victory 4-0 versus Bohemians.Rovers find the net regularly in their away games. 13 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. It's not easy to score on Rovers as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Sligo Rovers - Waterford 3-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Waterford victories, three draws and three Sligo Rovers wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Gibson 7 goals | J. Kenny 5 goals |  J. Martin 4 goals |
Waterford United missing players
Sligo Rovers missing players
| Waterford United | Sligo Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 19 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 14 | 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | 5 | 2 | Scored | S | 5 | 13 | 27 |
| 39 | 21 | 5 | Conceded | C | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 70% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 25% | 60% | 68% |
| 60% | 56% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 30% | 32% |
| 15% | 22% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 10% | 11% |
| 10% | 22% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 44% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 50% | 47% |
| 10% | 11% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 75% | 40% | 42% |
| 50% | 44% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 10% | 11% |
| 3.1 | 3.1 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| 6.1 | 5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.1 | 4.5 |
| 2.7 | 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 5.3 | 5.9 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 9.6 | 9.7 |
| 2.4 | 2.5 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4 | 3.8 |
| 33% | 25% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 32% | 35% |
- Sligo Rovers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Sligo Rovers have scored at least twice as many goals away as Waterford United have scored home.
- Sligo Rovers have the fewest conceded goals (13) in Premier Division
- Sligo Rovers have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in Premier Division
- Sligo Rovers have the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in Premier Division
- Sligo Rovers have the most points (23) away in Premier Division
- Sligo Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Waterford United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Waterford United have the fewest points (4) at home in Premier Division
- Waterford United have the fewest scored goals (5) at home in Premier Division
- Waterford United have the fewest scored goals in the second half (4) in Premier Division
- Waterford United have the most conceded goals (21) at home in Premier Division
- Waterford United have the most conceded goals (39) in Premier Division
- Waterford United have the most conceded goals in the first half (22) in Premier Division
- Waterford United have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in Premier Division
- Waterford United have the the worst goal difference (-16) at home in Premier Division
- Waterford United have the the worst goal difference (-25) in Premier Division
- Waterford United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 15 | 38 |
| 2 | Sligo Rovers | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 38 |
| 3 | St Patrick's | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 38 |
| 4 | Drogheda United | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 34 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 30 |
| 5 | Bohemians | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 33 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 30 |
| 6 | Derry City | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -3 | 25 |
| 7 | Dundalk | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 15 | -3 | 24 |
| 8 | Finn Harps | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 17 | -13 | 20 |
| 9 | Waterford United | 20 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 18 | -25 | 16 |
| 10 | Longford Town | 20 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 34 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 17 | -20 | 10 |