📏 Form Guide

Sligo Rovers

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Sligo Rovers will be hoping to return to winning ways here after the 2-0 Premier Division losing effort in their last game against Shamrock Rovers.

In that match, Sligo Rovers managed 36% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. Shamrock Rovers had 17 attempts at goal with 7 on target. Graham Burke (26') and Aaron Greene (42') scored for Shamrock Rovers.

It’s been seldom in recent times that Sligo Rovers have shown defensive steel. It will be a concern for them that Sligo Rovers have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 matches, giving up 10 goals along the way.

Their past results show that Sligo Rovers:

• have not emerged victorious against Bohemian FC in their previous 2 matches in the league.
• are unbeaten in their last 2 league matches at home.
• haven’t won at home in the past 5 matches in the league. Things will have to change soon.

Bohemian FC

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Bohemian FC come into this clash following on from a 1-2 Premier Division win in the defeat of Galway United in their previous outing.

In that game, Bohemian FC had 59% possession and 18 shots at goal with 8 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Bohemian FC was Seán Grehan (59', 97'). At the other end, Galway United got 18 shots on goal with 10 of them on target. Moses Dyer (43') was the scorer for Galway United.

Looking at their form, and Bohemian FC have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, with opponents netting 7 goals overall. Defensively, Bohemian FC certainly have room for improvement. Previous results aside, it remains to be seen if that trend might be replicated here in this game or not.

Their prior results show that Bohemian FC:

• haven't been beaten by Sligo Rovers when they have played them away from home in the previous 2 matches in the league.
• are unbeaten in their previous 2 league matches away from home.

↔️ Head to head

Inspecting their most recent head-to-head meetings going back to 29/09/2023 shows that Sligo Rovers have won 1 of them and Bohemian FC 4, with the tally of draws being 1.

In all, 21 goals were shared by the two clubs in these games, with 7 of them from The Bit o' Red and 14 netted by The Bohs. The average goals per game has been 3.5.

The previous league encounter between these sides was Premier Division match day 8 on 04/04/2025 which finished with the scoreline of Bohemian FC 4-2 Sligo Rovers.

In that match, Bohemian FC managed 48% possession and 22 attempts on goal with 12 on target. The scorers were Colm Whelan (3'), Ross Tierney (5', 74') and Dawson Devoy (96').

On the other side, Sligo Rovers had 12 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. Francely Lomboto (24') and Owen Elding (29') scored.

The referee was David Dunne.

📰 Team News: Sligo Rovers

Oskar van Hattum (unknown injury) and Ollie Denham (unknown injury) will be missing for Sligo Rovers manager John Russell.

In all likelihood, The Bit o' Red may well go for a 4-2-3-1 system this time featuring Sam Sargeant, Conor Reynolds, Gareth McElroy, Reece Hutchinson, Harvey Lintott, Jake Doyle-Hayes, Matty Wolfe, Ronan Manning, Jad Hakiki, William Fitzgerald and Owen Elding.

🗞️ Team News: Bohemian FC

We’re of the thinking that The Bohs might play in a 4-2-3-1 system by sending out Kacper Chorazka, John Mountney, Niall Morahan, Seán Grehan, Jordan Flores, James McManus, Dawson Devoy, Ross Tierney, Adam McDonnell, Dayle Rooney and James Clarke.

💭 Prediction

It’s looking like Bohemian FC and Sligo Rovers may well both score, with little between these two teams.

A draw looks like a realistic possibility, but we’ll see what happens. That is why we are leaning toward a very even match with a 1-1 scoreline when the referee blows the full-time whistle.

Victor Martins, 18:09 10/05/2025