Sligo Rovers vs Dundalk Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Sligo Rovers

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Sligo Rovers will be hoping to bounce back here after a 3-0 Premier Division loss in their previous game against Shamrock Rovers.

In that match, Sligo Rovers had 33% possession and 5 shots at goal with 3 on target. Shamrock Rovers had 21 shots on goal with 11 on target. Graham Burke (36') and Aaron Greene (50', 63') scored for Shamrock Rovers.

A common characteristic of more recent Sligo Rovers games is the number of nil scores.

From their prior 6 matches before this one, in 5 of them a wager on BTTS would've been a loser. Previous results aside, we must now wait to see if that trend will be replicated in this next match.

Going into this encounter, Sligo Rovers are undefeated in their last 2 league matches at home.

Dundalk

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Since a loss in their previous game against Bohemian FC in Premier Division competition, Dundalk will be aiming to make amends here.

In that match, Dundalk had 56% possession and 7 shots on goal with 0 of them on target. On the other side, Bohemian FC had 10 attempts at goal with 4 on target. James Akintunde (80') was the scorer for Bohemian FC.

It is worth noting that Dundalk have been starved of goals over their previous 6 clashes, recording the unsatisfactory return of just 2. In those matches, The Lilywhites have also seen the overall goal aggregate of opposing teams equal 7.

Analysis of their past results shows that Dundalk:

• haven't been beaten by Sligo Rovers in games played away from home for the previous 4 matches in the league. A very decent away record against them.
• are without a win away from home in their last 5 league games.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Inspecting their past head to head meetings going back to 21/10/2022 shows that Sligo Rovers have won 2 of them & Dundalk 3, with the number of drawn results being 1.

A combined total of 18 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 10 from The Bit o' Red and 8 for The Lilywhites. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.

📰 Team News: Sligo Rovers

There is just one fitness concern for the Sligo Rovers boss John Russell to be concerned about thanks to an almost full-strength squad. John Mahon (Achilles tendon problems) won’t play. Simon Power cannot play in this game through suspension.

In all likelihood, The Bit o' Red will possibly kick off with a 4-3-1-2 system in the match featuring Ed McGinty, John Ross Wilson, Ollie Denham, Charlie Wiggett, Reece Hutchinson, Connor Malley, Niall Morahan, Ellis Chapman, William Fitzgerald, Max Mata and Fabrice Hartmann.

📋 Team News: Dundalk

Due to a completely healthy squad available to choose from, the Dundalk manager Liam Burns has no fitness worries whatsoever before this match.

We reckon that The Lilywhites seem likely to elect for a 4-2-3-1 system, starting George Shelvey, Archie Davies, Mayowa Animasahun, Andrew Boyle, Zak Bradshaw, Scott High, Robbie Benson, Paul Doyle, Daryl Horgan, Robbie Mahon and Jamie Gullan.

🔮 Prediction

Our assessment is that Dundalk will likely be able to score against this Sligo Rovers team, however that probably won’t be as many as they’ll concede.

We can see a 2-1 win for Sligo Rovers at full-time. We’ll have to see what happens.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 16:06 19/04/2024