📊 Form Guide

Shamrock Rovers

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Shamrock Rovers will be looking for an improved result here after a 2-1 Premier Division loss in their previous game against St. Patrick's Athletic.

In that game, Shamrock Rovers managed 70% possession and 20 attempts on goal with 5 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Shamrock Rovers was Darragh Nugent (4'). On the other side, St. Patrick's Athletic got 9 attempts at goal with 2 on target. Joe Redmond (53') and Alex Nolan (56') scored for St. Patrick's Athletic.

Over their preceding 6 games, Stephen Bradley's Shamrock Rovers have hit the target a combined total of 9 times, with that being an average number of goals per match of 1.5.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Shamrock Rovers:

• haven't been beaten in the league by Sligo Rovers in their last 11 games. Quite a long unbeaten run against them.
• are unbeaten in their last 12 home league matches. Visiting teams have certainly not had an easy time of it here.

Sligo Rovers

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After a losing effort in their last game against St. Patrick's Athletic in Premier Division competition, Sligo Rovers will be aiming to make amends here.

A tendency of at least one team not scoring a goal in games involving Sligo Rovers has become noticeable in recent matches. Examining their last six outings shows that this has occurred 5 times. In these clashes, their opponents have hit a goal total of 5 while Sligo Rovers have scored 9.

Going into this encounter, Sligo Rovers have not emerged victorious against Shamrock Rovers when they have played them away from home in the previous 5 league matches. Not the best of away records.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking at past results between these clubs stretching back to 01/10/2022 shows that these encounters have been a source of anguish for Sligo Rovers. They’ve not managed to get any wins whatsoever whereas Shamrock Rovers have been the better of the two, beating them in 67% of those match-ups.

A combined total of 18 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 13 for The Hoops and 5 netted by The Bit o' Red. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.

📰 Team News: Shamrock Rovers

Neil Farrugia (Shoulder injury), Sean Kavanagh (Hamstring injury) and Jack Byrne (Calf injury) are unavailable for Shamrock Rovers boss Stephen Bradley.

It seems likely that The Hoops could use a 3-4-1-2 system this time, handing starts to Leon-Maurice Poehls, Daniel Cleary, Joshua Honohan, Roberto Lopes, Markus Poom, Darragh Nugent, Gary O'Neil, Graham Burke, Dylan Watts, Darragh Burns and Aaron Greene.

📰 Team News: Sligo Rovers

There’s a good chance that The Bit o' Red seem most likely to make use of a 4-1-3-2 formation, going with Edward McGinty, John Ross Wilson, Charlie Wiggett, Oliver Denham, Reece Hutchinson, Niall Morahan, William Fitzgerald, Ellis Chapman, Connor Malley, Fabrice Hartmann and Max Mata.

🧠 Prediction

We’re of the view that Shamrock Rovers should get a lot of shots on goal and make them count.

However, Sligo Rovers could well struggle to score themselves although we do think it’s probable that they will be seeing enough of the ball to score, too.

We’re therefore expecting to see a 3-1 winning margin for Shamrock Rovers at full-time.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 18:26 12/04/2024