📊 Form Guide

Sligo Rovers

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Sligo Rovers will be looking to improve on their last outing here following a 3-1 Premier Division loss in their previous game against Drogheda United.

In that match, Sligo Rovers had 58% possession and 12 shots on goal with 5 on target. The scorer for Sligo Rovers was Will Fitzgerald (6'). For their opponents, Drogheda United got 21 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Darragh Markey (24'), Frantz Pierrot (69') and Aaron McNally (86') scored for Drogheda United.

Sligo Rovers have been quite ineffective in attack of late. Their sum of goals stands at just 3 against opposition teams during the course of their last six matches. In those games, Sligo Rovers have also seen the tally of goals scored against them total 10.

Waterford

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Following on from tasting defeat last time out to Derry City in Premier Division action, Waterford and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

In that game, Waterford had 45% possession and 13 shots on goal with 1 of them on target. At the other end, Derry City had 15 shots on goal with 5 on target. Will Patching (38') and Patrick Hoban (74') scored for Derry City.

It has become apparent that Waterford have been starved of goals in their past six encounters, recording the disappointing return of just 3. In those matches, The Blues have also seen the collective goal tally of their opponents equal 6. Let’s see if that trend will be sustained here.

Analysis of their past results shows that Waterford:

• haven't won against Sligo Rovers when they've played them away from home in the last 5 league matches. Not good at all.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 3 league matches away from home.

👥 Head to head

A review of their past head-to-head clashes stretching back to 26/09/2020 tells us that Sligo Rovers have won 3 of these games and Waterford 2, with the number of draws standing at 1.

11 goals were scored between them in this period, with 7 of them for The Bit o' Red and 4 for The Blues. That’s an average goals per game figure of 1.83.

The last league encounter between these clubs was Premier Division match day 7 on 29/03/2024 when it finished Waterford 0-1 Sligo Rovers.

In that game, Waterford had 60% possession and 16 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target.

On the other side, Sligo Rovers had 6 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Ellis Chapman (51') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Marc Lynch.

📋 Team News: Sligo Rovers

Nando Pijnaker (Rib fracture) and John Mahon (Achilles tendon problems) won’t be playing for Sligo Rovers manager John Russell.

📰 Team News: Waterford

In an otherwise healthy squad, there’s only the one fitness issue for the Waterford gaffer Keith Long to be concerned about. Barry Baggley (Back injury) misses out for this game.

⚡ Prediction

We’ve got the feeling that Waterford have enough to find the back of the net against this Sligo Rovers team, although that is unlikely to be enough to avoid a loss.

We are anticipating a 2-1 victory for Sligo Rovers at the end of the 90 minutes. Let’s see what happens here.

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

Renata Leite, 18:11 03/05/2024