📏 Form Guide

Sligo Rovers

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Sligo Rovers won’t want a repeat of their last result here after the 3-2 Premier Division loss in their previous game against Shelbourne.

In that game, Sligo Rovers had 47% possession and 12 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. For Sligo Rovers, the goals were scored by Gareth McElroy (3') and Owen Elding (59'). At the other end, Shelbourne had 29 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. John Martin (34', 40', 57') was the scorer for Shelbourne.

It’s been seldom in recent games where Sligo Rovers have shown defensive steel. In fact, Sligo Rovers have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 matches, giving up 9 goals on the way.

Analysis of their past results shows that Sligo Rovers:

• have not won against St. Patrick's Athletic in their last 3 matches in the league.
• are without a home win in the past 6 league matches. That's never good.

St. Patrick's Athletic

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Previously, St. Patrick's Athletic drew 2-2 in the Premier Division match with Waterford.

In that match, St. Patrick's Athletic managed 45% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 2 on target. The only player to score for St. Patrick's Athletic was Mason Melia (28', 33'). Waterford got 18 attempts at goal with 5 on target. Tom Lonergan (2') and Conan Noonan (80') scored for Waterford.

The numbers tell their own story, and St. Patrick's Athletic have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, with opponents netting 11 goals in total. In defence, St. Patrick's Athletic can certainly do much better. We will have to see if that trend will be continued on in this game.

Going into this encounter, St. Patrick's Athletic have not won away from home in their last 5 league games.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking over their past head to head meetings going back to 23/10/2023 tells us that Sligo Rovers have won 1 of them & St. Patrick's Athletic 5, with the number of drawn matches standing at 0.

19 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 6 for The Bit o' Red and 13 belonging to Saints. That is an average goals per game value of 3.17.

📰 Team News: Sligo Rovers

Oskar van Hattum (unknown injury) and Ollie Denham (unknown injury) will not be able to play for Sligo Rovers boss John Russell.

We think that The Bit o' Red look set to opt for a 4-2-3-1 system, beginning the first half with Sam Sargeant, Conor Reynolds, John Mahon, Gareth McElroy, Reece Hutchinson, Matty Wolfe, Jake Doyle-Hayes, Jad Hakiki, Owen Elding, William Fitzgerald and Cian Kavanagh.

📰 Team News: St. Patrick's Athletic

From a largely healthy squad, there’s just the sole fitness problem for the St. Patrick's Athletic gaffer Stephen Kenny to be concerned with. Romal Palmer (Hamstring injury) misses out for this game.

We’re of the thinking that Saints might make use of a 4-3-3 system, starting Joseph Anang, Axel Sjöberg, Joe Redmond, Sean Hoare, Anto Breslin, Chris Forrester, Jamie Lennon, Kian Leavy, Zak Elbouzedi, Mason Melia and Jake Mulraney.

🔮 Prediction

Our thinking is that Sligo Rovers will likely be able to get a goal against this St. Patrick's Athletic side, although just one goal may not quite prevent them from conceding a couple at the other end.

Our selection here is for a tight encounter finishing with a 1-2 winning score for St. Patrick's Athletic when all is said and done. Let’s just see how this one goes.

Renata Leite, 18:02 30/05/2025