Sligo Rovers will be visiting Richmond Park on Friday for the Premier Division showdown with home side St. Patrick's Athletic.
All St. Patrick's Athletic v Sligo Rovers match predictions, user poll and stats are shown below - as well as up-to-date odds.
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St. Patrick's Athletic
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St. Patrick's Athletic are hoping to win again following a 2-0 Premier Division victory versus Drogheda United.
In that game, St. Patrick's Athletic had 64% possession and 22 attempts on goal with 5 on target. For St. Patrick's Athletic, the scorers were Kian Leavy (34') and Zachary Elbouzedi (61'). For their opponents, Drogheda United had 11 shots at goal with 3 on target.
Fewer than three goals per match were recorded in 5 of the past 6 meetings where St. Patrick's Athletic have taken part. Regarding the goal split during this period, opposing sides scored an aggregate of 4 while St. Patrick's Athletic managed a tally of 7. We will find out if that trend can be sustained here.
Going into this one, St. Patrick's Athletic haven't been beaten in the league by Sligo Rovers in their previous 2 matches.
Sligo Rovers
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Following on from a losing effort in their last game against Waterford in Premier Division competition, Sligo Rovers and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.
In that match, Sligo Rovers managed 62% possession and 9 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. Waterford got 21 attempts on goal with 7 of them on target. Pádraig Amond (27', 72', 74') and Jørgen Voilås (67') scored for Waterford.
The stats tell the story, and Sligo Rovers have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing opposing sides hit 13 goals in total. In defence, Sligo Rovers can certainly do much better.
Going into this one, Sligo Rovers haven't beaten St. Patrick's Athletic in away games against them for the last 6 matches in the league. Not good.
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Head to head
An examination of their past head to head meetings dating back to 28/02/2025 tells us that St. Patrick's Athletic have won 4 of them and Sligo Rovers 1, with the number of drawn matches standing at 1.
An aggregate of 19 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 13 for Saints and 6 being from The Bit o' Red. That is an average goals per game value of 3.17.
The previous league match between these sides was Premier Division match day 15 on 04/05/2026 and the score finished Sligo Rovers 1-1 St. Patrick's Athletic.
In that match, Sligo Rovers managed 40% possession and 7 attempts at goal with 1 on target. The scorer was Archie Meekison (41').
On the other side, St. Patrick's Athletic had 15 shots on goal with 4 on target. Kian Leavy (6') was the scorer.
The referee was Marc Lynch.
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Team News: St. Patrick's Athletic
We think that Saints could employ a 4-2-3-1 system, handing starts to Daniel Rogers, James Brown, Joe Redmond, Sean Hoare, Luke Turner, Jamie Lennon, Romal Palmer, Kian Leavy, Aidan Keena, Zak Elbouzedi and Ryan Edmondson.
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Team News: Sligo Rovers
There’s a good chance that The Bit o' Red will likely utilise a 3-4-2-1 formation by sending out Sam Sargeant, Shane Blaney, Gareth McElroy, Sean McHale, Jeannot Esua, Daire Patton, James McManus, William Fitzgerald, Alex Nolan, Ryan O'Kane and Cian Kavanagh.
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Prediction
It’s likely that Sligo Rovers won’t find it easy at all to score against a St. Patrick's Athletic team who will more than likely get the goals that they need to set up a big win here.
We predict a commanding 3-0 winning scoreline for St. Patrick's Athletic by the conclusion of the match.
Lucas Pereira,
02:01 15/06/2026
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
⚽️ Team Focus:
St. Patrick's Athletic
Formed: 1929
Stadium: Richmond Park (5,340)
Captain: Joe Redmond
Chairman: Garrett Kelleher
Manager: Stephen Kenny
Competitions: Premier Division position 2, FAI Cup (Second Round)
🔑 Key Player: Zachary Elbouzedi
Normally taking to the field in the Right Wing position, Zachary Elbouzedi was born in Dublin, Rep. Ireland. Having played his first senior match for Elgin City in the 2017 - 2018 season, the goalscoring Forward has hit 4 league goals in the Premier Division 2026 campaign so far in a total of 12 appearances.