📊 Form Guide

St. Patrick's Athletic

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St. Patrick's Athletic enter this game after a 0-0 Premier Division drawn game against Drogheda United.

In that game, St. Patrick's Athletic had 64% possession and 9 shots on goal with 1 of them on target. Drogheda United got 15 shots on goal with 4 of them on target.

St. Patrick's Athletic have struggled with their forward play in more recent games. Their sum of goals equals just 4 against opposing sides during their last 6 outings. In those meetings, St. Patrick's Athletic have also seen the tally of goals that have gone against them come to 8. Such a trend won’t necessarily be sustained here, of course.

Ahead of this meeting, St. Patrick's Athletic are unbeaten in the league by Sligo Rovers in their previous 2 games.

Sligo Rovers

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Sligo Rovers will go into this game after a 0-1 Premier Division win with the downing of Waterford in their previous match.

In that game, Sligo Rovers managed 40% possession and 6 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Sligo Rovers was Ellis Chapman (51'). Waterford got 16 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target.

A tendency of at least one side getting a clean sheet in games involving Sligo Rovers has been noticeable recently. Examining their last six games shows that it has happened 5 times. In these clashes, opposing sides have hit a goal tally of 2 and Sligo Rovers have scored 9.

Ahead of this meeting, Sligo Rovers are undefeated in their previous 3 league matches away from home.

↔️ Head to head

Checking out their prior head to head duels dating back to 14/08/2022, there has been little to separate the clubs with St. Patrick's Athletic winning 3 of those games, Sligo Rovers 3 and 0 being draws in normal time.

In all, 9 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 5 for Saints and 4 created by The Bit o' Red. The average goals per game has been 1.5.

The last league fixture featuring the two was Premier Division match day 33 on 23/10/2023 when it ended St. Patrick's Athletic 1-0 Sligo Rovers.

On that occasion, St. Patrick's Athletic managed 62% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Kian Leavy (37').

For their opponents, Sligo Rovers got 8 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target.

The referee was Eoghan O'Shea.

ℹ️ Team News: St. Patrick's Athletic

It’s a low absenteeism rate, with just a single fitness concern for the St. Patrick's Athletic boss Jon Daly to contend with thanks to an almost full-strength squad. Tom Grivosti (Cruciate ligament injury) is out of contention.

📋 Team News: Sligo Rovers

Sligo Rovers boss John Russell has multiple availability issues to deal with. John Mahon (Achilles tendon problems) and John Ross Wilson (Hamstring injury) miss out here. Simon Power will not be able to play in this game through being suspended.

🧠 Prediction

We envisage that Sligo Rovers will surely be able to put one past this St. Patrick's Athletic team, however it possibly won’t be enough to avoid a loss.

We’re expecting a narrow 2-1 advantage for St. Patrick's Athletic when all is said and done. There looks to be little in this one.

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

Victor Martins, 15:05 01/04/2024