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Sligo Rovers v Derry City : Premier Division match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 15th Mar, 19:45 BST, The Showgrounds, Sligo

Saturday evening at The Showgrounds, and it’s a Premier Division showdown between Sligo Rovers and Derry City. John Russell and Huseyin Eroglu will be doing all they can to guide their side to the win. Recent form, head-to-head statistics, predictions and the best odds are all shown below. We're here to give you everything you need to place an intelligent bet. We're tipping under 3.5 goals, but why not take a look and see if there's another bet you prefer?


Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

Under 3.5 goals simply means that there will be 3 goals or less scored by Sligo and Derry combined during a standard 90 mins. Latest form statistics and historical head-to-head (H2H) records have led us to this prediction, and our predictive algorithm suggests there's a 74% chance of it being a winning tip. The best price available at present on under 3.5 goals is 1.29.

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Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 52% chance of Derry coming away with a win.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Sligo
23%
31/1012/5
Draw
25%
11/5
2%
9/4
Derry
52%
17/20
2%
10/11
Derry 1-0
12%
6/1
7%
11/2
Draw 1-1
12%
11/211/2
Derry 2-0
10%
15/2
6%
15/2
Derry 2-1
10%
15/27/1
Draw 0-0
8%
8/1
5%
15/2
Sligo 1-0
7%
10/1
8%
8/1
Sligo 2-1
6%
14/110/1
Derry 3-0
5%
14/112/1
Derry 3-1
5%
14/112/1
Draw 2-2
5%
14/112/1
Sligo 2-0
4%
20/114/1
Derry 3-2
3%
28/1
12%
18/1
Derry 4-0
2%
33/122/1
Derry 4-1
2%
33/122/1
Sligo 3-1
2%
33/120/1
Over 2.5 Goals
48%
21/20
7%
19/20
Under 2.5 Goals
52%
3/4
4%
7/10
Home 1st Goal
42%
7/4-
Away 1st Goal
53%
4/7
2%
-
No 1st Goal
5%
8/1
5%
-
BTTS - Yes
50%
10/11
8%
17/20
BTTS - No
50%
10/11
1%
17/20
BTTS - Home Win
11%
15/2
6%
11/2
BTTS - Draw
17%
7/218/5
BTTS - Away Win
22%
10/3
8%
3/1
Home/draw
48%
4/5
4%
4/5
Away/draw
77%
1/5
1%
2/7
Home/away
75%
1/3
2%
3/10
Over 1.5 Goals
73%
3/10
4%
3/10
Under 1.5 Goals
27%
12/5
3%
2/1
Over 3.5 Goals
26%
5/2
3%
23/10
Under 3.5 Goals
74%
2/7
2%
1/4
Over 4.5 Goals
12%
6/15/1
Under 4.5 Goals
88%
1/10
3%
1/12
Over 5.5 Goals
5%
16/1
13%
11/1
Under 5.5 Goals
95%
1/401/100
Over 0.5 Goals
92%
1/14
3%
1/20
Under 0.5 Goals
8%
8/1
5%
13/2
Home DNB
41%
2/18/5
Away DNB
69%
4/11
2%
4/9
Sligo win to nil
13%
6/1-
Derry win to nil
30%
9/4-
Sligo / Sligo
13%
6/1
8%
19/4
Sligo / Derry
4%
22/118/1
Sligo / Draw
6%
14/112/1
Draw / Sligo
10%
15/213/2
Draw / Derry
17%
15/419/5
Draw / Draw
16%
4/1
9%
19/5
Derry / Sligo
3%
33/125/1
Derry / Derry
26%
21/1021/10
Derry / Draw
6%
14/112/1
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Win / draw / win Premier Division table
Won
Draw
Lost
Sligo
Derry
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Drogheda5511 
May 2
l
 
3-0A
Sep 20
Jun 20
Apr 11
May 16
Jun 27
Sep 26
2
Waterford5-19 
l
 
2-3A
Apr 18
Jun 14
Aug 22
l
 
1-2A
Apr 25
Jul 4
Oct 17
3
Shelbourne528 
Mar 28
May 23
Aug 2
Oct 17
May 2
l
 
3-1A
Sep 19
Jun 20
4
Galway517 
Apr 12
May 16
Jun 23
Sep 12
d
 
1-1A
Apr 18
Jun 13
Aug 22
5
St Patrick's517 
May 30
l
 
4-3A
Sep 27
Aug 8
May 5
l
 
2-0A
Aug 29
Jun 23
6
Bohemians516 
May 10
Apr 4
Aug 30
Jun 27
w
 
1-0F
May 30
Jul 25
Sep 12
7
Cork405 
Apr 26
d
 
1-1F
Oct 25
Jul 25
Apr 4
May 9
Aug 8
Nov 1
8
Shamrock4-14 
w
 
2-1F
May 5
Jul 5
Nov 1
May 23
Mar 28
Oct 24
Aug 1
9
Sligo H5-44 
-
-
-
-
Apr 21
Mar 15
Oct 3
Jul 12
10
Derry A5-44 
Mar 15
Apr 21
Jul 12
Oct 3
-
-
-
-
Win / draw / win form
Sligo 9TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
23
Conceded
19
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
Won
10
D
4
Lost
6
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Sligo2 - 1Shamrock
Sligo2 - 3Waterford
Sligo0 - 2St Patrick's
Sligo0 - 2Bohemians
Sligo2 - 1Dundalk
Sligo2 - 0Waterford
Sligo2 - 1Shelbourne
Sligo2 - 0Galway
Sligo2 - 1Derry
Sligo2 - 0Shamrock
Sligo2 - 1Drogheda
Sligo0 - 3Bohemians
Sligo1 - 0St Patrick's
Sligo0 - 1Waterford
Sligo0 - 0Galway
Sligo1 - 1Dundalk
Sligo3 - 1Drogheda
Sligo0 - 0Shamrock
Sligo0 - 1Shelbourne
Sligo0 - 0Derry
Goals: Scored
27
Conceded
36
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
8
D
4
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ASligo1 - 1Cork
HSligo2 - 1Shamrock
ASligo3 - 4St Patrick's
ASligo0 - 3Drogheda
HSligo2 - 3Waterford
HSligo0 - 2St Patrick's
ASligo2 - 2Galway
HSligo0 - 2Bohemians
ASligo1 - 1Derry
ASligo0 - 0Shelbourne
HSligo2 - 1Dundalk
ASligo0 - 4Shamrock
HSligo2 - 0Waterford
ASligo0 - 7Drogheda
HSligo2 - 1Shelbourne
ASligo2 - 3St Patrick's
HSligo2 - 0Galway
ASligo2 - 0Bohemians
HSligo2 - 1Derry
HSligo2 - 0Shamrock
Derry 10TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
16
Conceded
19
Games: Scored
11 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
9 / 20
Won
5
Draw
7
Lost
8
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
St Patrick's2 - 0Derry
Shelbourne3 - 1Derry
St Patrick's1 - 0Derry
Dundalk0 - 2Derry
Drogheda2 - 1Derry
Galway1 - 0Derry
Waterford0 - 1Derry
Shelbourne0 - 0Derry
Sligo2 - 1Derry
Bohemians1 - 2Derry
Dundalk0 - 0Derry
Shamrock1 - 0Derry
St Patrick's0 - 1Derry
Galway0 - 0Derry
Waterford0 - 2Derry
Drogheda2 - 2Derry
Shelbourne0 - 0Derry
Bohemians2 - 1Derry
Shamrock2 - 2Derry
Sligo0 - 0Derry
Goals: Scored
22
Conceded
21
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
6
Draw
6
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HDerry1 - 1Galway
ADerry0 - 2St Patrick's
HDerry1 - 2Waterford
HDerry1 - 0Bohemians
ADerry1 - 3Shelbourne
HDerry0 - 1Shelbourne
ADerry0 - 1St Patrick's
ADerry2 - 0Dundalk
HDerry1 - 1Sligo
HDerry1 - 1Bohemians
ADerry1 - 2Drogheda
HDerry1 - 1Shamrock
ADerry0 - 1Galway
ADerry1 - 0Waterford
HDerry1 - 1Dundalk
ADerry0 - 0Shelbourne
ADerry1 - 2Sligo
HDerry5 - 1Drogheda
ADerry2 - 1Bohemians
HDerry2 - 0Galway
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
6
Sligo have not lost to Derry in 6 consecutive home league meetings
League games at Sligo since 2019
Sligo
Derry
Goals: Scored
9
7
Games: Scored
7 / 11
5 / 11
Clean sheets
6 / 11
4 / 11
SLR
5
D
3
DER
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Sligo
Sligo2 - 1
Draw0 - 0Draw
Sligo1 - 0
Sligo1 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
Sligo2 - 1
1 - 2Derry
0 - 1Derry
Sligo1 - 0
1 - 2Derry
Draw0 - 0Draw
League games at Derry since 2019
Derry
Sligo
Goals: Scored
15
8
Games: Scored
9 / 11
6 / 11
Clean sheets
5 / 11
2 / 11
SLR
1
D
5
DER
5
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Derry
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw2 - 2Draw
Derry2 - 1
Draw1 - 1Draw
Derry1 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
Derry2 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 2Sligo
Derry3 - 0
Derry2 - 0
Goal Statistics

Derry City's fans will be hoping for goals on Saturday evening, not least because Sligo Rovers have conceded in each of their last 7 Premier Division games. A PG of 1.6 for Huseyin Eroglu's side suggests that run should continue.

Sligo 9th Derry 10th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.0
goals
1.6
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
37%
1
37%
2
18%
3
4+
There is a 74% probability of Sligo scoring 1 goal or less
0
20%
1
32%
2
26%
3
14%
4+
8%
There is a 80% probability that Derry will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+4
Sligo’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-30
Derry have scored 30% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.2
average goals scored
0.8
average goals scored
1.0
conceded
1.0
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Premier Division - 2025/2025 season
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Sligo
PG (predicted goals)
Derry
1
1.6
Attack rating
28%
better
SLR
DER
view stats
Games scored4
4
Failed to score1
1
Scored first2
1
Goals scored8
4
Avg. goals scored1.6
0.8
Avg. shots per game9
10
Avg. shots per goal6
12
Conversion rate for17
8
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
+28%
Defence rating
SLR
DER
27%
better
view stats
Games conceded5
4
Clean sheets0
1
Conceded first3
4
Goals conceded12
8
Avg. goals conceded2.4
1.6
Avg. shots/game conceded11
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded4
5
Conversion rate against23%
20%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
+27%

Sligo v Derry Premier Division lLine ups will show here when available.

Sligo Premier Division squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
5233
J MahonC KavanaghW FitzgeraldJ Mahon
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Mahon DEF51
3
-
R Hutchinson DEF511
1
-
J Hakiki MID51
3
-
C Malley MID5
2
-
C Kavanagh FWD52
1
-
W Fitzgerald FWD53
-
F. Lomboto FWD5
-
O Elding FWD52
1
-
H Lintott DEF41
2
-
G McElroy DEF4
-
O Denham DEF4
1
-
R. Manning MID4
-
J Doyle-Hayes MID4
1
-
O Hattum FWD41
-
S Sargeant GLK3
-
M Wolfe MID3
1
-
C Walsh GLK2
1
-
C Reynolds MID1
1
S Mallon MID1
-
Derry Premier Division squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
5313
B MaherM DuffyD ThomasM Connolly 
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
B Maher GLK5
1
-
M Connolly  DEF5
3
-
A O'Reilly MID5
3
-
M Duffy FWD53
-
P Hoban FWD51
2
-
B Doherty DEF4
1
-
S Todd DEF4
-
D Thomas MID41
1
-
C Winchester MID4
1
1
S Diallo MID4
2
-
L Boyce  FWD4
-
K Holt DEF3
-
R Boyce DEF3
1
-
R Benson MID3
-
S Ferguson MID3
2
-
P McMullan MID3
-
S Patton FWD3
1
-
G Whyte FWD3
-
C Harkin MID2
-
H Cann DEF1
-
D Mullen FWD1
-