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Sligo Rovers v Drogheda United FC : Premier Division match betting preview, prediction and odds

Fri 2nd May, 19:45 BST, The Showgrounds, Sligo

Kevin Doherty leads his Drogheda United FC team to The Showgrounds in the Premier Division on Friday evening, with John Russell's Sligo Rovers waiting for them. Analysing both teams' last 20 Premier Division matches, as well as baseline data within the competition and the betting market, to generate our match predictions. All the stats, including head-to-heads, are shown below, alongside the best odds.


In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
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

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Sligo
29%
--
Draw
28%
--
Drogheda
44%
--
Draw 1-1
13%
--
Drogheda 1-0
13%
--
Sligo 1-0
10%
--
Draw 0-0
9%
--
Drogheda 2-1
9%
--
Drogheda 2-0
8%
--
Sligo 2-1
7%
--
Sligo 2-0
5%
--
Draw 2-2
4%
--
Drogheda 3-1
4%
--
Drogheda 3-0
4%
--
Sligo 3-1
2%
--
Drogheda 3-2
2%
--
Sligo 3-0
2%
--
Sligo 3-2
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
42%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
58%
--
Home 1st Goal
44%
--
Away 1st Goal
50%
--
No 1st Goal
6%
--
BTTS - Yes
47%
--
BTTS - No
53%
--
BTTS - Home Win
12%
--
BTTS - Draw
18%
--
BTTS - Away Win
17%
--
Home/draw
56%
--
Away/draw
71%
--
Home/away
72%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
68%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
32%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
21%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
79%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
9%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
91%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
3%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
97%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
91%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
9%
--
Home DNB
48%
--
Away DNB
63%
--
Sligo win to nil
17%
--
Drogheda win to nil
26%
--
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Win / draw / win Premier Division table

Sligo have played 11 matches so far this season and are in 10th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

11 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 8 games, drawn 1 and won 2. Sligo have conceded 24 goals, scored 16, failed to score in 3 matches and kept 1 clean sheet.

Home league performance

Sligo have played 5 games at home, winning 1, drawing 0 and losing 4 fixtures. They have scored 6 goals, conceded 9 goals, kept 0 clean sheets and failed to score 1 time in home league games.

Drogheda lay in 1st place on 20 points in the Premier Division league table having played 11 matches. Drogheda are unbeaten away after 5 games and have kept 3 clean sheets in those matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 11 games against teams below them in the table, winning 5, drawing 5 and losing 1 game. They have scored 15 goals and kept 6 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Drogheda have conceded 7 goals and have failed to score in 2 matches.

Away league performance

Drogheda have played 5 away games, winning 3, drawing 2 and losing 0 games. They have scored an average of 1.2 goals per away game and conceded an average 0.4 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Sligo
Drogheda
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Drogheda A11820 
May 2
l
 
3-0A
Sep 20
Jun 20
-
-
-
-
2
St Patrick's11719 
May 30
l
 
4-3A
Sep 27
Aug 8
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
0-00-0
Aug 22
Jun 13
3
Shamrock11518 
w
 
2-1F
May 5
Jul 5
Nov 1
l
 
1-2F
May 9
Jun 16
Aug 29
4
Shelbourne11418 
l
 
1-2A
May 23
Aug 2
Oct 17
d
 
2-2F
w
 
0-1F
Sep 12
May 19
5
Galway11317 
l
 
1-2A
May 16
Jun 23
Sep 12
d
 
1-1F
Apr 25
Jul 4
Oct 24
6
Derry11017 
l
 
0-1A
l
 
3-0A
Jul 12
Oct 3
May 16
w
 
1-3A
Sep 26
Jun 27
7
Bohemians11-115 
May 10
l
 
4-2A
Aug 30
Jun 27
May 23
w
 
0-1F
Nov 1
Aug 1
8
Cork11-610 
Apr 26
d
 
1-1F
Oct 25
Jul 25
May 5
d
 
1-1A
Oct 17
Jun 23
9
Waterford11-129 
l
 
2-3A
w
 
0-4F
Jun 14
Aug 22
w
 
2-0F
May 30
Aug 8
Oct 3
10
Sligo H11-87 
-
-
-
-
w
 
3-0F
May 2
Jun 20
Sep 20
Win / draw / win form
Sligo 10TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
25
Conceded
23
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
10
D
2
Lost
8
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Sligo1 - 2Galway
Sligo1 - 2Shelbourne
Sligo0 - 1Derry
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
Goals: Scored
23
Conceded
43
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
W
4
D
4
Lost
12
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ASligo0 - 3Derry
ASligo4 - 0Waterford
HSligo1 - 2Galway
ASligo2 - 4Bohemians
HSligo1 - 2Shelbourne
HSligo0 - 1Derry
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
Drogheda 1ST
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
17
Conceded
34
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
W
4
Draw
6
Lost
10
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Derry1 - 3Drogheda
Cork1 - 1Drogheda
Shelbourne0 - 1Drogheda
Bohemians0 - 1Drogheda
St Patrick's0 - 0Drogheda
Shelbourne2 - 1Drogheda
Waterford0 - 0Drogheda
Bohemians0 - 1Drogheda
St Patrick's4 - 1Drogheda
Shamrock1 - 1Drogheda
Dundalk4 - 2Drogheda
Derry5 - 1Drogheda
Galway3 - 0Drogheda
Sligo2 - 1Drogheda
Waterford4 - 2Drogheda
Shelbourne1 - 1Drogheda
St Patrick's1 - 0Drogheda
Shamrock4 - 0Drogheda
Bohemians1 - 0Drogheda
Dundalk0 - 0Drogheda
Goals: Scored
27
Conceded
15
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
9 / 20
Clean sheets
11 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
8
Draw
8
L
4
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HDrogheda0 - 0St Patrick's
HDrogheda2 - 2Shelbourne
ADrogheda3 - 1Derry
HDrogheda2 - 0Waterford
ADrogheda1 - 1Cork
HDrogheda1 - 2Shamrock
ADrogheda1 - 0Shelbourne
ADrogheda1 - 0Bohemians
HDrogheda1 - 1Galway
HDrogheda3 - 0Sligo
ADrogheda0 - 0St Patrick's
HDrogheda0 - 0Dundalk
ADrogheda1 - 2Shelbourne
HDrogheda0 - 1Shamrock
ADrogheda0 - 0Waterford
HDrogheda2 - 1Derry
HDrogheda0 - 0Galway
ADrogheda1 - 0Bohemians
ADrogheda1 - 4St Patrick's
HDrogheda7 - 0Sligo
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
7
Sligo have not lost to Drogheda in 7 consecutive home league meetings
League games at Sligo since 2021
Sligo
Drogheda
Goals: Scored
14
7
Games: Scored
7 / 8
5 / 8
Clean sheets
3 / 8
1 / 8
SLR
5
D
2
DRO
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Sligo
Sligo2 - 1
Sligo3 - 1
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Sligo2 - 0
Sligo3 - 2
Sligo2 - 0
1 - 2Drogheda
League games at Drogheda since 2021
Drogheda
Sligo
Goals: Scored
17
7
Games: Scored
6 / 9
4 / 9
Clean sheets
5 / 9
3 / 9
SLR
1
D
4
DRO
4
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Drogheda
Drogheda3 - 0
Drogheda7 - 0
Drogheda3 - 1
Draw2 - 2Draw
Drogheda1 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
0 - 3Sligo
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Goal Statistics
Sligo 10th Drogheda 1st
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.0
goals
1.3
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
36%
1
37%
2
19%
3
4+
There is a 73% probability that Sligo will score no more than 1 goal
0
26%
1
35%
2
23%
3
10%
4+
There is a 61% probability that Drogheda will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+12
Sligo have scored 12% more goals at home than predicted
-4
Drogheda’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.3
average goals scored
0.9
average goals scored
1.2
conceded
1.7
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Premier Division - 2025/2025 season
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Sligo
PG (predicted goals)
Drogheda
1
1.3
Attack rating
SLR
DRO
13%
better
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Games scored8
9
Failed to score3
2
Scored first3
7
Goals scored16
15
Avg. goals scored1.5
1.4
Avg. shots per game9
8
Avg. shots per goal6
6
Conversion rate for17
18
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
+13%
Defence rating
SLR
DRO
60%
better
view stats
Games conceded10
5
Clean sheets1
6
Conceded first8
2
Goals conceded24
7
Avg. goals conceded2.2
0.6
Avg. shots/game conceded10
9
Avg. shots/goal conceded5
14
Conversion rate against21%
7%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
+60%

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

Sligo Premier Division squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
11548
R HutchinsonO EldingW FitzgeraldJ Mahon
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
R Hutchinson DEF1122
2
-
W Fitzgerald FWD114
-
F. Lomboto FWD112
1
-
J Mahon DEF101
8
-
J Hakiki MID101
5
-
C Malley MID101
5
-
R. Manning MID102
2
-
O Elding FWD105
3
-
G McElroy DEF91
1
-
O Hattum FWD91
-
C Kavanagh FWD931
1
1
M Wolfe MID8
3
-
H Lintott DEF71
2
-
O Denham DEF7
1
-
J Doyle-Hayes MID7
4
1
C Walsh GLK6
1
-
S Sargeant GLK5
-
S Mallon MID5
-
C Reynolds MID5
3
1
D. Patton MID3
-
K. McDonagh MID1
1
-
Drogheda Premier Division squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
11515
L DennisonW DavisC KaneR Brennan
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
L Dennison GLK11
1
-
C Keeley DEF113
2
-
C Kane DEF111
1
-
O Lambe DEF11
-
R Brennan MID1111
5
-
D Markey MID1121
1
-
L Heeney MID1111
-
W Davis MID1151
3
-
S Farrell MID111
4
-
T Oluwa FWD1111
-
A Quinn DEF101
-
S. Bawa MID7
1
-
K Cruise DEF4
1
-
G Cooper DEF4
-
E Ahui DEF2
-
P Doyle MID2
-
J Thomas FWD21
-
A. Haper-Bailey DEF1
-