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

Fri 18th Apr, 19:45 BST, Waterford Regional Sports Centre, Waterford

the Waterford Regional Sports Centre masses welcome Sligo Rovers's travelling contingent on Friday evening, as Keith Long's Waterford FC face John Russell's side in the Premier Division. Our predictions are based on in-depth statistical analysis of each side, across seventeen major markets. Data shown and the odds is designed to fit each market, and head-to-head statistics are included for all.

Best Tip: Both teams to score

Both Sligo and Waterford supporters should have some reason to cheer as their sides go head-to-head, with KickOff's prediction of both teams to score looking a far more convincing pick than any bet on the WDW market. The two teams are more than capable of finding the net, as is borne out by the statistics and past head-to-head data below. Even the bookies odds are not finding much to pick between the sides, as striking power and defensive options suggest each team is capable of both scoring and conceding. Both teams to score is the tip of the day here.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Waterford 44%	11/10 2%	-
Draw 23%	12/5 5%	-
Sligo 33%	21/10	-
Draw 1-1 10%	11/2	-
Waterford 2-1 9%	8/1	-
Sligo 2-1 8%	10/1 8%	-
Waterford 1-0 7%	15/2 13%	-
Draw 2-2 7%	12/1 13%	-
Waterford 2-0 6%	10/1 10%	-
Sligo 1-0 6%	10/1 16%	-
Waterford 3-1 5%	16/1 11%	-
Sligo 2-0 4%	16/1 13%	-
Waterford 3-2 4%	25/1 10%	-
Draw 0-0 4%	10/1 16%	-
Sligo 3-1 4%	25/1	-
Waterford 3-0 4%	20/1	-
Sligo 3-2 3%	28/1 15%	-
Waterford 4-1 2%	33/1 17%	-
Over 2.5 Goals 64%	17/20 10%	-
Under 2.5 Goals 37%	19/20 11%	-
Home 1st Goal 51%	4/6 3%	-
Away 1st Goal 47%	13/10 3%	-
No 1st Goal 2%	10/1 16%	-
BTTS - Yes 64%	7/10 6%	-
BTTS - No 36%	21/20 5%	-
BTTS - Home Win 26%	10/3 9%	-
BTTS - Draw 19%	7/2	-
BTTS - Away Win 20%	5/1 8%	-
Home/draw 67%	4/11 2%	-
Away/draw 56%	7/10 5%	-
Home/away 77%	3/10	-
Over 1.5 Goals 84%	1/4 6%	-
Under 1.5 Goals 16%	11/4 15%	-
Over 3.5 Goals 41%	9/4 13%	-
Under 3.5 Goals 59%	1/3 6%	-
Over 4.5 Goals 23%	5/1 25%	-
Under 4.5 Goals 77%	1/8 4%	-
Over 5.5 Goals 11%	12/1 24%	-
Under 5.5 Goals 89%	1/25 2%	-
Over 0.5 Goals 96%	1/20 1%	-
Under 0.5 Goals 4%	10/1 16%	-
Home DNB 60%	4/7	-
Away DNB 49%	5/4	-
Waterford win to nil 19%	11/4	-
Sligo win to nil 13%	5/1 9%	-
Waterford / Waterford 24%	5/2 3%	-
Waterford / Sligo 3%	28/1 15%	-
Waterford / Draw 6%	12/1 13%	-
Draw / Waterford 15%	9/2	-
Draw / Sligo 12%	6/1	-
Draw / Draw 15%	9/2 10%	-
Sligo / Waterford 4%	22/1 12%	-
Sligo / Sligo 15%	9/2	-
Sligo / Draw 6%	14/1	-

Win / draw / win Premier Division table

Waterford have played 9 matches so far this season and lay in 8th place in the Premier Division league table. Waterford have won all their 2 games against teams below them in the table and kept zero clean sheets in those games.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 2 games against teams below in the table, having won 2, drawn 0 and lost no matches. They have kept 0 clean sheets and have scored in every game. They have been outscored by their opponents by 12 goals to 8 goals.

Home League Performance

Waterford have played 4 games at home winning 1, drawing 0 and losing 3 games. They have scored 3 goals, kept 0 clean sheets and conceded 7 goals at home.

Sligo are in 10th position in the Premier Division on 4 points having played 9 matches so far this season. Sligo are having a poor run against away teams, having not won a match so far this season. They have also not scored in 1 of those game.

Away League Performance

3 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 12 goals and kept no clean sheets. They have scored 6 goals in total and failed to score in 1 fixture.

Performance against teams above them in the league

9 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 7 games, drawn 1 and won 1. Sligo have conceded 21 goals, scored 12, failed to score in 2 fixtures and have kept no clean sheets.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Waterford Sligo
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Drogheda	9	8	18	May 30	l 2-0A	Oct 3	Aug 8	May 2	l 3-0A	Sep 20	Jun 20
2	St Patrick's	9	7	17	l 1-2F	May 23	Aug 1	Oct 24	May 30	l 4-3A	Sep 27	Aug 8
3	Shamrock	9	6	17	May 16	l 2-0A	Sep 12	Jun 27	w 2-1F	May 5	Jul 5	Nov 1
4	Galway	9	4	16	May 9	l 1-0A	Nov 1	Jul 25	l 1-2A	May 16	Jun 23	Sep 12
5	Shelbourne	9	4	16	l 0-1A	May 5	Jun 23	Sep 26	l 1-2A	May 23	Aug 2	Oct 17
6	Derry	9	-4	11	Apr 25	w 1-2F	Oct 17	Jul 4	l 0-1A	Apr 22	Jul 12	Oct 3
7	Bohemians	9	-3	9	l 0-3A	May 2	Jun 20	Sep 19	May 10	l 4-2A	Aug 30	Jun 27
8	Waterford H	9	-7	9	-	-	-	-	l 2-3A	Apr 18	Jun 14	Aug 22
9	Cork	9	-6	7	w 2-1A	Apr 21	Jul 11	Aug 29	Apr 26	d 1-1F	Oct 25	Jul 25
10	Sligo A	9	-9	4	Apr 18	w 2-3F	Aug 22	Jun 14	-	-	-	-

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Win / draw / win form

Sligo have not won in 10 consecutive away league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Won

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Waterford	1 - 2	St Patrick's
Waterford	0 - 3	Bohemians
Waterford	2 - 1	Cork
Waterford	0 - 1	Shelbourne
Waterford	1 - 1	Bohemians
Waterford	0 - 0	Drogheda
Waterford	1 - 2	Galway
Waterford	2 - 1	Dundalk
Waterford	0 - 1	Derry
Waterford	1 - 2	Shamrock
Waterford	1 - 0	St Patrick's
Waterford	0 - 1	Shelbourne
Waterford	4 - 1	Sligo
Waterford	2 - 1	Bohemians
Waterford	4 - 2	Drogheda
Waterford	4 - 1	Dundalk
Waterford	0 - 2	Derry
Waterford	0 - 0	Galway
Waterford	1 - 2	Shamrock
Waterford	0 - 1	Sligo

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

11 / 20

Conceded

19 / 20

Clean sheets

1 / 20

Failed to score

9 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Waterford	0 - 2	Shamrock
A	Waterford	0 - 2	Drogheda
H	Waterford	1 - 2	St Patrick's
A	Waterford	0 - 1	Galway
H	Waterford	0 - 3	Bohemians
H	Waterford	2 - 1	Cork
A	Waterford	2 - 1	Derry
H	Waterford	0 - 1	Shelbourne
A	Waterford	3 - 2	Sligo
A	Waterford	1 - 2	Shamrock
H	Waterford	1 - 1	Bohemians
A	Waterford	1 - 3	Shelbourne
H	Waterford	0 - 0	Drogheda
H	Waterford	1 - 2	Galway
A	Waterford	0 - 3	St Patrick's
H	Waterford	2 - 1	Dundalk
A	Waterford	0 - 2	Sligo
H	Waterford	0 - 1	Derry
A	Waterford	3 - 2	Bohemians
H	Waterford	1 - 2	Shamrock

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Bohemians	4 - 2	Sligo
Cork	1 - 1	Sligo
St Patrick's	4 - 3	Sligo
Drogheda	3 - 0	Sligo
Galway	2 - 2	Sligo
Derry	1 - 1	Sligo
Shelbourne	0 - 0	Sligo
Shamrock	4 - 0	Sligo
Drogheda	7 - 0	Sligo
St Patrick's	3 - 2	Sligo
Bohemians	0 - 2	Sligo
Dundalk	1 - 0	Sligo
Waterford	4 - 1	Sligo
Shelbourne	1 - 2	Sligo
Derry	2 - 2	Sligo
Galway	0 - 0	Sligo
Drogheda	3 - 1	Sligo
Shamrock	3 - 0	Sligo
St Patrick's	3 - 0	Sligo
Waterford	0 - 1	Sligo

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

18 / 20

Clean sheets

2 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Sligo	1 - 2	Galway
A	Sligo	2 - 4	Bohemians
H	Sligo	1 - 2	Shelbourne
H	Sligo	0 - 1	Derry
A	Sligo	1 - 1	Cork
H	Sligo	2 - 1	Shamrock
A	Sligo	3 - 4	St Patrick's
A	Sligo	0 - 3	Drogheda
H	Sligo	2 - 3	Waterford
H	Sligo	0 - 2	St Patrick's
A	Sligo	2 - 2	Galway
H	Sligo	0 - 2	Bohemians
A	Sligo	1 - 1	Derry
A	Sligo	0 - 0	Shelbourne
H	Sligo	2 - 1	Dundalk
A	Sligo	0 - 4	Shamrock
H	Sligo	2 - 0	Waterford
A	Sligo	0 - 7	Drogheda
H	Sligo	2 - 1	Shelbourne
A	Sligo	2 - 3	St Patrick's

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Waterford

Sligo

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

6 / 7

4 / 7

Clean sheets

3 / 7

1 / 7

WAT

SLR

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Waterford
Waterford	4 - 1
	0 - 1	Sligo
Waterford	1 - 0
	1 - 2	Sligo
Waterford	1 - 0
Waterford	2 - 0
Draw	3 - 3	Draw

Sligo

Waterford

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

5 / 8

4 / 8

Clean sheets

4 / 8

3 / 8

WAT

SLR

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Sligo
	2 - 3	Waterford
Sligo	2 - 0
	0 - 1	Waterford
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Sligo	3 - 0
Sligo	2 - 1
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Draw	0 - 0	Draw

Goal Statistics

Waterford FC's fans will be hoping for goals on Friday evening, not least because Sligo Rovers have conceded in each of their last 12 Premier Division outings. A PG of 1.8 for Keith Long's side suggests that run should continue.

	Waterford 8th	Sligo 10th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.8 goals	1.5 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 17% 1 30% 2 27% 3 16% 4+ 10% There is a 83% probability that Waterford will score 1 or more goals	0 22% 1 33% 2 25% 3 13% 4+ There is a 78% probability that Sligo will score 1 or more goals

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-7 Waterford’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	-2 Sligo’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.2 average goals scored	1.0 average goals scored
	1.3 conceded	2.3 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Premier Division - 2025/2025 season

WAT

SLR

23%

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Games scored	4		7
Failed to score	5		2
Scored first	3		2
Goals scored	8		12
Avg. goals scored	0.9		1.3
Avg. shots per game	7		9
Avg. shots per goal	8		7
Conversion rate for	12		15
Avg. XG for	0		0
KickOff rating		+23%

13%

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WAT

SLR

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Games conceded	9		9
Clean sheets	0		0
Conceded first	6		7
Goals conceded	15		21
Avg. goals conceded	1.7		2.3
Avg. shots/game conceded	11		12
Avg. shots/goal conceded	6		5
Conversion rate against	15%		20%
Avg. XG against	0		0
KickOff rating		+13%

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

Waterford Premier Division squad statistics 2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
8	2	2	4
S McMullan	P Amond	R. McDonald	A Boyle

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
S McMullan GLK	8			2 -
K Radkowski DEF	8	1		1 -
D Leahy DEF	8			1 -
D McMenamy MID	8			3 -
C Noonan FWD	8	1	1	1 -
P Amond FWD	8	2	1	-
N Bakboord DEF	7			1 -
R. McDonald MID	7	1	2	1 -
T Lonergan FWD	7	1		-
R Burke DEF	6		1	1
K White MID	6	2		1 -
S Glenfield FWD	6			-
M Pouwels FWD	6			2 -
A Boyle DEF	5			4 -
G Horton DEF	4			1 -
J Olayinka MID	4			-
B Mccormack MID	3			-
T Coyle MID	2			-
L. Roberts MID	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
2	9	2	2
P Amond	P Amond	R. McDonald	K Radkowski

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
K White MID	2	3		1
P Amond FWD	2	9	1	2
C Noonan FWD	1	2	1	2
R. McDonald MID	1	1	2	2
T Lonergan FWD	1	4
K Radkowski DEF	1	3		2
T Coyle MID		2
J Olayinka MID		2
G Horton DEF		1
R Burke DEF		1	1
M Pouwels FWD		1
N Bakboord DEF				1
D McMenamy MID		2

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
306	15	34
D Leahy	N Bakboord	R. McDonald

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
D Leahy DEF	306	10	32
K Radkowski DEF	283	3	21
S McMullan GLK	261	1	4
D McMenamy MID	237	8	27
R. McDonald MID	229	12	34
A Boyle DEF	221	3	18
C Noonan FWD	203	11	33
P Amond FWD	153	2	25
N Bakboord DEF	145	15	25
R Burke DEF	139	10	18
K White MID	114	6	19
T Lonergan FWD	113	3	32
G Horton DEF	93	4	14
J Olayinka MID	60	5	11
B Mccormack MID	49	4	9
S Glenfield FWD	47	3	9
M Pouwels FWD	36	2	13
T Coyle MID	36	1	5
L. Roberts MID	2	1	1

Sligo Premier Division squad statistics 2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
8	3	3	5
R Hutchinson	O Elding	W Fitzgerald	J Mahon

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
R Hutchinson DEF	8	2	1	1 -
C Malley MID	8			3 -
W Fitzgerald FWD	8		3	-
F. Lomboto FWD	8	1		1 -
H Lintott DEF	7		1	2 -
J Mahon DEF	7	1		5 -
O Denham DEF	7			1 -
R. Manning MID	7		2	-
J Hakiki MID	7	1		5 -
O Hattum FWD	7		1	-
C Kavanagh FWD	7	2	1	1 1
O Elding FWD	7	3		2 -
G McElroy DEF	6			-
C Walsh GLK	5			1 -
J Doyle-Hayes MID	5			2 -
M Wolfe MID	5			2 -
S Sargeant GLK	3			-
C Reynolds MID	2			1 1
S Mallon MID	2			-
K. McDonagh MID	1			1 -
D. Patton MID	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
3	9	3	2
O Elding	O Elding	W Fitzgerald	R Hutchinson

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
O Elding FWD	3	9
R Hutchinson DEF	2	2	1	2
C Kavanagh FWD	2	7	1
F. Lomboto FWD	1	1
J Mahon DEF	1	2
J Hakiki MID	1	6		1
J Doyle-Hayes MID		1
S Mallon MID		1
M Wolfe MID		1
H Lintott DEF			1
W Fitzgerald FWD			3	1
C Malley MID		2
O Hattum FWD		1	1	1
R. Manning MID		1	2	2
O Denham DEF				1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
388	19	39
R Hutchinson	O Denham	O Denham

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
R Hutchinson DEF	388	13	31
C Malley MID	289	12	31
J Mahon DEF	284	10	33
O Denham DEF	245	19	39
J Hakiki MID	170	5	24
O Elding FWD	160	6	21
C Walsh GLK	158		3
J Doyle-Hayes MID	154	7	15
W Fitzgerald FWD	154	4	23
G McElroy DEF	148	6	14
O Hattum FWD	146	9	23
M Wolfe MID	117	7	13
H Lintott DEF	96	8	15
S Sargeant GLK	89		1
C Kavanagh FWD	74	2	21
R. Manning MID	71	4	12
F. Lomboto FWD	39	2	11
C Reynolds MID	36	4	4
K. McDonagh MID	18
S Mallon MID	13	2	5
D. Patton MID	8	1	3

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

Waterford have played 9 matches so far this season and lay in 8th place in the Premier Division league table. Waterford have won all their 2 games against teams below them in the table and kept zero clean sheets in those games.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Home League Performance

Sligo are in 10th position in the Premier Division on 4 points having played 9 matches so far this season. Sligo are having a poor run against away teams, having not won a match so far this season. They have also not scored in 1 of those game.

Away League Performance

Performance against teams above them in the league

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

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