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

Fri 20th Jun, 19:45 BST, United Park (Drogheda), Drogheda

Sligo Rovers, led by manager John Russell, visit Kevin Doherty and his Drogheda United FC side at the United Park (Drogheda) on Friday evening in the Premier Division. The predictions shown are based on complex statistical analysis of both teams, across seventeen of the main betting markets. The data and the odds is designed to fit each market, and head to head (H2H) stats are included for all.


Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

We've made over 1.5 goals our best tip on this match, meaning that the sides will score a minimum of 2 goals between them during the standard 90 mins. Both Drogheda and Sligo's latest form stats suggest goals are to be expected, while their head-to-head (H2H) record also supports the bet. The bookies make it their favoured prediction in this market too, available at 1.25.

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
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Drogheda are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 53% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.91.

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

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Drogheda
53%
10/11-
Draw
23%
12/5-
Sligo
24%
31/10-
Draw 1-1
11%
11/2-
Drogheda 2-1
10%
15/2-
Drogheda 1-0
9%
13/2-
Drogheda 2-0
9%
17/2-
Sligo 2-1
6%
12/1-
Sligo 1-0
6%
11/1-
Drogheda 3-1
6%
14/1-
Draw 2-2
6%
12/1-
Draw 0-0
5%
9/1-
Drogheda 3-0
5%
16/1-
Sligo 2-0
3%
20/1-
Drogheda 3-2
3%
25/1-
Drogheda 4-1
3%
33/1-
Sligo 3-1
2%
33/1-
Drogheda 4-0
2%
33/1-
Over 2.5 Goals
57%
9/10-
Under 2.5 Goals
43%
9/10-
Home 1st Goal
53%
4/7-
Away 1st Goal
44%
8/5-
No 1st Goal
3%
9/1-
BTTS - Yes
57%
3/4-
BTTS - No
43%
1/1-
BTTS - Home Win
26%
3/1-
BTTS - Draw
18%
7/2-
BTTS - Away Win
13%
13/2-
Home/draw
76%
2/9-
Away/draw
47%
5/6-
Home/away
77%
3/10-
Over 1.5 Goals
79%
1/4-
Under 1.5 Goals
21%
11/4-
Over 3.5 Goals
34%
9/4-
Under 3.5 Goals
66%
1/3-
Over 4.5 Goals
18%
11/2-
Under 4.5 Goals
82%
1/9-
Over 5.5 Goals
8%
12/1-
Under 5.5 Goals
92%
1/25-
Over 0.5 Goals
95%
1/16-
Under 0.5 Goals
5%
9/1-
Home DNB
69%
2/5-
Away DNB
40%
7/4-
Drogheda win to nil
27%
12/5-
Sligo win to nil
11%
6/1-
Drogheda / Drogheda
27%
21/10-
Drogheda / Sligo
2%
33/1-
Drogheda / Draw
6%
12/1-
Draw / Drogheda
17%
4/1-
Draw / Sligo
10%
15/2-
Draw / Draw
15%
9/2-
Sligo / Drogheda
4%
22/1-
Sligo / Sligo
13%
11/2-
Sligo / Draw
6%
14/1-
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Win / draw / win Premier Division table

Drogheda have played 20 matches so far this season and lay in 3rd place in the Premier Division league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 16 games against teams below in the table, having won 5, drawn 10 and lost 1 match. They have kept 7 clean sheets and have failed to score in 4 fixtures. Drogheda have outscored their opponents by 25 goals to 22 goals.

Home League Performance

Drogheda have played 9 games at home winning 4, drawing 4 and losing 1 game. They have scored 14 goals, kept 4 clean sheets and conceded 8 goals at home.

Sligo are in 10th position in the Premier Division on 12 points having played 18 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

6 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 20 goals and kept 2 clean sheets. They have scored 13 goals in total and failed to score in 3 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

18 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 12 games, drawn 3 and won 3. Sligo have conceded 34 goals, scored 22, failed to score in 6 fixtures and have kept 2 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Drogheda
Sligo
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Shamrock201839 
l
 
1-2F
l
 
3-0A
Jun 16
Aug 29
w
 
2-1F
l
 
2-0A
Jul 5
Nov 1
2
Bohemians19433 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-1F
Nov 1
Aug 1
l
 
0-1A
l
 
4-2A
Aug 30
Jun 27
3
Drogheda H20631 
-
-
-
-
d
 
2-2A
l
 
3-0A
Sep 20
Jun 20
4
St Patrick's20430 
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
0-00-0
Aug 22
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
0-1A
l
 
4-3A
Sep 27
Aug 8
5
Derry19128 
d
 
1-1F
w
 
1-3A
Sep 26
Jun 27
l
 
0-1A
l
 
3-0A
Jul 12
Oct 3
6
Shelbourne20127 
d
 
2-2F
w
 
0-1F
Sep 12
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
1-2A
l
 
3-2F
Aug 2
Oct 17
7
Galway19025 
d
 
1-1F
l
 
2-1F
Jul 4
Oct 24
l
 
1-2A
w
 
0-1F
Jun 23
Sep 12
8
Waterford18-1023 
w
 
2-0F
d
 
2-2A
Aug 8
Oct 3
l
 
2-3A
w
 
0-4F
Jun 14
Aug 22
9
Cork19-1213 
w
 
3-2A
d
 
1-1A
Oct 17
Jun 23
d
 
1-1A
d
 
1-1F
Oct 25
Jul 25
10
Sligo A18-1212 
w
 
3-0F
d
 
2-2F
Jun 20
Sep 20
-
-
-
-
Win / draw / win form
Drogheda 2ND
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
30
Conceded
18
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
7
Draw
9
L
4
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Drogheda1 - 0Bohemians
Drogheda1 - 1Derry
Drogheda3 - 2Cork
Drogheda0 - 0St Patrick's
Drogheda2 - 2Shelbourne
Drogheda2 - 0Waterford
Drogheda1 - 2Shamrock
Drogheda1 - 1Galway
Drogheda3 - 0Sligo
Drogheda0 - 0Dundalk
Drogheda0 - 1Shamrock
Drogheda2 - 1Derry
Drogheda0 - 0Galway
Drogheda7 - 0Sligo
Drogheda2 - 2Bohemians
Drogheda2 - 0Waterford
Drogheda1 - 1Shelbourne
Drogheda0 - 0St Patrick's
Drogheda0 - 2Shamrock
Drogheda2 - 3Galway
Goals: Scored
25
Conceded
19
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
7
Draw
10
L
3
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ADrogheda2 - 2Waterford
HDrogheda1 - 0Bohemians
ADrogheda0 - 0Shelbourne
HDrogheda1 - 1Derry
ADrogheda0 - 3Shamrock
HDrogheda3 - 2Cork
ADrogheda2 - 2Sligo
ADrogheda1 - 2Galway
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
Sligo 10TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
25
Conceded
45
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
W
4
Draw
5
Lost
11
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Shelbourne3 - 2Sligo
Galway0 - 1Sligo
Shamrock2 - 0Sligo
Derry3 - 0Sligo
Waterford0 - 4Sligo
Bohemians4 - 2Sligo
Cork1 - 1Sligo
St Patrick's4 - 3Sligo
Drogheda3 - 0Sligo
Galway2 - 2Sligo
Derry1 - 1Sligo
Shelbourne0 - 0Sligo
Shamrock4 - 0Sligo
Drogheda7 - 0Sligo
St Patrick's3 - 2Sligo
Bohemians0 - 2Sligo
Dundalk1 - 0Sligo
Waterford4 - 1Sligo
Shelbourne1 - 2Sligo
Derry2 - 2Sligo
Goals: Scored
24
Conceded
38
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
W
3
D
4
Lost
13
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HSligo0 - 1St Patrick's
ASligo2 - 3Shelbourne
ASligo1 - 0Galway
HSligo0 - 1Bohemians
ASligo0 - 2Shamrock
HSligo2 - 2Drogheda
HSligo1 - 1Cork
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
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
3
Drogheda have beaten Sligo in 3 consecutive home league meetings
6
Drogheda have not lost to Sligo in 6 consecutive home league meetings
League games at Drogheda since 2021
Drogheda
Sligo
Goals: Scored
17
7
Games: Scored
6 / 9
4 / 9
Clean sheets
5 / 9
3 / 9
DRO
4
D
4
SLR
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Drogheda
Drogheda3 - 0
Drogheda7 - 0
Drogheda3 - 1
Draw2 - 2Draw
Drogheda1 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
0 - 3Sligo
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
League games at Sligo since 2021
Sligo
Drogheda
Goals: Scored
16
9
Games: Scored
8 / 9
6 / 9
Clean sheets
3 / 9
1 / 9
DRO
1
D
3
SLR
5
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Sligo
Draw2 - 2Draw
Sligo2 - 1
Sligo3 - 1
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Sligo2 - 0
Sligo3 - 2
Sligo2 - 0
1 - 2Drogheda
Goal Statistics
Drogheda 2nd Sligo 10th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.8
goals
1.1
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
16%
1
30%
2
27%
3
16%
4+
11%
There is a 84% probability that Drogheda will score 1 or more goals
0
32%
1
36%
2
21%
3
8%
4+
There is a 68% probability that Sligo will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+16
Drogheda have scored 16% more goals at home than predicted
+17
Sligo have scored 17% more goals when away than predicted
1.5
average goals scored
1.3
average goals scored
0.9
conceded
2.3
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Premier Division - 2025/2025 season
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Drogheda
PG (predicted goals)
Sligo
1.8
1.1
Attack rating
20%
better
DRO
SLR
view stats
Games scored15
12
Failed to score4
6
Scored first11
5
Goals scored25
22
Avg. goals scored1.3
1.2
Avg. shots per game8
8
Avg. shots per goal6
7
Conversion rate for16
15
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
+20%
Defence rating
43%
better
DRO
SLR
view stats
Games conceded11
16
Clean sheets8
2
Conceded first5
13
Goals conceded19
34
Avg. goals conceded1
1.9
Avg. shots/game conceded9
11
Avg. shots/goal conceded9
6
Conversion rate against11%
17%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
+43%

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

Drogheda Premier Division squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
19726
C KeeleyW DavisO LambeR Brennan
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
O Lambe DEF192
3
-
C Keeley DEF195
4
-
C Kane DEF191
1
-
L Heeney MID1911
1
-
W Davis FWD1971
3
-
T Oluwa FWD1921
1
-
L Dennison GLK18
1
-
R Brennan MID1821
6
-
S Farrell MID1812
5
-
A Quinn DEF162
-
D Markey MID1631
1
-
J. Bolger DEF14
-
E Ahui DEF81
3
1
K Cruise DEF81
1
-
D James-Taylor FWD81
1
-
S. Bawa FWD8
1
-
G Cooper DEF6
-
P Doyle MID4
-
B. Bosakani FWD4
-
J Thomas FWD21
-
J Brady GLK1
-
A. Haper-Bailey DEF1
-
Sligo Premier Division squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
187610
R HutchinsonO EldingW FitzgeraldJ Mahon
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
R Hutchinson DEF1832
2
-
W Fitzgerald FWD186
4
-
F. Lomboto FWD183
2
-
O Elding FWD1771
4
-
J Hakiki FWD171
6
-
G McElroy DEF162
2
-
J Mahon DEF161
10
-
C Kavanagh FWD1631
5
1
R. Manning MID152
3
-
M Wolfe MID142
4
-
S Sargeant GLK12
-
H Lintott DEF121
2
-
J Doyle-Hayes MID12
5
1
C Reynolds MID12
4
1
C Malley MID121
5
-
S Mallon MID10
-
O Hattum FWD91
-
O Denham DEF7
1
-
C Walsh GLK6
1
-
D. Patton MID5
-
W. Waweru FWD4
-
K. McDonagh MID3
1
-