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

Fri 1st May, 19:45 BST, United Park (Drogheda), Drogheda

Friday evening at the United Park (Drogheda), and it’s a Premier Division showdown between Drogheda United FC and Sligo Rovers. Kevin Doherty and Ryan Casey will be doing all they can to guide their side to the win. We provide predictions based on in-depth statistical analysis of both teams' performance, across 17 of the biggest markets. The data and the odds are unique to each market, and head to head (H2H) stats are included across them all.


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
Drogheda
42%
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Draw
28%
--
Sligo
30%
--
Draw 1-1
13%
--
Drogheda 1-0
13%
--
Sligo 1-0
10%
--
Draw 0-0
10%
--
Drogheda 2-1
8%
--
Drogheda 2-0
8%
--
Sligo 2-1
7%
--
Sligo 2-0
5%
--
Draw 2-2
4%
--
Drogheda 3-1
3%
--
Drogheda 3-0
3%
--
Sligo 3-1
2%
--
Sligo 3-0
2%
--
Drogheda 3-2
2%
--
Sligo 3-2
1%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
40%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
60%
--
Home 1st Goal
49%
--
Away 1st Goal
44%
--
No 1st Goal
7%
--
BTTS - Yes
46%
--
BTTS - No
54%
--
BTTS - Home Win
16%
--
BTTS - Draw
18%
--
BTTS - Away Win
12%
--
Home/draw
70%
--
Away/draw
58%
--
Home/away
72%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
67%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
33%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
20%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
80%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
8%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
92%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
3%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
97%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
90%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
10%
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Home DNB
61%
--
Away DNB
50%
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Drogheda win to nil
26%
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Sligo win to nil
18%
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Win / draw / win Premier Division table

Drogheda have played 11 matches so far this season and are in 9th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

10 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 5 games, drawn 4 and won 1. Drogheda have conceded 17 goals, scored 10, failed to score in 2 matches and kept 3 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Drogheda have played 6 games at home, winning 1, drawing 2 and losing 3 fixtures. They have scored 6 goals, conceded 8 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and failed to score 2 times in home league games.

Sligo lay in 8th place on 11 points in the Premier Division league table having played 12 matches. Sligo are unbeaten in 3 games against teams below them in the league and kept 2 clean sheets out of 3 games.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 3 games against teams below them in the table, winning 2, drawing 1 and losing 0 games. They have scored 4 goals and kept 2 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Sligo have conceded 1 goal and have failed to score in 1 match.

Away league performance

Sligo have played 6 away games, winning 1, drawing 1 and losing 4 games. They have scored an average of 0.7 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.5 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Drogheda
Sligo
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Shamrock12925 
d
 
0-00-0
May 4
Jul 31
Oct 9
l
 
0-2A
May 22
Jul 4
Oct 23
2
St Patrick's121123 
l
 
1-3A
l
 
4-1F
Aug 21
Jun 12
May 4
l
 
4-1F
Sep 19
Jun 19
3
Dundalk12621 
May 22
d
 
1-1A
Aug 28
Jul 10
Apr 25
l
 
1-0A
Oct 17
Jul 31
4
Bohemians12620 
d
 
0-00-0
May 15
Jul 3
Sep 18
l
 
0-4A
w
 
1-2A
May 29
Aug 28
5
Derry12014 
May 8
d
 
2-2A
Oct 16
Jun 26
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
2-1F
Oct 30
Aug 7
6
Galway11-214 
l
 
2-3F
w
 
0-1F
Oct 30
Aug 7
May 16
l
 
1-0A
Sep 5
Jul 10
7
Shelbourne11-113 
l
 
1-2F
Apr 24
Jun 19
Sep 4
l
 
0-1A
May 8
Jun 27
Oct 9
8
Sligo12-911 
May 1
l
 
2-1A
Sep 11
Jul 25
-
-
-
-
9
Drogheda11-510 
-
-
-
-
w
 
2-1F
May 1
Jul 25
Sep 11
10
Waterford11-154 
w
 
2-0F
Oct 23
May 29
-
w
 
2-0F
d
 
0-00-0
Aug 22
Jun 12
Win / draw / win form
5
Drogheda have not won in 5 consecutive home league games
Drogheda 9TH
20 league games
Home
5
Overall
Goals: Scored
21
Conceded
22
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
7
Draw
7
Lost
6
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Drogheda1 - 3St Patrick's
Drogheda2 - 3Galway
Drogheda0 - 0Bohemians
Drogheda0 - 0Shamrock
Drogheda1 - 2Shelbourne
Drogheda2 - 0Waterford
Drogheda1 - 4Bohemians
Drogheda1 - 0Cork
Drogheda1 - 1Derry
Drogheda2 - 1Shelbourne
Drogheda0 - 1St Patrick's
Drogheda0 - 0Waterford
Drogheda1 - 0Galway
Drogheda1 - 0Sligo
Drogheda1 - 2Shamrock
Drogheda1 - 0Bohemians
Drogheda1 - 1Derry
Drogheda3 - 2Cork
Drogheda0 - 0St Patrick's
Drogheda2 - 2Shelbourne
Goals: Scored
20
Conceded
30
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
W
4
Draw
7
Lost
9
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HDrogheda1 - 3St Patrick's
HDrogheda2 - 3Galway
HDrogheda0 - 0Bohemians
ADrogheda2 - 2Derry
HDrogheda0 - 0Shamrock
ADrogheda1 - 4St Patrick's
ADrogheda1 - 2Sligo
HDrogheda1 - 2Shelbourne
ADrogheda1 - 1Dundalk
HDrogheda2 - 0Waterford
ADrogheda1 - 0Galway
HDrogheda1 - 4Bohemians
ADrogheda1 - 1Galway
HDrogheda1 - 0Cork
ADrogheda0 - 2Waterford
HDrogheda1 - 1Derry
HDrogheda2 - 1Shelbourne
ADrogheda1 - 1Sligo
ADrogheda1 - 2Shamrock
HDrogheda0 - 1St Patrick's
Sligo 8TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
21
Conceded
30
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
Won
7
D
2
Lost
11
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Bohemians1 - 2Sligo
St Patrick's4 - 1Sligo
Dundalk1 - 0Sligo
Galway1 - 0Sligo
Waterford0 - 0Sligo
Derry2 - 1Sligo
Shamrock1 - 2Sligo
Shelbourne3 - 1Sligo
Derry1 - 0Sligo
Galway0 - 1Sligo
Waterford1 - 2Sligo
St Patrick's3 - 0Sligo
Cork2 - 3Sligo
Bohemians1 - 1Sligo
Drogheda1 - 0Sligo
Shelbourne3 - 2Sligo
Galway0 - 1Sligo
Shamrock2 - 0Sligo
Derry3 - 0Sligo
Waterford0 - 4Sligo
Goals: Scored
15
Conceded
24
Games: Scored
11 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
9 / 20
Won
6
Draw
5
Lost
9
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HSligo2 - 0Waterford
ASligo2 - 1Bohemians
HSligo0 - 0Derry
ASligo1 - 4St Patrick's
HSligo0 - 1Shelbourne
ASligo0 - 1Dundalk
HSligo0 - 2Shamrock
HSligo2 - 1Drogheda
ASligo0 - 1Galway
ASligo0 - 0Waterford
HSligo0 - 4Bohemians
ASligo1 - 2Derry
ASligo2 - 1Shamrock
HSligo1 - 1Cork
ASligo1 - 3Shelbourne
ASligo0 - 1Derry
HSligo1 - 0St Patrick's
ASligo1 - 0Galway
HSligo1 - 1Drogheda
HSligo0 - 0Bohemians
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
4
Drogheda have beaten Sligo in 4 consecutive home league meetings
7
Drogheda have not lost to Sligo in 7 consecutive home league meetings
3
Drogheda have kept a clean sheet in 3 consecutive home league meetings with Sligo
League games at Drogheda since 2021
Drogheda
Sligo
Goals: Scored
18
7
Games: Scored
7 / 10
4 / 10
Clean sheets
6 / 10
3 / 10
DRO
5
D
4
SLR
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Drogheda
Drogheda1 - 0
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
19
11
Games: Scored
10 / 11
8 / 11
Clean sheets
3 / 11
1 / 11
DRO
1
D
4
SLR
6
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Sligo
Sligo2 - 1
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw2 - 2Draw
Sligo2 - 1
Sligo3 - 1
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Sligo2 - 0
Sligo3 - 2
Sligo2 - 0
1 - 2Drogheda
Goal Statistics
Drogheda 9th Sligo 8th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.3
goals
1.0
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
28%
1
36%
2
22%
3
9%
4+
There is a 64% probability that Drogheda will score no more than 1 goal
0
36%
1
37%
2
19%
3
4+
There is a 73% probability that Sligo will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-18
Drogheda have scored 18% fewer goals at home than predicted
-1
Sligo’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.1
average goals scored
1.1
average goals scored
1.1
conceded
1.5
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Premier Division - 2026/2026 season
Drogheda
PG (predicted goals)
Sligo
1.3
1
Attack rating
35%
better
DRO
SLR
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Games scored9
5
Failed to score2
7
Scored first5
4
Goals scored12
8
Avg. goals scored1.1
0.7
Avg. shots per game7
7
Avg. shots per goal7
11
Conversion rate for15
9
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
+35%
Defence rating
9%
better
DRO
SLR
view stats
Games conceded7
9
Clean sheets4
3
Conceded first4
6
Goals conceded17
17
Avg. goals conceded1.5
1.4
Avg. shots/game conceded10
11
Avg. shots/goal conceded7
8
Conversion rate against15%
13%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
+9%

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

Drogheda Premier Division squad statistics 2026
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Sligo Premier Division squad statistics 2026
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