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

Fri 11th Sep, 19:45 BST, United Park (Drogheda), Drogheda

the United Park (Drogheda) plays host on Friday evening, as Kevin Doherty's Drogheda United FC welcome John Russell's Sligo Rovers in the Premier Division. Our aim is to give you all the tools you need to make a smart, well-informed bet on this tie, so we've sifted through our extensive database and dug out the stats that are most significant. Head to head (H2H) and recent form are included, and these are used to generate our predictions. Odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers are there to ensure you get the best price.

Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

The statistics suggest there isn't an obvious winner for this clash, but good reason to think Drogheda and Sligo will find the net twice at least between them. We've seen goals when they've gone head-to-head historically, and neither Kevin Doherty or John Russell has subjected their supporters to too many 0-0s lately either. The bookies are predicting over 1.5 goals too, with best odds of 1.30 equating to about a 73% probability.

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

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Drogheda 48%	7/10	-
Draw 26%	13/5	-
Sligo 27%	10/3	-
Draw 1-1 12%	6/1	-
Drogheda 1-0 11%	11/2	-
Drogheda 2-1 9%	15/2	-
Drogheda 2-0 9%	7/1	-
Sligo 1-0 8%	11/1	-
Draw 0-0 7%	9/1	-
Sligo 2-1 7%	14/1	-
Draw 2-2 5%	16/1	-
Drogheda 3-1 5%	14/1	-
Drogheda 3-0 4%	12/1	-
Sligo 2-0 4%	22/1	-
Drogheda 3-2 3%	28/1	-
Sligo 3-1 2%	40/1	-
Sligo 3-2 2%	40/1	-
Drogheda 4-1 2%	28/1	-
Over 2.5 Goals 48%	1/1	-
Under 2.5 Goals 52%	4/5	-
Home 1st Goal 52%	4/7	-
Away 1st Goal 44%	8/5	-
No 1st Goal 5%	9/1	-
BTTS - Yes 52%	19/20	-
BTTS - No 48%	4/5	-
BTTS - Home Win 21%	3/1	-
BTTS - Draw 18%	4/1	-
BTTS - Away Win 13%	8/1	-
Home/draw 73%	2/11	-
Away/draw 52%	1/1	-
Home/away 74%	1/4	-
Over 1.5 Goals 73%	3/10	-
Under 1.5 Goals 27%	12/5	-
Over 3.5 Goals 27%	5/2	-
Under 3.5 Goals 73%	2/7	-
Over 4.5 Goals 12%	6/1	-
Under 4.5 Goals 88%	1/10	-
Over 5.5 Goals 5%	14/1	-
Under 5.5 Goals 95%	1/33	-
Over 0.5 Goals 93%	1/16	-
Under 0.5 Goals 7%	9/1	-
Home DNB 66%	3/10	-
Away DNB 45%	12/5	-
Drogheda win to nil 27%	7/4	-
Sligo win to nil 14%	7/1	-
Drogheda / Drogheda 30%	7/4	-
Drogheda / Sligo 2%	40/1	-
Drogheda / Draw 6%	14/1	-
Draw / Drogheda 19%	7/2	-
Draw / Sligo 9%	17/2	-
Draw / Draw 15%	9/2	-
Sligo / Drogheda 4%	22/1	-
Sligo / Sligo 10%	7/1	-
Sligo / Draw 6%	14/1	-

Win / draw / win Premier Division table

Drogheda have played 29 matches so far this season and lay in 9th place in the Premier Division league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 3 games against teams below in the table, having won 1, drawn 1 and lost 1 match. They have kept 1 clean sheet and have scored in every game. Drogheda have outscored their opponents by 33 goals to 23 goals.

Home League Performance

Drogheda have played 15 games at home winning 3, drawing 6 and losing 6 games. They have scored 16 goals, kept 6 clean sheets and conceded 21 goals at home.

Sligo are in 10th position in the Premier Division on 23 points having played 29 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

10 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 26 goals and kept 2 clean sheets. They have scored 9 goals in total and failed to score in 9 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

29 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 16 games, drawn 8 and won 5. Sligo have conceded 48 goals, scored 23, failed to score in 14 fixtures and have kept 6 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	Drogheda Sligo
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Shamrock	29	19	56	d 0-00-0	l 4-1A	d 0-00-0	Oct 9	l 0-2A	w 1-2A	l 1-2F	Oct 23
2	St Patrick's	29	20	50	l 1-3A	l 4-1F	l 0-2A	l 2-0A	d 1-1A	l 4-1F	Sep 19	l 2-0A
3	Bohemians	29	16	50	d 0-00-0	l 2-1A	l 0-2A	Sep 18	l 0-4A	w 1-2A	l 1-3A	l 3-0A
4	Dundalk	29	1	40	d 1-1A	d 1-1A	l 2-3A	w 1-2A	w 2-0F	l 1-0A	Oct 17	d 1-1A
5	Shelbourne	28	-2	36	l 1-2F	w 3-4A	d 2-2A	Sep 14	l 0-1A	d 0-00-0	d 2-2F	Oct 9
6	Derry	29	1	34	w 1-0F	d 2-2A	Oct 16	l 2-0A	d 0-00-0	l 2-1F	Oct 30	l 2-0A
7	Galway	28	-6	34	l 2-3F	w 0-1F	Oct 30	d 0-00-0	l 1-4A	l 1-0A	Sep 14	l 3-2A
8	Waterford	29	-9	32	w 2-0F	l 2-1F	d 3-3A	Oct 23	w 2-0F	d 0-00-0	d 0-00-0	l 4-0A
9	Drogheda	29	-15	28	-	-	-	-	w 2-1F	l 1-0A	d 2-2A	Sep 11
10	Sligo	29	-25	23	w 1-0F	l 2-1A	Sep 11	d 2-2F	-	-	-	-

	UEFA Champions League Qualifiers
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	Relegation Play Off
	Relegation

Win / draw / win form

Sligo have failed to score in 3 consecutive league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

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

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Draw

Lost

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

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

10 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

10 / 20

Won

Lost

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

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Draw

Lost

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

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Drogheda have beaten Sligo in 5 consecutive home league meetings

Drogheda have kept a clean sheet in 4 consecutive home league meetings with Sligo

Drogheda

Sligo

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

8 / 11

4 / 11

Clean sheets

7 / 11

3 / 11

DRO

SLR

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Drogheda
Drogheda	1 - 0
Drogheda	1 - 0
Drogheda	3 - 0
Drogheda	7 - 0
Drogheda	3 - 1
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Drogheda	1 - 0
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
	0 - 3	Sligo
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw

Sligo

Drogheda

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

11 / 12

9 / 12

Clean sheets

3 / 12

1 / 12

DRO

SLR

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

Goal Statistics

	Drogheda 9th	Sligo 10th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.5 goals	1.1 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 22% 1 33% 2 25% 3 13% 4+ There is a 78% probability that Drogheda will score 1 or more goals	0 34% 1 37% 2 20% 3 4+ There is a 71% probability that Sligo will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-14 Drogheda have scored 14% fewer goals at home than predicted	-22 Sligo have scored 22% fewer goals when away than predicted
	1.1 average goals scored	0.8 average goals scored
	1.4 conceded	1.6 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Premier Division - 2026/2026 season

26%

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DRO

SLR

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Games scored	21		15
Failed to score	8		14
Scored first	9		7
Goals scored	33		23
Avg. goals scored	1.1		0.8
Avg. shots per game	8		7
Avg. shots per goal	7		9
Conversion rate for	14		11
Avg. XG for	0		0
KickOff rating		+26%

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DRO

SLR

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Games conceded	21		23
Clean sheets	8		6
Conceded first	16		18
Goals conceded	48		48
Avg. goals conceded	1.7		1.7
Avg. shots/game conceded	11		14
Avg. shots/goal conceded	7		8
Conversion rate against	15%		12%
Avg. XG against	0		0
KickOff rating		+5%

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

Drogheda Premier Division squad statistics 2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
29	9	5	10
E Agbaje	M Doyle	B Kavanagh	S Farrell

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
E Agbaje DEF	29	1	1	5 -
C Kane DEF	29		1	3 -
T Oluwa FWD	29	4	1	2 -
B Kavanagh MID	28	3	5	3 -
J. Godden MID	28	2	1	5 -
M Doyle FWD	28	9		5 -
C Keeley DEF	27	2	1	5 -
R Brennan MID	23	2	1	8 -
A Quinn DEF	21		1	-
L Dennison GLK	19			1 -
J. Bucknor DEF	19		1	2 -
W Davis FWD	19	3		-
J. Bolger DEF	18			3 -
L Burney DEF	18	1		5 -
E. O'Brien MID	17			2 -
K Cruise DEF	12		2	1 -
F Talley GLK	10			-
S Farrell MID	8	5		10 -
A Bates MID	5			1 -
K. Ancelin FWD	5	1	1	-
R. Markey FWD	1			-
D. Mare FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
9	20	5	9
M Doyle	M Doyle	B Kavanagh	B Kavanagh

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
M Doyle FWD	9	20		1
S Farrell MID	5	3
T Oluwa FWD	4	17	1	6
B Kavanagh MID	3	13	5	9
W Davis FWD	3	6		2
J. Godden MID	2	4	1	3
C Keeley DEF	2	7	1	3
R Brennan MID	2	4	1
E Agbaje DEF	1	2	1	1
L Burney DEF	1	6
K. Ancelin FWD	1	3	1
C Kane DEF			1	3
A Quinn DEF		1	1	1
J. Bucknor DEF		1	1	1
E. O'Brien MID		1
K Cruise DEF			2	4
A Bates MID		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
797	54	190
B Kavanagh	E Agbaje	C Keeley

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
B Kavanagh MID	797	30	90
C Keeley DEF	773	23	190
E Agbaje DEF	745	54	174
C Kane DEF	745	33	97
L Dennison GLK	598		11
R Brennan MID	443	30	98
A Quinn DEF	429	19	100
M Doyle FWD	423	42	139
J. Godden MID	377	19	92
E. O'Brien MID	363	37	72
L Burney DEF	337	7	52
F Talley GLK	335		2
T Oluwa FWD	293	12	130
J. Bolger DEF	280	18	72
J. Bucknor DEF	260	15	52
W Davis FWD	172	25	59
S Farrell MID	141	9	27
K Cruise DEF	127	9	27
A Bates MID	111	8	23
K. Ancelin FWD	50	4	17
R. Markey FWD	2
D. Mare FWD	1	1	1

Sligo Premier Division squad statistics 2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
29	5	3	6
S Sargeant	C Kavanagh	W Fitzgerald	C McHugh

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
S Sargeant GLK	29			2 -
G McElroy DEF	29	1		4 -
O Denham DEF	25			3 1
C Kavanagh FWD	25	5	2	2 -
W Fitzgerald FWD	25	4	3	3 -
J. Esua DEF	24	1	1	4 -
C McHugh MID	24	1	1	5 1
D. Patton MID	22	1		1 1
A I FWD	22	2	1	2 -
A Meekison MID	21	2	3	1 1
J McManus MID	20			3 -
R O'Kane FWD	18	1	1	1 -
S McHale DEF	17	1		1 -
S. Stewart DEF	17		1	2 -
S Quirk DEF	16			4 1
K. McDonagh MID	12			-
C Harkin MID	10			4 -
J Hakiki MID	6	1		-
L Pearce FWD	5		1	1 -
J McGonigle FWD	4		2	-
K Zefi FWD	3			-
L Young MID	2			-
K Woolery FWD	2			-
C. Lynch MID	1			-
C. Cannon MID	1			1 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
5	11	3	4
C Kavanagh	C Kavanagh	W Fitzgerald	W Fitzgerald

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
C Kavanagh FWD	5	11	2	3
W Fitzgerald FWD	4	8	3	4
A I FWD	2	8	1	1
A Meekison MID	2	5	3	2
G McElroy DEF	1	5
J. Esua DEF	1	1	1	4
C McHugh MID	1	6	1
D. Patton MID	1	4
R O'Kane FWD	1	10	1	2
S McHale DEF	1	7		3
J Hakiki MID	1	1
O Denham DEF		3
J McManus MID		1
S. Stewart DEF			1	2
S Quirk DEF		2
L Pearce FWD		2	1	1
J McGonigle FWD		1	2	2

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1184	57	173
S Sargeant	C McHugh	G McElroy

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
S Sargeant GLK	1184	1	16
G McElroy DEF	1073	51	173
J McManus MID	974	39	85
J. Esua DEF	837	22	102
C McHugh MID	819	57	163
O Denham DEF	816	51	158
S McHale DEF	749	21	99
W Fitzgerald FWD	687	36	117
S Quirk DEF	442	25	89
A Meekison MID	434	23	63
S. Stewart DEF	390	21	72
D. Patton MID	299	14	42
C Kavanagh FWD	293	9	147
A I FWD	291	18	51
R O'Kane FWD	198	9	36
C Harkin MID	138	9	15
K. McDonagh MID	131	2	7
L Pearce FWD	56	5	11
L Young MID	55		4
J Hakiki MID	53	2	11
J McGonigle FWD	41		5
K Zefi FWD	24	4	9
K Woolery FWD	9		1
C. Cannon MID	4	1	2
C. Lynch MID	1