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

Fri 31st Jul, 19:45 BST, Oriel Park, Dundalk

Dundalk and their manager Ciarán Kilduff will be looking to get one over on John Russell and his Sligo Rovers side on Friday evening, as the pair go head to head at the Oriel Park in the Premier Division. The aim of this preview is, quite simply, to help you make the smartest bet possible. To this end, stats for the biggest betting market have been published below, with head-to-head history and particularly important form streaks highlighted. Odds are provided too.


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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Dundalk
49%
--
Draw
25%
--
Sligo
26%
--
Draw 1-1
12%
--
Dundalk 1-0
11%
--
Dundalk 2-1
9%
--
Dundalk 2-0
9%
--
Sligo 1-0
8%
--
Draw 0-0
7%
--
Sligo 2-1
7%
--
Draw 2-2
5%
--
Dundalk 3-1
5%
--
Dundalk 3-0
5%
--
Sligo 2-0
4%
--
Dundalk 3-2
3%
--
Sligo 3-1
2%
--
Dundalk 4-1
2%
--
Sligo 3-2
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
50%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
50%
--
Home 1st Goal
52%
--
Away 1st Goal
44%
--
No 1st Goal
4%
--
BTTS - Yes
53%
--
BTTS - No
47%
--
BTTS - Home Win
22%
--
BTTS - Draw
18%
--
BTTS - Away Win
13%
--
Home/draw
74%
--
Away/draw
51%
--
Home/away
75%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
75%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
25%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
28%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
72%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
13%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
87%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
5%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
95%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
93%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
7%
--
Home DNB
66%
--
Away DNB
44%
--
Dundalk win to nil
27%
--
Sligo win to nil
14%
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Win / draw / win Premier Division table

Dundalk have played 24 matches so far this season and lay in 4th place in the Premier Division league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 17 games against teams below in the table, having won 6, drawn 6 and lost 5 matches. They have kept 3 clean sheets and have failed to score in 1 fixture. Dundalk have outscored their opponents by 38 goals to 20 goals.

Home League Performance

Dundalk have played 12 games at home winning 6, drawing 2 and losing 4 games. They have scored 21 goals, kept 4 clean sheets and conceded 15 goals at home.

Sligo are in 10th position in the Premier Division on 20 points having played 24 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

8 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 20 goals and kept 2 clean sheets. They have scored 8 goals in total and failed to score in 7 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

24 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 14 games, drawn 5 and won 5. Sligo have conceded 40 goals, scored 20, failed to score in 11 fixtures and have kept 5 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Dundalk
Sligo
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Shamrock251850 
w
 
1-0F
d
 
1-1A
Oct 30
Aug 7
l
 
0-2A
w
 
1-2A
l
 
1-2F
Oct 23
2
Bohemians251343 
l
 
1-3F
d
 
1-1A
Oct 9
w
 
1-2A
l
 
0-4A
w
 
1-2A
l
 
1-3A
Aug 28
3
St Patrick's241942 
w
 
2-0F
l
 
4-0A
Sep 4
Jul 24
d
 
1-1A
l
 
4-1F
Sep 19
l
 
2-0A
4
Dundalk24235 
-
-
-
-
w
 
2-0F
l
 
1-0A
Oct 17
Jul 31
5
Shelbourne24034 
l
 
1-2A
w
 
2-3F
Sep 18
l
 
2-1F
l
 
0-1A
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
2-2F
Oct 9
6
Derry25129 
d
 
2-2A
d
 
2-2F
w
 
2-1F
Oct 23
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
2-1F
Oct 30
Aug 7
7
Galway23-727 
w
 
2-1F
d
 
2-2F
Aug 21
w
 
0-1F
l
 
1-4A
l
 
1-0A
Sep 5
l
 
3-2A
8
Drogheda24-1225 
d
 
1-1F
d
 
1-1F
l
 
1-2F
Aug 28
w
 
2-1F
l
 
1-0A
Jul 25
Sep 11
9
Waterford24-1421 
w
 
5-0F
d
 
3-3F
l
 
2-3F
Sep 11
w
 
2-0F
d
 
0-00-0
Aug 22
l
 
4-0A
10
Sligo24-2020 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
2-0A
Jul 31
Oct 17
-
-
-
-
Win / draw / win form
3
Sligo have lost 3 consecutive away league games
Dundalk 4TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
8
D
2
Lost
10
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Dundalk2 - 3Waterford
Dundalk2 - 1Derry
Dundalk1 - 0Shamrock
Dundalk1 - 3Bohemians
Dundalk1 - 2Shelbourne
Dundalk2 - 1Galway
Dundalk2 - 2Derry
Dundalk2 - 0St Patrick's
Dundalk1 - 0Sligo
Dundalk5 - 0Waterford
Dundalk1 - 1Drogheda
Dundalk0 - 1Shamrock
Dundalk0 - 2Derry
Dundalk0 - 2Bohemians
Dundalk1 - 2St Patrick's
Dundalk0 - 1Shelbourne
Dundalk0 - 2Galway
Dundalk4 - 2Drogheda
Dundalk0 - 2Waterford
Dundalk1 - 0Sligo
Goals: Scored
33
Conceded
29
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
9
Draw
6
Lost
5
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HDundalk2 - 3Waterford
ADundalk2 - 1Bohemians
ADundalk1 - 0Galway
HDundalk2 - 1Derry
ADundalk1 - 1Drogheda
HDundalk1 - 0Shamrock
HDundalk1 - 3Bohemians
ADundalk3 - 3Waterford
HDundalk1 - 2Shelbourne
ADundalk0 - 2Sligo
HDundalk2 - 1Galway
HDundalk2 - 2Derry
HDundalk2 - 0St Patrick's
ADundalk3 - 2Shelbourne
ADundalk1 - 1Bohemians
HDundalk1 - 0Sligo
HDundalk5 - 0Waterford
ADundalk2 - 2Galway
ADundalk0 - 4St Patrick's
ADundalk1 - 1Shamrock
Sligo 10TH
20 league games
Away
3
Overall
Goals: Scored
16
Conceded
30
Games: Scored
10 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
10 / 20
Won
6
D
3
Lost
11
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
St Patrick's2 - 0Sligo
Waterford4 - 0Sligo
Shamrock1 - 2Sligo
Shelbourne0 - 0Sligo
Drogheda1 - 0Sligo
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
Goals: Scored
16
Conceded
29
Games: Scored
10 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
10 / 20
Won
5
Draw
5
Lost
10
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HSligo2 - 2Shelbourne
ASligo0 - 2St Patrick's
ASligo0 - 4Waterford
HSligo1 - 3Bohemians
ASligo2 - 1Shamrock
HSligo1 - 4Galway
ASligo0 - 0Shelbourne
HSligo1 - 1St Patrick's
ASligo0 - 1Drogheda
HSligo2 - 0Dundalk
HSligo2 - 0Waterford
ASligo2 - 1Bohemians
HSligo0 - 0Derry
ASligo1 - 4St Patrick's
HSligo0 - 1Shelbourne
ASligo0 - 1Dundalk
HSligo0 - 2Shamrock
HSligo2 - 1Drogheda
ASligo0 - 1Galway
ASligo0 - 0Waterford
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Dundalk since 2019
Dundalk
Sligo
Goals: Scored
18
16
Games: Scored
9 / 12
8 / 12
Clean sheets
4 / 12
3 / 12
DLK
6
D
2
SLR
4
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Dundalk
Dundalk1 - 0
Dundalk1 - 0
0 - 5Sligo
Dundalk1 - 0
1 - 2Sligo
Draw3 - 3Draw
Dundalk2 - 1
Dundalk4 - 1
0 - 1Sligo
0 - 2Sligo
Dundalk4 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
League games at Sligo since 2019
Sligo
Dundalk
Goals: Scored
13
14
Games: Scored
7 / 12
10 / 12
Clean sheets
2 / 12
5 / 12
DLK
4
D
3
SLR
5
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Sligo
Sligo2 - 0
Sligo2 - 1
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 2Dundalk
0 - 1Dundalk
0 - 3Dundalk
Draw0 - 0Draw
Sligo2 - 1
Draw1 - 1Draw
Sligo3 - 1
0 - 2Dundalk
Sligo2 - 1
Goal Statistics

Dundalk have been steady in attack of late, scoring in 11 consecutive Premier Division games. Their PG of 1.6 against Sligo Rovers on Friday suggests they're likely to extend that run.

Dundalk 4th Sligo 10th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.6
goals
1.1
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
21%
1
33%
2
26%
3
14%
4+
There is a 79% probability that Dundalk 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
-2
Dundalk’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-18
Sligo have scored 18% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.3
average goals scored
0.8
average goals scored
1.4
conceded
1.5
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Premier Division - 2026/2026 season
Dundalk
PG (predicted goals)
Sligo
1.6
1.1
Attack rating
44%
better
DLK
SLR
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Games scored22
13
Failed to score2
11
Scored first17
7
Goals scored38
20
Avg. goals scored1.6
0.8
Avg. shots per game12
8
Avg. shots per goal7
9
Conversion rate for14
11
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
+44%
Defence rating
9%
better
DLK
SLR
view stats
Games conceded19
19
Clean sheets5
5
Conceded first7
14
Goals conceded36
40
Avg. goals conceded1.5
1.7
Avg. shots/game conceded10
14
Avg. shots/goal conceded7
8
Conversion rate against14%
12%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
+9%

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

Dundalk Premier Division squad statistics 2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
23697
D HorganD HorganD HorganA Dervin
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
B Burns DEF242
6
-
T Wilson DEF2442
2
-
K Buckley MID231
5
-
D Horgan MID2369
3
1
D McDaid MID2331
3
1
H. Groome MID2211
2
-
A Dervin MID2112
6
1
J Wilson DEF2011
4
1
E Minogue GLK18
-
R. Teahan MID1821
3
-
S. Tracey MID151
3
-
M Animasahun DEF14
5
-
R Cornwall DEF14
3
1
H. Warren DEF14
3
-
D Mullen FWD123
1
-
C Kearns GLK6
-
C. O'Keefe DEF61
1
-
S. Spaight DEF5
-
L. Gaxha FWD3
-
T Clarke DEF2
1
-
P Cherrie GLK1
-
Sligo Premier Division squad statistics 2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
24434
S SargeantW FitzgeraldW FitzgeraldG McElroy
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
S Sargeant GLK24
2
-
G McElroy DEF24
4
-
W Fitzgerald FWD2443
3
-
J. Esua DEF2111
3
-
D. Patton MID211
1
1
C Kavanagh FWD2132
2
-
O Denham DEF20
2
1
C McHugh MID1911
3
1
A I FWD1921
2
-
A Meekison MID1822
1
-
J McManus MID17
3
-
S McHale DEF161
1
-
R O'Kane FWD1511
1
-
S Quirk DEF12
3
1
S. Stewart DEF121
2
-
C Harkin MID9
4
-
K. McDonagh MID9
-
J Hakiki MID61
-
G. Rego Priosti MID3
-
K Zefi FWD3
-
C. Cannon MID1
1
-
L Pearce FWD1
-
J McGonigle FWD12
-