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

Fri 9th Oct, 19:45 BST, Tolka Park, Dublin

It's an away trip for John Russell's Sligo Rovers side on Friday evening, as they travel to the Tolka Park for a Premier Division showdown with John Russell's Shelbourne FC. Our aim is to give you all the tools you need to make a smart, well-informed bet on this tie, so we've searched our extensive database and found the stats that are most significant. Head to head (H2H) and recent form is included, and the KickOff predictions are produced from them. Odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers are there to make sure you get the best return.

Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

We predict there's very little chance of a bore-draw or a narrow 1-0 win here, and instead are predicting over 1.5 goals. That means that Shelbourne and Sligo will score at least a couple of between them during 90 minutes. This is based on each side's recent form stats, as well as historical records when they go head-to-head. We give it a probability of 76%. Bookies have it at 1.20.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Shelbourne are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 56% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.38.

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

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Shelbourne 56%	19/50	-
Draw 23%	3/1 8%	-
Sligo 21%	7/1 14%	-
Shelbourne 1-0 11%	13/2	-
Draw 1-1 11%	15/2 6%	-
Shelbourne 2-0 10%	6/1	-
Shelbourne 2-1 10%	15/2	-
Draw 0-0 6%	12/1	-
Sligo 1-0 6%	20/1 11%	-
Shelbourne 3-0 6%	8/1	-
Shelbourne 3-1 6%	11/1 9%	-
Sligo 2-1 5%	22/1 10%	-
Draw 2-2 5%	16/1 11%	-
Sligo 2-0 3%	40/1	-
Shelbourne 3-2 3%	25/1	-
Shelbourne 4-0 3%	16/1	-
Shelbourne 4-1 3%	20/1	-
Sligo 3-1 2%	50/1	-
Over 2.5 Goals 52%	4/6	-
Under 2.5 Goals 48%	23/20	-
Home 1st Goal 55%	4/11	-
Away 1st Goal 41%	9/4 2%	-
No 1st Goal 4%	12/1	-
BTTS - Yes 52%	19/20	-
BTTS - No 48%	4/5	-
BTTS - Home Win 25%	21/10	-
BTTS - Draw 17%	9/2 8%	-
BTTS - Away Win 10%	14/1 15%	-
Home/draw 79%	1/14 1%	-
Away/draw 44%	7/4	-
Home/away 77%	1/5 2%	-
Over 1.5 Goals 76%	1/5	-
Under 1.5 Goals 24%	10/3	-
Over 3.5 Goals 30%	13/8	-
Under 3.5 Goals 70%	4/9	-
Over 4.5 Goals 14%	4/1	-
Under 4.5 Goals 86%	1/6	-
Over 5.5 Goals 6%	9/1	-
Under 5.5 Goals 94%	1/16	-
Over 0.5 Goals 94%	1/25	-
Under 0.5 Goals 6%	12/1	-
Home DNB 72%	1/9 2%	-
Away DNB 37%	11/2 8%	-
Shelbourne win to nil 31%	5/4	-
Sligo win to nil 11%	14/1 15%	-
Shelbourne / Shelbourne 41%	1/1 2%	-
Shelbourne / Sligo 2%	50/1 24%	-
Shelbourne / Draw 5%	16/1	-
Draw / Shelbourne 21%	3/1	-
Draw / Sligo 5%	16/1 13%	-
Draw / Draw 12%	6/1	-
Sligo / Shelbourne 4%	18/1 10%	-
Sligo / Sligo 6%	12/1	-
Sligo / Draw 4%	18/1	-

Win / draw / win Premier Division table

Shelbourne have played 32 matches so far this season and lay in 6th place in the Premier Division league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 14 games against teams below in the table, having won 3, drawn 8 and lost 3 matches. They have kept 2 clean sheets and have failed to score in 2 fixtures. Shelbourne have outscored their opponents by 42 goals to 24 goals.

Home League Performance

Shelbourne have played 16 games at home winning 3, drawing 5 and losing 8 games. They have scored 20 goals, kept 2 clean sheets and conceded 27 goals at home.

Sligo are in 10th position in the Premier Division on 23 points having played 32 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

11 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 28 goals and kept 2 clean sheets. They have scored 9 goals in total and failed to score in 10 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

32 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 19 games, drawn 8 and won 5. Sligo have conceded 54 goals, scored 24, failed to score in 16 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	Shelbourne Sligo
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	St Patrick's	32	27	59	l 2-3A	w 0-1F	l 1-2A	Oct 16	d 1-1A	l 4-1F	l 0-1A	l 2-0A
2	Shamrock	31	18	59	d 2-2F	l 3-2F	w 2-1F	d 0-00-0	l 0-2A	w 1-2A	l 1-2F	Oct 23
3	Bohemians	31	18	56	d 0-00-0	d 2-2A	l 0-3A	Oct 23	l 0-4A	w 1-2A	l 1-3A	l 3-0A
4	Derry	32	3	41	l 1-2A	w 1-2F	l 0-1A	d 0-00-0	d 0-00-0	l 2-1F	Oct 30	l 2-0A
5	Dundalk	32	-4	41	l 2-3A	w 1-2F	w 2-1A	w 2-3A	w 2-0F	l 1-0A	Oct 17	d 1-1A
6	Shelbourne	32	-3	40	-	-	-	-	l 0-1A	d 0-00-0	d 2-2F	Oct 9
7	Galway	32	-6	38	d 1-1A	d 1-1F	d 1-1F	d 1-1A	l 1-4A	l 1-0A	l 1-3F	l 3-2A
8	Waterford	32	-10	34	w 2-1F	d 1-1F	Oct 30	l 1-0A	w 2-0F	d 0-00-0	d 0-00-0	l 4-0A
9	Drogheda	32	-13	34	l 3-4F	w 1-2A	l 1-2F	d 2-2F	w 2-1F	l 1-0A	d 2-2A	l 2-0A
10	Sligo	32	-30	23	d 0-00-0	w 0-1F	Oct 9	d 2-2A	-	-	-	-

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Win / draw / win form

Shelbourne have lost 3 consecutive home league games

Sligo have lost 4 consecutive league games

Sligo have failed to score in 3 consecutive away league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

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

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

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

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

9 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

11 / 20

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Drogheda	2 - 0	Sligo
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

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

11 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

9 / 20

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Sligo	0 - 1	St Patrick's
H	Sligo	1 - 3	Galway
A	Sligo	0 - 2	Drogheda
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

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Shelbourne

Sligo

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

7 / 10

Clean sheets

3 / 10

SHE

SLR

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

Sligo

Shelbourne

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

5 / 11

11 / 11

Clean sheets

0 / 11

6 / 11

SHE

SLR

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

Goal Statistics

Goals have been a problem for Sligo Rovers of late. It has been 7 Premier Division matches since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.0 suggests they'll have problems ending that run on Friday evening against Shelbourne FC.

	Shelbourne 6th	Sligo 10th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.8 goals	1.0 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 17% 1 30% 2 27% 3 16% 4+ 10% There is a 83% probability that Shelbourne will score 1 or more goals	0 38% 1 37% 2 18% 3 4+ There is a 75% probability of Sligo scoring 1 goal or less

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-14 Shelbourne have scored 14% fewer goals at home than predicted	-31 Sligo have scored 31% fewer goals when away than predicted
	1.3 average goals scored	0.7 average goals scored
	1.5 conceded	1.7 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Premier Division - 2026/2026 season

38%

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SLR

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Games scored	25		16
Failed to score	7		16
Scored first	14		8
Goals scored	42		24
Avg. goals scored	1.3		0.8
Avg. shots per game	10		7
Avg. shots per goal	7		10
Conversion rate for	14		10
Avg. XG for	0		0
KickOff rating		+38%

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SLR

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Games conceded	26		26
Clean sheets	6		6
Conceded first	14		20
Goals conceded	45		54
Avg. goals conceded	1.4		1.7
Avg. shots/game conceded	9		14
Avg. shots/goal conceded	7		8
Conversion rate against	15%		13%
Avg. XG against	0		0
KickOff rating		+8%

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

Shelbourne Premier Division squad statistics 2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
30	6	3	9
K Ledwidge	D Kelly	D Kelly	D Kelly

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
K Ledwidge DEF	32		1	3 -
E Caffrey MID	29	1		4 -
A Coote MID	28	2	2	6 -
D Kelly FWD	28	6	3	9 -
K McInroy MID	24	1	2	7 -
J Henry-Francis MID	24	2	2	6 -
R. Costa Freitas FWD	24		2	5 1
S Gannon DEF	22			6 -
W Jarvis FWD	22	1	1	2 -
S Bone DEF	21	1	2	4 -
J Lunney MID	21			7 -
M. Mbeng DEF	19		2	2 -
J Norris DEF	19	2	1	3 -
P Barrett DEF	17	2		7 -
S Moore FWD	13	1	1	1 -
A Odubeko FWD	12	2	1	2 -
O Casey DEF	11			2 -
E. Beach GLK	7			-
J. Roche DEF	3			1 -
D. Ring FWD	3			-
J. Wuna FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
6	15	3	6
D Kelly	D Kelly	D Kelly	D Kelly

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
D Kelly FWD	6	15	3	6
A Coote MID	2	11	2	2
J Henry-Francis MID	2	4	2
J Norris DEF	2	2	1	3
P Barrett DEF	2	6		1
A Odubeko FWD	2	9	1	2
E Caffrey MID	1	6		4
K McInroy MID	1	6	2	5
W Jarvis FWD	1	2	1
S Bone DEF	1	1	2	1
S Moore FWD	1	6	1	2
K Ledwidge DEF		2	1	4
R. Costa Freitas FWD		9	2	5
S Gannon DEF		1		1
J Lunney MID		1
M. Mbeng DEF		1	2	2
O Casey DEF		1		2

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1610	62	143
K Ledwidge	J Henry-Francis	J Henry-Francis

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
K Ledwidge DEF	1610	41	138
K McInroy MID	1012	34	77
J Henry-Francis MID	959	62	143
S Bone DEF	926	28	96
J Lunney MID	831	20	50
P Barrett DEF	821	11	75
E Caffrey MID	804	30	74
O Casey DEF	623	21	81
M. Mbeng DEF	610	23	74
J Norris DEF	554	28	52
A Coote MID	547	27	68
D Kelly FWD	524	32	95
S Gannon DEF	488	32	51
W Jarvis FWD	296	23	58
E. Beach GLK	203		5
R. Costa Freitas FWD	168	11	59
S Moore FWD	137	4	24
A Odubeko FWD	101	2	33
J. Roche DEF	36	1	3
D. Ring FWD	2		1
J. Wuna FWD	2

Sligo Premier Division squad statistics 2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
30	6	3	9
S Sargeant	C Kavanagh	W Fitzgerald	C McHugh

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
G McElroy DEF	32	1		5 -
S Sargeant GLK	30			2 -
C Kavanagh FWD	28	6	2	2 -
O Denham DEF	27			3 1
C McHugh MID	27	1	1	8 1
W Fitzgerald FWD	25	4	3	3 -
J. Esua DEF	24	1	1	4 -
A Meekison MID	24	2	3	1 1
J McManus MID	23		1	3 -
D. Patton MID	22	1		1 1
A I FWD	22	2	1	2 -
S. Stewart DEF	20		1	2 -
R O'Kane FWD	18	1	1	1 -
S McHale DEF	17	1		1 -
S Quirk DEF	17			5 1
K. McDonagh MID	13			-
C Harkin MID	10			4 -
L Pearce FWD	8		1	2 -
J Hakiki MID	6	1		-
L Young MID	5			-
K Woolery FWD	5			1 -
J McGonigle FWD	4		2	-
K Zefi FWD	4			-
L Hughes GLK	2			-
A. Gabbidon DEF	2			1 -
C. Cannon MID	1			1 -
C. Lynch MID	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
6	14	3	4
C Kavanagh	C Kavanagh	W Fitzgerald	C Kavanagh

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
C Kavanagh FWD	6	14	2	4
W Fitzgerald FWD	4	8	3	4
A Meekison MID	2	6	3	2
A I FWD	2	8	1	1
G McElroy DEF	1	5
C McHugh MID	1	6	1
J. Esua DEF	1	1	1	4
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		2	1
S. Stewart DEF			1	2
S Quirk DEF		2
L Pearce FWD		2	1	2
J McGonigle FWD		1	2	2
A. Gabbidon DEF		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1212	59	183
S Sargeant	C McHugh	G McElroy

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
S Sargeant GLK	1212	1	16
G McElroy DEF	1195	54	183
J McManus MID	1063	45	94
C McHugh MID	941	59	175
O Denham DEF	879	58	174
J. Esua DEF	837	22	102
S McHale DEF	749	21	99
W Fitzgerald FWD	687	36	117
A Meekison MID	512	27	71
S. Stewart DEF	507	23	83
S Quirk DEF	471	27	92
C Kavanagh FWD	359	10	161
D. Patton MID	299	14	42
A I FWD	291	18	51
L Young MID	206	5	21
R O'Kane FWD	198	9	36
K. McDonagh MID	139	2	7
C Harkin MID	138	9	15
L Pearce FWD	75	5	16
L Hughes GLK	66
A. Gabbidon DEF	61	3	7
J Hakiki MID	53	2	11
K Woolery FWD	48		6
J McGonigle FWD	41		5
K Zefi FWD	27	4	10
C. Cannon MID	4	1	2
C. Lynch MID	1

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

Shelbourne have played 32 matches so far this season and lay in 6th place in the Premier Division league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Home League Performance

Sligo are in 10th position in the Premier Division on 23 points having played 32 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

Performance against teams above them in the league

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