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

Sat 12th Jul, 19:45 BST, The Showgrounds, Sligo

It's an away trip for Huseyin Eroglu's Derry City side on Saturday evening, as they travel to The Showgrounds for a Premier Division showdown with John Russell's Sligo Rovers. The odds you see on the page are provided straight from the UK's leading bookmakers, while predictions are algorithmically generated from stats over a 20-game period. We pay particular attention to Premier Division match data, including head-to-head records. Hit the tabs below to explore.


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Over / Under 4.5 Goals
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Sligo
33%
--
Draw
30%
--
Derry
37%
--
Draw 1-1
14%
--
Derry 1-0
13%
--
Sligo 1-0
13%
--
Draw 0-0
12%
--
Derry 2-1
7%
--
Derry 2-0
7%
--
Sligo 2-1
7%
--
Sligo 2-0
6%
--
Draw 2-2
4%
--
Derry 3-1
3%
--
Derry 3-0
3%
--
Sligo 3-1
2%
--
Sligo 3-0
2%
--
Derry 3-2
1%
--
Sligo 3-2
1%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
35%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
65%
--
Home 1st Goal
45%
--
Away 1st Goal
46%
--
No 1st Goal
9%
--
BTTS - Yes
42%
--
BTTS - No
58%
--
BTTS - Home Win
12%
--
BTTS - Draw
18%
--
BTTS - Away Win
13%
--
Home/draw
63%
--
Away/draw
67%
--
Home/away
70%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
62%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
38%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
16%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
84%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
6%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
94%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
2%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
98%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
88%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
12%
--
Home DNB
54%
--
Away DNB
58%
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Sligo win to nil
22%
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Derry win to nil
24%
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Win / draw / win Premier Division table

Sligo have played 22 matches so far this season and are in 9th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

20 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 13 games, drawn 2 and won 5. Sligo have conceded 35 goals, scored 24, failed to score in 7 matches and kept 3 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Sligo have played 11 games at home, winning 3, drawing 2 and losing 6 fixtures. They have scored 12 goals, conceded 15 goals, kept 1 clean sheet and failed to score 3 times in home league games.

Derry lay in 2nd place on 37 points in the Premier Division league table having played 22 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 20 games against teams below them in the table, winning 11, drawing 3 and losing 6 games. They have scored 27 goals and kept 8 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Derry have conceded 20 goals and have failed to score in 2 matches.

Away league performance

Derry have played 11 away games, winning 5, drawing 2 and losing 4 games. They have scored an average of 1 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.1 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Sligo
Derry
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Shamrock242148 
w
 
2-1F
l
 
2-0A
Jul 5
Nov 1
l
 
1-2F
d
 
0-00-0
Oct 24
Aug 1
2
Derry22637 
l
 
0-1A
l
 
3-0A
Jul 12
Oct 3
-
-
-
-
3
Bohemians22537 
l
 
0-1A
l
 
4-2A
Aug 30
d
 
1-1F
w
 
1-0F
l
 
1-0A
Jul 25
Sep 12
4
Drogheda24335 
d
 
2-2A
l
 
3-0A
Sep 20
l
 
1-0A
l
 
1-3F
d
 
1-1A
w
 
3-0F
Sep 26
5
Shelbourne24132 
l
 
1-2A
l
 
3-2F
Aug 2
Oct 17
w
 
2-0F
l
 
3-1A
Sep 19
w
 
0-1F
6
St Patrick's24031 
l
 
0-1A
l
 
4-3A
Sep 27
Aug 8
w
 
1-0F
l
 
2-0A
Aug 29
w
 
0-1F
7
Galway22129 
l
 
1-2A
w
 
0-1F
w
 
2-1F
Sep 12
d
 
1-1A
w
 
2-3F
d
 
1-1A
Aug 22
8
Waterford22-1127 
l
 
2-3A
w
 
0-4F
w
 
1-0F
Aug 22
l
 
1-2A
l
 
2-1A
Jul 4
Oct 17
9
Sligo22-1119 
-
-
-
-
w
 
3-0F
w
 
0-1F
Oct 3
Jul 12
10
Cork22-1515 
d
 
1-1A
d
 
1-1F
Oct 25
Jul 25
w
 
2-1A
w
 
1-2F
Aug 8
Nov 1
Win / draw / win form
Sligo 10TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
23
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
10
D
2
Lost
8
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Sligo2 - 1Galway
Sligo1 - 0Waterford
Sligo0 - 1St Patrick's
Sligo0 - 1Bohemians
Sligo2 - 2Drogheda
Sligo1 - 1Cork
Sligo1 - 2Galway
Sligo1 - 2Shelbourne
Sligo0 - 1Derry
Sligo2 - 1Shamrock
Sligo2 - 3Waterford
Sligo0 - 2St Patrick's
Sligo0 - 2Bohemians
Sligo2 - 1Dundalk
Sligo2 - 0Waterford
Sligo2 - 1Shelbourne
Sligo2 - 0Galway
Sligo2 - 1Derry
Sligo2 - 0Shamrock
Sligo2 - 1Drogheda
Goals: Scored
24
Conceded
31
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
5
D
4
Lost
11
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ASligo1 - 1Bohemians
HSligo2 - 1Galway
ASligo0 - 1Drogheda
HSligo1 - 0Waterford
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
Derry 6TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
18
Conceded
19
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
8
D
4
Lost
8
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
St Patrick's0 - 1Derry
Shelbourne0 - 1Derry
Bohemians1 - 0Derry
Drogheda1 - 1Derry
Cork1 - 2Derry
Waterford2 - 1Derry
Galway2 - 3Derry
Shamrock0 - 0Derry
Sligo0 - 1Derry
St Patrick's2 - 0Derry
Shelbourne3 - 1Derry
St Patrick's1 - 0Derry
Dundalk0 - 2Derry
Drogheda2 - 1Derry
Galway1 - 0Derry
Waterford0 - 1Derry
Shelbourne0 - 0Derry
Sligo2 - 1Derry
Bohemians1 - 2Derry
Dundalk0 - 0Derry
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
19
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
10
D
4
Lost
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HDerry3 - 0Drogheda
ADerry1 - 0St Patrick's
ADerry1 - 0Shelbourne
HDerry1 - 1Galway
ADerry0 - 1Bohemians
HDerry1 - 2Shamrock
ADerry1 - 1Drogheda
ADerry2 - 1Cork
HDerry1 - 0St Patrick's
HDerry2 - 0Shelbourne
ADerry1 - 2Waterford
HDerry3 - 0Sligo
ADerry3 - 2Galway
HDerry1 - 3Drogheda
HDerry2 - 1Cork
ADerry0 - 0Shamrock
ADerry1 - 0Sligo
HDerry1 - 1Galway
ADerry0 - 2St Patrick's
HDerry1 - 2Waterford
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Sligo since 2019
Sligo
Derry
Goals: Scored
9
8
Games: Scored
7 / 12
6 / 12
Clean sheets
6 / 12
5 / 12
SLR
5
D
3
DER
4
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Sligo
0 - 1Derry
Sligo2 - 1
Draw0 - 0Draw
Sligo1 - 0
Sligo1 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
Sligo2 - 1
1 - 2Derry
0 - 1Derry
Sligo1 - 0
1 - 2Derry
Draw0 - 0Draw
League games at Derry since 2019
Derry
Sligo
Goals: Scored
18
8
Games: Scored
10 / 12
6 / 12
Clean sheets
6 / 12
2 / 12
SLR
1
D
5
DER
6
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Derry
Derry3 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw2 - 2Draw
Derry2 - 1
Draw1 - 1Draw
Derry1 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
Derry2 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 2Sligo
Derry3 - 0
Derry2 - 0
Goal Statistics

Derry City's defensive record is very strong, Huseyin Eroglu's men having conceded 1 or less in 5 consecutive Premier Division outings. An underwhelming PG rating of 1.0 for Sligo Rovers makes sense in this context.

Sligo 10th Derry 6th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.0
goals
1.1
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
36%
1
37%
2
19%
3
4+
There is a 73% probability that Sligo will score no more than 1 goal
0
34%
1
37%
2
20%
3
4+
There is a 71% probability that Derry will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+12
Sligo have scored 12% more goals at home than predicted
-19
Derry have scored 19% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.3
average goals scored
0.9
average goals scored
1.2
conceded
1.0
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Premier Division - 2025/2025 season
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Sligo
PG (predicted goals)
Derry
1
1.1
Attack rating
SLR
DER
19%
better
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Games scored15
19
Failed to score7
3
Scored first8
12
Goals scored26
28
Avg. goals scored1.2
1.3
Avg. shots per game8
8
Avg. shots per goal7
6
Conversion rate for15
15
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
+19%
Defence rating
SLR
DER
31%
better
view stats
Games conceded19
13
Clean sheets3
9
Conceded first14
9
Goals conceded37
22
Avg. goals conceded1.7
1
Avg. shots/game conceded11
7
Avg. shots/goal conceded7
7
Conversion rate against15%
14%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
+31%

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

Sligo Premier Division squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
228611
R HutchinsonO EldingW FitzgeraldJ Mahon
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
R Hutchinson DEF2232
4
-
W Fitzgerald FWD226
4
-
F. Lomboto FWD224
3
-
J Hakiki FWD212
6
-
O Elding FWD2182
6
-
J Mahon DEF191
10
1
G McElroy DEF182
2
-
C Kavanagh FWD1731
6
1
S Sargeant GLK16
-
C Reynolds MID16
6
1
R. Manning MID162
3
-
J Doyle-Hayes MID16
8
1
M Wolfe MID162
4
-
S Mallon MID14
-
H Lintott DEF121
2
-
C Malley MID121
5
-
O Hattum FWD121
1
-
O Denham DEF9
2
-
D. Patton MID81
1
-
W. Waweru FWD81
-
K. McDonagh MID7
1
-
C Walsh GLK6
1
-
Derry Premier Division squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
227312
B MaherM DuffyM DuffyA O'Reilly
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
B Maher GLK22
2
-
M Duffy FWD2273
4
-
M Connolly  DEF21
5
-
S Todd DEF2012
1
-
A O'Reilly MID201
12
-
K Holt DEF192
1
-
C Winchester MID191
8
1
L Boyce  FWD1951
5
1
R Boyce DEF1822
3
-
R Benson MID181
2
1
G Whyte FWD1821
2
-
H Cann DEF171
3
-
P McMullan MID172
3
-
D Mullen FWD176
4
1
D Thomas MID1313
1
-
S Ferguson MID111
5
-
B Doherty DEF9
2
-
S Diallo MID9
4
-
S Patton FWD9
2
-
P Hoban FWD81
2
-
C Harkin MID6
3
-