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

Fri 2nd May, 19:45 BST, The Showgrounds, Newry

Drogheda United FC, led by manager Kevin Doherty, visit John Russell and his Sligo Rovers side at The Showgrounds on Friday evening in the Premier Division. All statistics, including each side's 20 game form and head to head (H2H) history, will update as you browse each of the seventeen betting markets via the tabs below. Odds from leading bookmakers and, of course, our algorithmic predictions will too.

Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 46% chance of Drogheda coming away with a win.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Sligo 27%	3.00	-
Draw 27%	3.20 2%	-
Drogheda 46%	2.35	-
Drogheda 1-0 13%	7.00 7%	-
Draw 1-1 13%	6.00	-
Draw 0-0 9%	8.50 6%	-
Sligo 1-0 9%	8.50 6%	-
Drogheda 2-0 9%	11.00	-
Drogheda 2-1 9%	9.50	-
Sligo 2-1 6%	11.00	-
Sligo 2-0 5%	15.00	-
Draw 2-2 4%	15.00	-
Drogheda 3-0 4%	23.00	-
Drogheda 3-1 4%	21.00	-
Sligo 3-1 2%	26.00	-
Drogheda 3-2 2%	34.00 17%	-
Sligo 3-0 2%	34.00	-
Sligo 3-2 1%	41.00 21%	-
Over 2.5 Goals 43%	2.30 12%	-
Under 2.5 Goals 57%	1.60 9%	-
Home 1st Goal 43%	2.30 2%	-
Away 1st Goal 51%	1.80	-
No 1st Goal 6%	8.50 6%	-
BTTS - Yes 47%	1.91 6%	-
BTTS - No 53%	1.91 2%	-
BTTS - Home Win 11%	6.50 8%	-
BTTS - Draw 18%	4.50	-
BTTS - Away Win 18%	5.50 10%	-
Home/draw 54%	1.57	-
Away/draw 73%	1.36	-
Home/away 73%	1.36 2%	-
Over 1.5 Goals 69%	1.40 5%	-
Under 1.5 Goals 31%	2.75 15%	-
Over 3.5 Goals 22%	4.33 15%	-
Under 3.5 Goals 78%	1.20 4%	-
Over 4.5 Goals 9%	10.00 25%	-
Under 4.5 Goals 91%	1.06 2%	-
Over 5.5 Goals 3%	21.00 24%	-
Under 5.5 Goals 97%	1.01 1%	-
Over 0.5 Goals 91%	1.08 1%	-
Under 0.5 Goals 9%	8.00 11%	-
Home DNB 46%	2.10	-
Away DNB 65%	1.67	-
Sligo win to nil 16%	5.00	-
Drogheda win to nil 28%	3.75 6%	-
Sligo / Sligo 17%	5.00 5%	-
Sligo / Drogheda 3%	29.00 12%	-
Sligo / Draw 6%	15.00	-
Draw / Sligo 13%	6.50	-
Draw / Drogheda 15%	5.50	-
Draw / Draw 18%	4.75 5%	-
Drogheda / Sligo 2%	34.00 17%	-
Drogheda / Drogheda 21%	4.00	-
Drogheda / Draw 6%	15.00 15%	-

Win / draw / win Premier Division table

Sligo have played 12 matches so far this season and are in 10th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

12 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 8 games, drawn 2 and won 2. Sligo have conceded 25 goals, scored 17, failed to score in 3 matches and kept 1 clean sheet.

Home league performance

Sligo have played 6 games at home, winning 1, drawing 1 and losing 4 fixtures. They have scored 7 goals, conceded 10 goals, kept 0 clean sheets and failed to score 1 time in home league games.

Drogheda lay in 1st place on 20 points in the Premier Division league table having played 12 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 12 games against teams below them in the table, winning 5, drawing 5 and losing 2 games. They have scored 16 goals and kept 6 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Drogheda have conceded 9 goals and have failed to score in 2 matches.

Away league performance

Drogheda have played 6 away games, winning 3, drawing 2 and losing 1 game. They have scored an average of 1.2 goals per away game and conceded an average 0.7 goals per away game.

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	Sligo Drogheda
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Drogheda A	12	7	20	May 2	l 3-0A	Sep 20	Jun 20	-	-	-	-
2	Galway	12	4	20	l 1-2A	May 16	Jun 23	Sep 12	d 1-1F	l 2-1F	Jul 4	Oct 24
3	St Patrick's	12	6	19	May 30	l 4-3A	Sep 27	Aug 8	d 0-00-0	d 0-00-0	Aug 22	Jun 13
4	Shamrock	12	5	19	w 2-1F	May 5	Jul 5	Nov 1	l 1-2F	May 9	Jun 16	Aug 29
5	Shelbourne	12	4	19	l 1-2A	May 23	Aug 2	Oct 17	d 2-2F	w 0-1F	Sep 12	May 19
6	Bohemians	12	0	18	May 10	l 4-2A	Aug 30	Jun 27	May 23	w 0-1F	Nov 1	Aug 1
7	Derry	12	-1	17	l 0-1A	l 3-0A	Jul 12	Oct 3	May 16	w 1-3A	Sep 26	Jun 27
8	Waterford	12	-11	12	l 2-3A	w 0-4F	Jun 14	Aug 22	w 2-0F	May 30	Aug 8	Oct 3
9	Cork	12	-6	11	d 1-1A	d 1-1F	Oct 25	Jul 25	May 5	d 1-1A	Oct 17	Jun 23
10	Sligo H	12	-8	8	-	-	-	-	w 3-0F	May 2	Jun 20	Sep 20

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Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Lost

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

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Draw

Lost

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

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Galway	2 - 1	Drogheda
Derry	1 - 3	Drogheda
Cork	1 - 1	Drogheda
Shelbourne	0 - 1	Drogheda
Bohemians	0 - 1	Drogheda
St Patrick's	0 - 0	Drogheda
Shelbourne	2 - 1	Drogheda
Waterford	0 - 0	Drogheda
Bohemians	0 - 1	Drogheda
St Patrick's	4 - 1	Drogheda
Shamrock	1 - 1	Drogheda
Dundalk	4 - 2	Drogheda
Derry	5 - 1	Drogheda
Galway	3 - 0	Drogheda
Sligo	2 - 1	Drogheda
Waterford	4 - 2	Drogheda
Shelbourne	1 - 1	Drogheda
St Patrick's	1 - 0	Drogheda
Shamrock	4 - 0	Drogheda
Bohemians	1 - 0	Drogheda

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

10 / 20

Clean sheets

10 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

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

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Sligo have not lost to Drogheda in 7 consecutive home league meetings

Sligo

Drogheda

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

7 / 8

5 / 8

Clean sheets

3 / 8

1 / 8

SLR

DRO

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Sligo
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

Drogheda

Sligo

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

6 / 9

4 / 9

Clean sheets

5 / 9

3 / 9

SLR

DRO

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Drogheda
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

Goal Statistics

	Sligo 10th	Drogheda 1st
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.0 goals	1.4 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 37% 1 37% 2 18% 3 4+ There is a 74% probability that Sligo will score no more than 1 goal	0 25% 1 35% 2 24% 3 11% 4+ There is a 60% probability that Drogheda will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	+3 Sligo’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	+3 Drogheda’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.2 average goals scored	0.9 average goals scored
	1.2 conceded	1.8 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Premier Division - 2025/2025 season

SLR

DRO

13%

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Games scored	9		10
Failed to score	3		2
Scored first	3		8
Goals scored	17		16
Avg. goals scored	1.4		1.3
Avg. shots per game	8		8
Avg. shots per goal	6		6
Conversion rate for	17		16
Avg. XG for	0		0
KickOff rating		+13%

SLR

DRO

57%

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Games conceded	11		6
Clean sheets	1		6
Conceded first	9		2
Goals conceded	25		9
Avg. goals conceded	2.1		0.8
Avg. shots/game conceded	10		9
Avg. shots/goal conceded	5		12
Conversion rate against	22%		8%
Avg. XG against	0		0
KickOff rating		+57%

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

Sligo Premier Division squad statistics 2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
12	5	4	9
R Hutchinson	O Elding	W Fitzgerald	J Mahon

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
R Hutchinson DEF	12	2	2	2 -
W Fitzgerald FWD	12		4	2 -
F. Lomboto FWD	12	3		1 -
J Mahon DEF	11	1		9 -
J Hakiki MID	11	1		5 -
R. Manning MID	11		2	2 -
O Elding FWD	11	5	1	3 -
G McElroy DEF	10	1		1 -
C Malley MID	10		1	5 -
C Kavanagh FWD	10	3	1	3 1
M Wolfe MID	9			3 -
O Hattum FWD	9		1	-
J Doyle-Hayes MID	8			4 1
H Lintott DEF	7		1	2 -
O Denham DEF	7			1 -
C Walsh GLK	6			1 -
S Sargeant GLK	6			-
S Mallon MID	6			-
C Reynolds MID	6			3 1
D. Patton MID	4			-
K. McDonagh MID	1			1 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
5	12	4	3
O Elding	O Elding	W Fitzgerald	W Fitzgerald

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
O Elding FWD	5	12	1	1
F. Lomboto FWD	3	3
C Kavanagh FWD	3	8	1
R Hutchinson DEF	2	2	2	2
J Mahon DEF	1	2
J Hakiki MID	1	10		1
G McElroy DEF	1	4
O Denham DEF				1
C Reynolds MID		1
S Mallon MID		2
M Wolfe MID		1
H Lintott DEF			1
J Doyle-Hayes MID		1
O Hattum FWD		1	1	1
W Fitzgerald FWD		2	4	3
C Malley MID		2	1	1
R. Manning MID		2	2	2

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
558	22	52
R Hutchinson	R Hutchinson	J Mahon

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
R Hutchinson DEF	558	22	45
J Mahon DEF	443	17	52
C Malley MID	361	12	34
G McElroy DEF	348	12	36
J Doyle-Hayes MID	279	9	19
O Elding FWD	270	8	35
J Hakiki MID	270	7	46
W Fitzgerald FWD	252	6	36
O Denham DEF	245	19	39
R. Manning MID	192	9	36
S Sargeant GLK	186		2
C Walsh GLK	186		4
O Hattum FWD	174	9	23
M Wolfe MID	165	8	16
C Reynolds MID	153	21	27
C Kavanagh FWD	114	4	27
H Lintott DEF	96	8	15
F. Lomboto FWD	50	3	13
S Mallon MID	43	2	6
D. Patton MID	43	3	5
K. McDonagh MID	18

Drogheda Premier Division squad statistics 2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
12	5	1	5
L Dennison	W Davis	C Kane	R Brennan

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
L Dennison GLK	12			1 -
O Lambe DEF	12			-
C Keeley DEF	12	3		2 -
C Kane DEF	12		1	1 -
R Brennan MID	12	1	1	5 -
D Markey MID	12	3	1	1 -
L Heeney MID	12	1	1	-
W Davis MID	12	5	1	3 -
S Farrell MID	12		1	4 -
T Oluwa FWD	12	1	1	-
A Quinn DEF	11		1	-
S. Bawa MID	7			1 -
K Cruise DEF	5			1 -
G Cooper DEF	4			-
P Doyle MID	3			-
E Ahui DEF	2			-
J Thomas FWD	2	1		-
A. Haper-Bailey DEF	1			-
D James-Taylor FWD	1			1 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
5	9	1	2
W Davis	C Keeley	C Kane	C Kane

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
W Davis MID	5	6	1
C Keeley DEF	3	9		1
D Markey MID	3	3	1
T Oluwa FWD	1	8	1
R Brennan MID	1	2	1	1
L Heeney MID	1	2	1	1
J Thomas FWD	1	1
K Cruise DEF		1
S. Bawa MID		1
A Quinn DEF			1	1
O Lambe DEF		2		1
S Farrell MID		6	1	1
C Kane DEF			1	2

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
314	27	76
L Dennison	D Markey	C Keeley

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
L Dennison GLK	314		2
S Farrell MID	286	25	59
R Brennan MID	265	22	57
C Keeley DEF	262	16	76
D Markey MID	259	27	56
O Lambe DEF	244	23	41
C Kane DEF	220	14	33
W Davis MID	175	19	60
A Quinn DEF	170	15	44
T Oluwa FWD	104	3	47
L Heeney MID	76	10	17
G Cooper DEF	43	2	6
S. Bawa MID	41	3	20
K Cruise DEF	27	4	7
A. Haper-Bailey DEF	16	1	8
J Thomas FWD	14		3
P Doyle MID	10	1	5
D James-Taylor FWD	6		1

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Sligo have played 12 matches so far this season and are in 10th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

Home league performance

Drogheda lay in 1st place on 20 points in the Premier Division league table having played 12 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Away league performance

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