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

Sat 25th Jul, 19:45 BST, The Showgrounds, Sligo

Drogheda United FC pay Premier Division competitors Sligo Rovers a visit on Saturday evening, as Kevin Doherty leads his team into an away clash with John Russell & co. at The Showgrounds. We have custom-designed stats for all of the main betting markets, from team to score first to full time result, including form and historical head-to-head data. Predictions are produced from these, and the odds come directly from the UK's biggest bookmakers.


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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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Sligo
44%
--
Draw
24%
--
Drogheda
32%
--
Draw 1-1
11%
--
Sligo 2-1
9%
--
Sligo 1-0
9%
--
Drogheda 2-1
8%
--
Drogheda 1-0
7%
--
Sligo 2-0
7%
--
Draw 2-2
6%
--
Draw 0-0
5%
--
Sligo 3-1
5%
--
Drogheda 2-0
5%
--
Sligo 3-0
4%
--
Drogheda 3-1
3%
--
Sligo 3-2
3%
--
Drogheda 3-2
3%
--
Drogheda 3-0
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
56%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
44%
--
Home 1st Goal
50%
--
Away 1st Goal
47%
--
No 1st Goal
3%
--
BTTS - Yes
59%
--
BTTS - No
41%
--
BTTS - Home Win
23%
--
BTTS - Draw
19%
--
BTTS - Away Win
17%
--
Home/draw
68%
--
Away/draw
56%
--
Home/away
76%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
79%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
21%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
34%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
66%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
17%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
83%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
8%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
92%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
95%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
5%
--
Home DNB
61%
--
Away DNB
49%
--
Sligo win to nil
21%
--
Drogheda win to nil
15%
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Win / draw / win Premier Division table

Sligo have played 24 matches so far this season and are in 10th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

24 of those 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 matches and kept 5 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Sligo have played 12 games at home, winning 3, drawing 3 and losing 6 fixtures. They have scored 12 goals, conceded 20 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and failed to score 4 times in home league games.

Drogheda lay in 8th place on 25 points in the Premier Division league table having played 24 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 5 games against teams below them in the table, winning 2, drawing 1 and losing 2 games. They have scored 8 goals and kept 2 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Drogheda have conceded 7 goals and scored in every game.

Away league performance

Drogheda have played 12 away games, winning 3, drawing 2 and losing 7 games. They have scored an average of 1.3 goals per away game and conceded an average 2.1 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Sligo
Drogheda
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Shamrock251850 
l
 
0-2A
w
 
1-2A
l
 
1-2F
Oct 23
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
4-1A
Jul 31
Oct 9
2
Bohemians251343 
l
 
0-4A
w
 
1-2A
l
 
1-3A
Aug 28
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
2-1A
l
 
0-2A
Sep 18
3
St Patrick's241942 
d
 
1-1A
l
 
4-1F
Sep 19
l
 
2-0A
l
 
1-3A
l
 
4-1F
Aug 21
l
 
2-0A
4
Dundalk24235 
w
 
2-0F
l
 
1-0A
Oct 17
Jul 31
d
 
1-1A
d
 
1-1A
Aug 28
w
 
1-2A
5
Shelbourne24034 
l
 
0-1A
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
2-2F
Oct 9
l
 
1-2F
w
 
3-4A
d
 
2-2A
Sep 4
6
Derry25129 
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
2-1F
Oct 30
Aug 7
w
 
1-0F
d
 
2-2A
Oct 16
l
 
2-0A
7
Galway23-727 
l
 
1-4A
l
 
1-0A
Sep 5
l
 
3-2A
l
 
2-3F
w
 
0-1F
Oct 30
Aug 7
8
Drogheda24-1225 
w
 
2-1F
l
 
1-0A
Jul 25
Sep 11
-
-
-
-
9
Waterford24-1421 
w
 
2-0F
d
 
0-00-0
Aug 22
l
 
4-0A
w
 
2-0F
l
 
2-1F
d
 
3-3A
Oct 23
10
Sligo24-2020 
-
-
-
-
w
 
1-0F
l
 
2-1A
Sep 11
Jul 25
Win / draw / win form
5
Sligo have not won in 5 consecutive home league games
Sligo 10TH
20 league games
Home
5
Overall
Goals: Scored
21
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
6
Draw
7
Lost
7
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Sligo1 - 2Shamrock
Sligo2 - 2Shelbourne
Sligo1 - 3Bohemians
Sligo1 - 4Galway
Sligo1 - 1St Patrick's
Sligo2 - 0Dundalk
Sligo2 - 0Waterford
Sligo0 - 0Derry
Sligo0 - 1Shelbourne
Sligo0 - 2Shamrock
Sligo2 - 1Drogheda
Sligo0 - 4Bohemians
Sligo1 - 1Cork
Sligo1 - 0St Patrick's
Sligo1 - 1Drogheda
Sligo0 - 0Bohemians
Sligo0 - 2Shelbourne
Sligo2 - 0Derry
Sligo2 - 2Shamrock
Sligo2 - 1Galway
Goals: Scored
19
Conceded
33
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
Won
5
D
4
Lost
11
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ASligo2 - 3Galway
HSligo1 - 2Shamrock
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
Drogheda 8TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
20
Conceded
35
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
W
4
Draw
6
Lost
10
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Dundalk1 - 2Drogheda
Derry2 - 0Drogheda
St Patrick's2 - 0Drogheda
Waterford2 - 1Drogheda
Bohemians2 - 1Drogheda
Shamrock4 - 1Drogheda
Shelbourne3 - 4Drogheda
Derry2 - 2Drogheda
St Patrick's4 - 1Drogheda
Sligo2 - 1Drogheda
Dundalk1 - 1Drogheda
Galway0 - 1Drogheda
Galway1 - 1Drogheda
Waterford2 - 0Drogheda
Sligo1 - 1Drogheda
Shamrock2 - 1Drogheda
Bohemians0 - 1Drogheda
Derry3 - 0Drogheda
Cork1 - 1Drogheda
St Patrick's0 - 0Drogheda
Goals: Scored
24
Conceded
38
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
W
4
Draw
6
Lost
10
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ADrogheda2 - 1Dundalk
HDrogheda0 - 2Bohemians
ADrogheda0 - 2Derry
HDrogheda2 - 2Shelbourne
ADrogheda0 - 2St Patrick's
HDrogheda3 - 3Waterford
HDrogheda1 - 1Dundalk
ADrogheda1 - 2Waterford
ADrogheda1 - 2Bohemians
HDrogheda1 - 0Derry
ADrogheda1 - 4Shamrock
HDrogheda1 - 0Sligo
ADrogheda4 - 3Shelbourne
HDrogheda1 - 3St Patrick's
HDrogheda2 - 3Galway
HDrogheda0 - 0Bohemians
ADrogheda2 - 2Derry
HDrogheda0 - 0Shamrock
ADrogheda1 - 4St Patrick's
ADrogheda1 - 2Sligo
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
10
Sligo have not lost to Drogheda in 10 consecutive home league meetings
League games at Sligo since 2021
Sligo
Drogheda
Goals: Scored
19
11
Games: Scored
10 / 11
8 / 11
Clean sheets
3 / 11
1 / 11
SLR
6
D
4
DRO
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Sligo
Sligo2 - 1
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw2 - 2Draw
Sligo2 - 1
Sligo3 - 1
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Sligo2 - 0
Sligo3 - 2
Sligo2 - 0
1 - 2Drogheda
League games at Drogheda since 2021
Drogheda
Sligo
Goals: Scored
19
7
Games: Scored
8 / 11
4 / 11
Clean sheets
7 / 11
3 / 11
SLR
1
D
4
DRO
6
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Drogheda
Drogheda1 - 0
Drogheda1 - 0
Drogheda3 - 0
Drogheda7 - 0
Drogheda3 - 1
Draw2 - 2Draw
Drogheda1 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
0 - 3Sligo
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Goal Statistics

Sligo Rovers's fans will be hoping for goals on Saturday evening, not least because Drogheda United FC have conceded in each of their last 9 Premier Division matches. A PG of 1.6 for J. Russell's side suggests that run should continue.

Sligo 10th Drogheda 8th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.6
goals
1.3
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
20%
1
32%
2
26%
3
14%
4+
8%
There is a 80% probability that Sligo will score 1 or more goals
0
27%
1
35%
2
23%
3
10%
4+
There is a 62% probability that Drogheda will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-5
Sligo’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-8
Drogheda’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.1
average goals scored
1.0
average goals scored
1.4
conceded
1.8
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Premier Division - 2026/2026 season
Sligo
PG (predicted goals)
Drogheda
1.6
1.3
Attack rating
SLR
DRO
31%
better
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Games scored12
19
Failed to score11
5
Scored first7
8
Goals scored18
29
Avg. goals scored0.8
1.2
Avg. shots per game7
8
Avg. shots per goal10
7
Conversion rate for10
15
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
+31%
Defence rating
3%
better
SLR
DRO
view stats
Games conceded18
18
Clean sheets5
6
Conceded first13
14
Goals conceded37
41
Avg. goals conceded1.5
1.7
Avg. shots/game conceded13
11
Avg. shots/goal conceded8
7
Conversion rate against12%
15%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
+3%

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

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
-
Drogheda Premier Division squad statistics 2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
24958
E AgbajeM DoyleB KavanaghS Farrell
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
E Agbaje DEF241
3
-
C Kane DEF24
3
-
B Kavanagh MID2425
3
-
J. Godden MID2421
4
-
T Oluwa FWD2431
1
-
M Doyle FWD239
4
-
C Keeley DEF2221
3
-
A Quinn DEF191
-
R Brennan MID1821
7
-
L Burney DEF171
5
-
E. O'Brien MID16
1
-
L Dennison GLK14
1
-
J. Bucknor DEF141
2
-
W Davis FWD143
-
J. Bolger DEF13
3
-
K Cruise DEF122
1
-
D. Kareem FWD12
-
F Talley GLK10
-
S Farrell MID74
8
-
D. Mare FWD1
-