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

Waterford Regional Sports Centre, Waterford

Ryan Lowe leads his Sligo Rovers troops to the Waterford Regional Sports Centre in the Premier Division on Friday evening, with Matt Gray's Waterford FC their rivals. We want you to make a smart bet on this match, so we've sifted through our extensive database and pulled out the stats that are most significant. Head to head (H2H) and recent form are included, and it all goes into our algorithmic predictions. Odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers are there to get you maximum bang for your buck.

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Waterford FC's next match is v Shamrock at 19:45 on Friday 12th September
Sligo Rovers's next match is v Bohemians at 19:45 on Saturday 30th August
The last Irish Premier Division meeting between Waterford and Sligo was on Friday 22nd August 2025
Irish Premier Division
August 22nd 2025
Waterford 1
2 Sligo
 
C. Noonan 37'73' J. Hakiki
87' O. Elding
 
WAT
SLR
Shots On
2
7
Shots Off
3
6
Corners
6
8
Possession
44%
56%
Fouls
10
6
Yellow/red cards
2/0
1/0
 
WaterfordSligo
 
S. McMullan
R. Burke
A. Boyle
G. Horton
J. Olayinka (D. McMenamy 77')
S. Glenfield (R. McDonald 72')
M. Fall (T. Lonergan 72')
P. Amond (K. Radkowski 86')
C. Noonanfootball icon
R. Mansfield
J. Rossiter
 (C. Harkin 78') E. Agbaje
S. Stewart
P. McClean
S. Quirk
W. Fitzgerald
(R. Manning 89') football iconJ. Hakiki
O. Denham
S. Sargeant
J. McManus
(W. Waweru 68') R. O'Kane
football iconO. Elding

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Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
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Both Teams To Score
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Both Teams To Score & Result
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Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
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Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Waterford are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 42% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.90.

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Waterford
42%
23/2040/1
Draw
24%
12/515/2
Sligo
34%
9/51/20
Draw 1-1
11%
6/11/3
Waterford 2-1
9%
8/15/1
Sligo 2-1
8%
10/11/7
Waterford 1-0
8%
9/15/4
Sligo 1-0
7%
11/16/1
Draw 2-2
6%
11/115/2
Waterford 2-0
6%
11/117/5
Sligo 2-0
5%
16/111/1
Waterford 3-1
5%
16/128/1
Draw 0-0
5%
12/15/1
Sligo 3-1
4%
20/117/2
Waterford 3-2
3%
22/150/1
Waterford 3-0
3%
20/112/1
Sligo 3-2
3%
25/140/1
Sligo 3-0
2%
33/122/1
Over 2.5 Goals
59%
7/102/1
Under 2.5 Goals
41%
11/103/10
Home 1st Goal
50%
4/519/20
Away 1st Goal
48%
21/2013/10
No 1st Goal
3%
12/15/1
BTTS - Yes
61%
4/76/4
BTTS - No
39%
5/410/21
BTTS - Home Win
23%
3/150/1
BTTS - Draw
19%
10/315/2
BTTS - Away Win
19%
4/11/18
Home/draw
66%
4/1115/2
Away/draw
58%
8/131/1000
Home/away
76%
2/71/20
Over 1.5 Goals
81%
1/511/20
Under 1.5 Goals
19%
10/35/4
Over 3.5 Goals
37%
13/819/5
Under 3.5 Goals
63%
4/91/7
Over 4.5 Goals
20%
4/125/1
Under 4.5 Goals
80%
1/61/500
Over 5.5 Goals
9%
10/166/1
Under 5.5 Goals
91%
1/201/1000
Over 0.5 Goals
95%
1/331/11
Under 0.5 Goals
5%
14/15/1
Home DNB
59%
8/138/13
Away DNB
51%
6/523/20
Waterford win to nil
19%
10/3-
Sligo win to nil
15%
5/1-
Waterford / Waterford
23%
13/52/5
Waterford / Sligo
3%
25/18/1
Waterford / Draw
6%
12/118/5
Draw / Waterford
15%
5/118/1
Draw / Sligo
12%
6/120/1
Draw / Draw
14%
5/118/1
Sligo / Waterford
4%
22/1100/1
Sligo / Sligo
17%
15/466/1
Sligo / Draw
6%
12/190/1
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Win / draw / win Premier Division table

Waterford have played 27 matches so far this season and lay in 7th place in the Premier Division league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 9 games against teams below in the table, having won 5, drawn 0 and lost 4 matches. They have kept 2 clean sheets and have failed to score in 3 fixtures. They have been outscored by their opponents by 33 goals to 32 goals.

Home League Performance

Waterford have played 13 games at home winning 5, drawing 2 and losing 6 games. They have scored 15 goals, kept 2 clean sheets and conceded 22 goals at home.

Sligo are in 9th position in the Premier Division on 26 points having played 27 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

8 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 27 goals and kept 2 clean sheets. They have scored 17 goals in total and failed to score in 5 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

24 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 15 games, drawn 3 and won 6. Sligo have conceded 42 goals, scored 28, failed to score in 9 fixtures and have kept 4 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Waterford
Sligo
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Shamrock272353 
l
 
1-3F
l
 
2-0A
Sep 12
l
 
1-0A
w
 
2-1F
l
 
2-0A
d
 
2-2F
Nov 1
2
Bohemians281046 
l
 
0-3A
w
 
1-2F
w
 
2-1F
Sep 19
l
 
0-1A
l
 
4-2A
Aug 30
d
 
1-1F
3
Derry29846 
w
 
2-1F
w
 
1-2F
Oct 17
l
 
7-2A
l
 
0-1A
l
 
3-0A
w
 
2-0F
Oct 3
4
St Patrick's29642 
l
 
1-2F
d
 
2-2F
l
 
0-2A
Oct 24
l
 
0-1A
l
 
4-3A
Sep 27
l
 
3-0A
5
Drogheda28442 
d
 
2-2F
l
 
2-0A
Oct 3
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
2-2A
l
 
3-0A
Sep 20
l
 
1-0A
6
Shelbourne27539 
l
 
0-1A
w
 
0-1F
d
 
2-2A
Sep 26
l
 
1-2A
l
 
3-2F
l
 
0-2A
Oct 17
7
Waterford29-1734 
-
-
-
-
l
 
2-3A
w
 
0-4F
w
 
1-0F
w
 
1-2A
8
Galway28-730 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
1-0A
Nov 1
w
 
2-4F
l
 
1-2A
w
 
0-1F
w
 
2-1F
Sep 12
9
Sligo28-1229 
l
 
0-4A
w
 
2-3F
l
 
1-2F
l
 
1-0A
-
-
-
-
10
Cork29-2022 
w
 
2-1A
l
 
2-1F
w
 
2-0F
l
 
2-0A
d
 
1-1A
d
 
1-1F
Oct 25
w
 
2-3A
Win / draw / win form
Waterford 7TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
21
Conceded
29
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
7
D
4
Lost
9
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Waterford0 - 2St Patrick's
Waterford2 - 0Cork
Waterford2 - 2Shelbourne
Waterford2 - 1Bohemians
Waterford2 - 2Drogheda
Waterford1 - 3Shamrock
Waterford1 - 0Galway
Waterford2 - 1Derry
Waterford0 - 4Sligo
Waterford1 - 2St Patrick's
Waterford0 - 3Bohemians
Waterford2 - 1Cork
Waterford0 - 1Shelbourne
Waterford1 - 1Bohemians
Waterford0 - 0Drogheda
Waterford1 - 2Galway
Waterford2 - 1Dundalk
Waterford0 - 1Derry
Waterford1 - 2Shamrock
Waterford1 - 0St Patrick's
Goals: Scored
24
Conceded
35
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
7
D
4
Lost
9
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AWaterford0 - 0Drogheda
HWaterford0 - 2St Patrick's
AWaterford4 - 2Galway
HWaterford2 - 0Cork
AWaterford2 - 7Derry
AWaterford0 - 1Shamrock
HWaterford2 - 2Shelbourne
HWaterford2 - 1Bohemians
AWaterford0 - 1Sligo
HWaterford2 - 2Drogheda
AWaterford2 - 2St Patrick's
HWaterford1 - 3Shamrock
HWaterford1 - 0Galway
AWaterford1 - 0Shelbourne
AWaterford2 - 1Bohemians
HWaterford2 - 1Derry
AWaterford1 - 2Cork
HWaterford0 - 4Sligo
AWaterford0 - 2Shamrock
AWaterford0 - 2Drogheda
Sligo 9TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
24
Conceded
44
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
W
4
Draw
5
Lost
11
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
St Patrick's3 - 0Sligo
Cork2 - 3Sligo
Bohemians1 - 1Sligo
Drogheda1 - 0Sligo
Shelbourne3 - 2Sligo
Galway0 - 1Sligo
Shamrock2 - 0Sligo
Derry3 - 0Sligo
Waterford0 - 4Sligo
Bohemians4 - 2Sligo
Cork1 - 1Sligo
St Patrick's4 - 3Sligo
Drogheda3 - 0Sligo
Galway2 - 2Sligo
Derry1 - 1Sligo
Shelbourne0 - 0Sligo
Shamrock4 - 0Sligo
Drogheda7 - 0Sligo
St Patrick's3 - 2Sligo
Bohemians0 - 2Sligo
Goals: Scored
24
Conceded
31
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
6
D
4
Lost
10
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ASligo0 - 3St Patrick's
HSligo0 - 2Shelbourne
ASligo3 - 2Cork
HSligo2 - 0Derry
HSligo2 - 2Shamrock
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
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Waterford since 2019
Waterford
Sligo
Goals: Scored
12
11
Games: Scored
6 / 8
5 / 8
Clean sheets
3 / 8
2 / 8
WAT
4
D
1
SLR
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Waterford
0 - 4Sligo
Waterford4 - 1
0 - 1Sligo
Waterford1 - 0
1 - 2Sligo
Waterford1 - 0
Waterford2 - 0
Draw3 - 3Draw
League games at Sligo since 2019
Sligo
Waterford
Goals: Scored
11
6
Games: Scored
6 / 9
4 / 9
Clean sheets
5 / 9
3 / 9
WAT
2
D
3
SLR
4
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Sligo
Sligo1 - 0
2 - 3Waterford
Sligo2 - 0
0 - 1Waterford
Draw1 - 1Draw
Sligo3 - 0
Sligo2 - 1
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
Goal Statistics
Waterford 7th Sligo 9th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.6
goals
1.5
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
20%
1
32%
2
26%
3
14%
4+
8%
There is a 80% probability that Waterford will score 1 or more goals
0
23%
1
34%
2
25%
3
12%
4+
There is a 77% probability that Sligo will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-19
Waterford have scored 19% fewer goals at home than predicted
+11
Sligo have scored 11% more goals when away than predicted
1.1
average goals scored
1.2
average goals scored
1.5
conceded
2.2
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Premier Division - 2025/2025 season
Waterford
PG (predicted goals)
Sligo
1.6
1.5
Attack rating
WAT
SLR
1%
better
view stats
Games scored17
18
Failed to score9
8
Scored first14
10
Goals scored32
33
Avg. goals scored1.2
1.2
Avg. shots per game7
8
Avg. shots per goal6
6
Conversion rate for16
16
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
+1%
Defence rating
WAT
SLR
4%
better
view stats
Games conceded23
22
Clean sheets3
4
Conceded first12
16
Goals conceded46
43
Avg. goals conceded1.7
1.6
Avg. shots/game conceded11
11
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
7
Conversion rate against16%
15%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
+4%

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

Waterford Premier Division squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
291258
P AmondP AmondC NoonanG Horton
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
S McMullan GLK28
5
-
A Boyle DEF16
7
-
R. Mansfield DEF2
-
R Burke DEF262
4
1
G Horton MID2511
8
-
J Olayinka MID241
4
-
J Rossiter MID5
2
-
M Fall MID2
-
S Glenfield FWD2511
8
-
C Noonan FWD2655
2
-
P Amond FWD29123
1
-
Subs
B Wade GLK1
-
K Radkowski DEF181
5
-
K White MID212
5
1
D McMenamy MID241
8
-
S. Keane MID1
-
R. McDonald MID2113
5
-
T Lonergan FWD2662
3
-
J. Miles FWD2
1
-
T Coyle FWD10
1
-
Sligo Premier Division squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
2810711
W FitzgeraldO EldingW FitzgeraldJ Mahon
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
S Sargeant GLK22
1
1
S Quirk DEF5
1
-
O Denham DEF15
2
-
P McClean DEF62
1
1
S. Stewart DEF3
-
J McManus MID6
1
-
E Agbaje MID1
-
W Fitzgerald MID287
4
-
J Hakiki MID2651
6
-
R O'Kane MID51
-
O Elding FWD27103
7
-
Subs
C Walsh GLK7
1
-
J Mahon DEF201
10
1
G McElroy DEF182
2
-
M Wolfe MID172
4
-
C Harkin MID31
-
R. Manning MID182
3
-
D. Patton MID91
1
-
W. Waweru FWD132
-
C Kavanagh FWD2031
6
1