Rep. Ireland - Premier DivisionStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Sligo Rovers and Derry City, taking place on Friday, 22 September 2023, at The Showgrounds in Sligo.
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Sligo Rovers, Recent FormSligo Rovers will be happy to have grabbed 3 points in their last match, where they clocked up a 3-0 win in their away outing against Cork City. Their share of possession in that meeting was 60%, while racking up 15 shots along the way, 3 of which were on target, in contrast to Cork City, who had 9 shots on goal with 7 on target.
While they have shown an appetite for goals over the last 6 matches, clocking up 4, they have not had it all their own way at the back and have given away 9 goals and some valuable points in the process. Although failing to score in 4 of their last 6 games, they may have turned a corner having won their last 1, but so far this season they have conceded at least 1 goal in 26 of their 30 games played.
They will be looking to try and improve on a largely bad set of recent results that have seen them defeated in 4 of their last 6 league matches, with just a single victory recorded. It's fair to say they'll need a serious change of form if they want to start moving up the table.
Derry City, Recent FormA 1-1 draw and a point gained against Shamrock Rovers in their previous meeting will have been considered a fairly decent for Derry City last time out. They came away from that fixture with a 43% share of the possession and clocked up 11 attempts on goal with 4 on target, in comparison to Shamrock Rovers, who managed 12 attempts on goal, 4 of which were on target.
Ruaidhrí Higgins will be very satisfied with his team's ability to find the net, with 16 goals in their last 6 matches; however, he will be less pleased with his back line, who have conceded 5 goals during those same matches. They've failed to keep a clean sheet in 5 of their last 6 away games; however, this season they have scored in 13 of their 15 games on the road.
They have been performing well recently, both home and away, and remain unbeaten in their last 7 games.
Having scored 5 goals in his last 6 league games for Derry City, Will Patching will be looking to keep his tally up with a goal in their next outing.
Last time these two teams met in the league it resulted in an unsurprising 2-1 win for Derry City.
Sligo have managed to keep a clean sheet against The Candystripes in each of their previous 2 meetings at The Showgrounds. The last 3 matches between The Candystripes and Sligo show that The Candystripes have let in at least one goal on each occasion.
In this away league fixture, Derry City has not won in the last 3 times they have played Sligo at The Showgrounds.
Sligo manager John Russell has some team selection issues to consider ahead of this match. Gary Boylan (Cruciate ligament), Mark Byrne (Cruciate ligament) and Will Fitzgerald (Groin) are all currently out of contention for this game.
With Ciaron Harkin (Muscle) and Colm Whelan (Knee) both being out for the rest of the season Derry City manager Ruaidhrí Higgins will be pleased that there are no other major fitness concerns amongst the rest of his squad ahead of this upcoming fixture.
Sligo Rovers Playing at home | Derry City Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1.2 | Goals scored | 1.8 |
| 1.2 | Goals conceded | 1 |
| 39' | Time first goal scored | 30' |
| 47' | Time first goal conceded | 51' |
| 2.5 | Yellow cards | 2.3 |
| 0.2 | Red cards | 0.1 |
| 3.2 | Subs used | 4 |
| 3-0 | Biggest victory | 5-0 |
| 3-0 | Biggest defeat | 4-1 |
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