📏 Form Guide

Dundalk

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Dundalk, who won their previous game, will hope for a similar result following a 5-0 Premier Division success versus Waterford.

In that game, Dundalk managed 53% possession and 25 attempts on goal with 12 of them on target. For Dundalk, the goals were scored by Ronan Teahan (30'), Declan McDaid (42'), Daryl Horgan (86') and Eoin Kenny (90', 90'). Waterford got 11 attempts at goal with 3 on target.

It has not been often in recent times where Dundalk have kept a clean sheet. It will be a concern for them that Dundalk have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, leaking 10 goals in the process.

Coming into this contest, Dundalk are unbeaten in their last 20 league matches at home. Incredible, really.

Sligo Rovers

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Since being defeated in their last game at the hands of Shamrock Rovers in Premier Division competition, Sligo Rovers and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

In that match, Sligo Rovers had 54% possession and 13 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. On the other side, Shamrock Rovers had 12 shots on goal with 5 on target. Matt Healy (40') and Danny Grant (45') scored for Shamrock Rovers.

The strike force from Sligo Rovers have failed to get amongst the goals over their previous 6 clashes, netting the poor return of only 3. In those matches, The Bit o' Red have also seen the collective goal tally against them equal 10. With no two games being the same, it remains to be seen if that pattern shall persist in this upcoming match.

Going into this contest, Sligo Rovers haven’t won away from home in the past 3 league matches.

👥 Head to head

Checking on their most recent head to head meetings going back to 20/10/2023 tells us that Dundalk have won 2 of these and Sligo Rovers 3, with the tally of draws standing at 1.

A sum of 15 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 5 for The Lilywhites and 10 created by The Bit o' Red. That’s an average goals per game of 2.5.

ℹ️ Team News: Dundalk

It seems likely that The Lilywhites could make use of the 4-2-3-1 system this time, utilising Peter Cherrie, Connor O'Keeffe, Rob Cornwall, Keith Buckley, Bobby Burns, Danny Mullen, Harry Groome, Tyreke Wilson, Ronan Teahan, Daryl Horgan and Declan McDaid.

🗞️ Team News: Sligo Rovers

There’s a good chance that The Bit o' Red might begin the game with a 4-2-3-1 system, choosing Sam Sargeant, Jeannot Esua, Gareth McElroy, Carl McHugh, William Fitzgerald, James McManus, Sebastian Quirk, Alex Nolan, Archie Meekison, Ryan O'Kane and Cian Kavanagh.

🔮 Prediction

For this match, we think that Sligo Rovers are dangerous enough to find the net against this Dundalk side, although it may not be enough to avoid defeat.

We’re expecting a very close game with a 2-1 winning score for Dundalk by the time that the referee blows the final whistle. There shouldn’t be much in it, either way.

Renata Leite, 13:05 16/03/2026