📏 Form Guide

Dundalk

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Dundalk, following on from their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after a 5-0 Premier Division triumph against Waterford.

In that match, Dundalk had 53% possession and 25 attempts on goal with 12 of them on target. For Dundalk, the scorers were Ronan Teahan (30'), Declan McDaid (42'), Daryl Horgan (86') and Eoin Kenny (90', 90'). For their opponents, Waterford got 11 shots on goal with 3 of them 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 beaten in their last game against Shamrock Rovers in Premier Division action, Sligo Rovers and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

In that game, Sligo Rovers had 54% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Shamrock Rovers had 12 shots on goal with 5 of them 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

Inspecting their prior head-to-head meetings dating back to 20/10/2023 shows that Dundalk have won 2 of these games & Sligo Rovers 3, with the number of drawn results standing at 1.

15 goals were scored between them in these games, with 5 from The Lilywhites and 10 created by The Bit o' Red. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.5.

ℹ️ Team News: Dundalk

We are thinking that The Lilywhites may well use the 4-2-3-1 system for the game, handing starts to Conor Kearns, Connor O'Keeffe, Mayowa Animasahun, Keith Buckley, Bobby Burns, Danny Mullen, Harry Groome, Tyreke Wilson, Ronan Teahan, Daryl Horgan and Declan McDaid.

📋 Team News: Sligo Rovers

We reckon that The Bit o' Red appear most likely to utilise a 4-2-3-1 formation, choosing Sam Sargeant, Jeannot Esua, Gareth McElroy, Carl McHugh, William Fitzgerald, James McManus, Sebastian Quirk, Alex Nolan, Daire Patton, 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, 05:10 16/03/2026