DUNDALK VS SLIGO ROVERS PREVIEW & PREDICTION
Dundalk and Sligo Rovers meet at Oriel Park, in a match for the 17th round of the Premier League. In the last head-to-head for this edition of the league, played on 03-24-2018, Dundalk won away by (0-2). The history of direct confrontations disputed in this stadium is favorable to the home team, which in the last 8 matches won 6, drew 1 and lost 1. Indeed, the last time these two teams played a match in this stadium, in 12 -05-2017, for the Premier League, Dundalk won by (4-0). J. McGrath (53 ‘, 72’ e 90 ‘) and N. Vemmelund (90’) scored the goals for Dundalk. The condition home / away deserves particular attention, because despite this being a match between 2nd and 8th of the league table, it is actually a match between the 3rd classified in home matches and the 5th as a visitor.
Dundalk:
The home team is currently in the 2 nd position, with 31 points won, after 9 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses. In the penultimate match, they won in a home match against St Patrick’s, by (5-0). In the last match, they lost in an away match against Waterford United, by (2-1). This is a stronger team in his stadium, where he won 20 points, against only 11 in his away matches. The team comes to this match after a home victory over the Bohemians by (3-0). For the championship, Dundalk won 20 points out of 24 possible, after 6 wins and 2 draws in the last 8 home matches.
For this competition, he does not lose in his stadium 8 games ago. In their home league matches the most frequent result at half-time was the 0-0 (4 out of 8 matches). Their attack has scored regularly, since they have scored goals in 9 of the last 10 matches for this competition.
The Dundalk comes to this game motivated, after having advanced in the League Cup of Ireland, by triumphing over the Bohemians, 3-0. However, we remember that this is not the best moment of Dundalk, since he has only scored 1 win in the last 4 matches in the Irish championship. No big surprises, coach Stephen Kenny will act in the usual tactical system, that is, 4-2-3-1, with Hoban being the most offensive reference of the home team: this player is the best Dundalk marker, with 7 goals scored. We also emphasize the quality in the completion of this training when acting before his fans, since he scored on average 2.75 goals per game. Everything indicates that the entire staff will be available for this day.
Sligo Rovers:
The away team is currently in the 8 th position of the league, with 15 points won, after 4 wins, 3 draws and 8 losses. In the penultimate match, they won in a home match against Bray Wanderers, by (2-1). In the last match, they lost in a home match against Bohemians, by (0-2). This is a team that usually gets more positive results in away matches than at home, since they have won 8 points in away matches and 7 at their stadium, with 7 goals scored and 7 conceded in away matches, against 6 goals scored and 15 conceded at home. In their last match, for the League Cup, they got a home win against Waterford United by (1-0). In the last away game in this competition, they tied in by (1-1) against Waterford United. In the last 6 away league matches Sligo Rovers has a record of 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses, so they have won 8 points out of 18 possible. In their away league matches the most frequent result at half-time was the 0-0 (3 out of 9 matches). The team allowed goals to the opponent in 9 of the last 10 matches for this competition, so it was not very strong defensively. In 15 matches in this competition, he never got the comeback in the 10 games in which he suffered the first goal.
Like his opponent, Sligo managed to advance in the League Cup of Ireland, beating Waterford, 1-0. In the last game for the championship, Sligo lost at home against the Bohemians, by 0-2. The 4-2-3-1 should be the tactical system used by the visiting team, which, quite possibly, will have Adam Morgan as reference in the attack. However, we emphasize the quality in the defensive organization of midfielder David Cawley: this player has a sense of positioning very close. So far, visitors have suffered only 7 goals outside their stadium, which reveals competition in their defensive sector. For this game the entire template will be available.
PREDICTION: Over 2.5 goals @ 1.71
