📊 Form Guide

Sligo Rovers

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Sligo Rovers will be hoping to bounce back here after the 1-0 Premier Division defeat last time out to Dundalk.

In that match, Sligo Rovers had 53% possession and 15 attempts at goal with 2 on target. At the other end, Dundalk got 11 shots at goal with 3 on target. Daryl Horgan (82') scored for Dundalk.

Sligo Rovers have really been misfiring in more recent games. Their sum of goals equals just 2 vs opponents over the course of their previous six outings. In those meetings, Sligo Rovers have also seen the tally of goals scored against them total 9.

Heading into this fixture, Sligo Rovers haven't won against Shelbourne in their previous 5 league matches.

Shelbourne

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In their previous fixture, Shelbourne drew 0-0 in the Premier Division match with Bohemian FC.

In that game, Shelbourne managed 45% possession and 5 shots on goal with 0 on target. Bohemian FC had 14 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target.

The stats tell the story, and Shelbourne have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing their opponents hit 8 goals in total. Defensively, Shelbourne have been far from perfect. Nevertheless, we must now wait to see if that trend might be maintained in this upcoming match.

Their prior results show that Shelbourne:

• haven't been beaten by Sligo Rovers in games played away from home for the previous 2 league games.
• are undefeated in their last 6 league matches away from home.

↔️ Head to head

A look at their prior head to head clashes stretching back to 10/08/2024 shows that Sligo Rovers have won 1 of them and Shelbourne 4, with the number of draws standing at 1.

In all, 17 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 6 for The Bit o' Red and 11 belonging to The Shels. The average goals per game has been 2.83.

The last league meeting featuring the two was Premier Division match day 34 on 17/10/2025 which ended up with the score at Shelbourne 3-1 Sligo Rovers.

That time, Shelbourne had 53% possession and 21 attempts on goal with 10 on target. The goalscorers were Mipo Odubeko (30'), Daniel Kelly (81') and John Martin (90').

Sligo Rovers had 10 shots at goal with 3 on target. Cian Kavanagh (20') scored.

The referee was Paul Norton.

🧠 Prediction

We think that Sligo Rovers may well find it hard to breach the defence of this Shelbourne team who we reckon will score one, at least.

We’re therefore predicting a hard-fought 0-1 winning margin for Shelbourne at full-time.

Lucas Pereira, 19:10 21/03/2026