On the 18th of March, Sligo Rovers and Shamrock Rovers will play a match in Dublin in a meeting of these two evenly matched Premier Division teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 5 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. In their last match, 4th placed Shamrock Rovers, recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Dundalk. Neither Dundalk nor Shamrock Rovers could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 13 and 13 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. Shamrock Rovers is looking for direction having 3 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches, while 2nd placed Sligo Rovers is fresh off their 3-0 shutout win against Drogheda United. Banks struck first for Sligo Rovers in the 7th minute, then Jordan Patrick Dear Hamilton added another in the 19th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Drogheda United couldn’t manage to score, and Sligo Rovers took the shutout win. Sligo Rovers is looking for direction having 2 win and 0 losses in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Shamrock Rovers won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Sligo Rovers hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Kenny and Aidan Keena, and they each have 1 goal. Dylan Watts and Graham Burke are the top scorers for Shamrock Rovers in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.