Week 8 brings us a match on Apr 1st, where Sligo Rovers and Shelbourne will play a match in Sligo in a Premier Division match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 5 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Sligo Rovers sits at 2nd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-2 draw against Shamrock Rovers. William Fitzgerald scored the first goal for Sligo Rovers in the 18th minute, then Aidan Keena added another in the 30th minute. Sligo Rovers is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches, while 7th placed Shelbourne is fresh off their 0-3 loss against Finn Harps. Ethan Boyle scored the first goal for Finn Harps in the 44th minute, then Conor Tourish added another in the 61st minute on a feed from Rainey At the end of 90 a dissapointed Shelbourne couldn’t manage to score, and Finn Harps took the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 3 of their last 10.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Aidan Keena has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, the attacker has scored 4 goals for Sligo Rovers.