Week 31 brings us a match on Oct 1st where Sligo Rovers plays host to Shamrock Rovers in a meeting of these two Premier Division teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 11 degrees, which is great football weather. 5th placed Sligo Rovers is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Derry City. William Patching struck first for Derry City in the 15th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Sligo Rovers was frustrated by Derry City’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Derry City ended the match with the shutout victory. Sligo Rovers is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 1st placed Shamrock Rovers, recorded a 1-0 shutout win against UCD. Farrugia struck first for Shamrock Rovers in the 13th minute on a feed from Rory Gaffney, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, UCD was frustrated by Shamrock Rovers’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Shamrock Rovers ended the match with the shutout victory. With 21 points in their last 10 matches Shamrock Rovers should be reasonably happy with their performance.
In their last match together, Shamrock Rovers was victorious by a score of 3 to 1. Graham Burke scored the first goal for Shamrock Rovers in the 55th minute, then Graham Burke added another in the 56th minute.
Shamrock Rovers’s most prolific scorer has been Neil Farrugia. He has netted 3 goals over the last 5 matches. Aidan Keena has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, hes scored four goals for Sligo Rovers.