On the 29th of August, in this week 19 match, Sligo Rovers hosts Dundalk at The Showgrounds in a Premier Division match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 17 degrees, which is great football weather. Sligo Rovers is fresh off their 2-3 loss against Finn Harps. Barry McNamee scored the first goal for Finn Harps in the 17th minute, then Ryan Rainey added another in the 35th minute on a feed from Gary Boylan. Sligo Rovers is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while dundalk sits at 2nd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-3 loss against Shamrock Rovers. Aaron Greene struck first for Shamrock Rovers in the 13th minute on a feed from Rory Gaffney, then Richie Towell added another in the 34th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Dundalk couldn’t manage to score, and Shamrock Rovers took the shutout win. Dundalk should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches.
Dundalk and Sligo Rovers last played eachother at the Oriel Park on Apr 15th. Dundalk was victorious by a score of 2 to 1. Patrick Hoban scored the first goal for Dundalk in the 34th minute, then Daniel Kelly added another in the 43rd minute.
Daniel Kelly and Steven Bradley are the top scorers for Dundalk in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats. Aidan Keena has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, hes scored 4 goals for Sligo Rovers.