Sligo Rovers vs Drogheda United - prediction, team news, lineups

In a important conflict astatine the bottommost of the League of Ireland, Sligo Rovers volition invited Drogheda United to the Showgrounds connected Saturday.

The hosts are past successful 10th spot with conscionable 20 points aft 24 matchweeks, but their opponents are 3rd past successful eighth with 25 points, though they defeated Dundalk 2-1 connected July 10.

Match preview

Sligo were past successful league enactment connected July 11, erstwhile they were beaten 3-2 by Galway United, but that effect volition beryllium peculiarly achy for fans fixed their broadside had fought backmost from a 2-0 shortage contempt being reduced to 10 men successful the 2nd half, lone to concede a 3rd successful stoppage time.

That was their sixth consecutive contention without triumph successful the League of Ireland, and it was besides their 5th decision successful that time, arsenic good arsenic the sixth successive crippled that they conceded astatine slightest 2 goals in.

The hosts ended their winless streak erstwhile they beat Janesboro 4-0 successful the FAI Cup connected July 18, keeping their archetypal cleanable expanse successful 9 matches.

Perhaps brag Liam Hughes tin instrumentality positives from his side's caller outings considering they person managed to find the backmost of the nett connected 9 occasions successful their past 4 competitory fixtures.

Bit O'Red are searching for their archetypal triumph connected location turf since April, with the hosts having suffered 3 defeats successful their past 5 games astatine the Showgrounds, a agelong successful which they besides settled for stalemates twice.

Drogheda United's triumph against Dundalk was unexpected fixed they failed to triumph successful their anterior 8 league matches, losing 5 times and conceding 2 oregon much goals successful 7 of those games.

The visitors volition beryllium pleased to person scored astatine each against Dundalk considering they had blanked successful 3 of their erstwhile 4 top-flight fixtures, but they managed to nett 4 times to beat Lucan United 4-0 connected July 17 successful the FAI Cup.

Head coach Kevin Doherty's broadside are lone 4 points supra ninth-placed Waterford, who inhabit the division's relegation playoff spot, though lone 4 points abstracted them from sixth-placed Derry City.

The Drogs were triumphant successful their astir caller brushwood with Sligo Rovers, winning 1-0 astatine location connected May 1, and they person lone mislaid 1 of their past 7 meetings with their hosts (four wins, 2 draws, 1 loss).

Drogheda's grounds connected the roadworthy is mediocre contempt claiming 3 points against Dundalk, with the nine having been defeated successful each of their anterior 5 clashes distant from home.

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Team News

Sligo volition not beryllium capable to telephone upon antiaircraft midfielder Sebastian Quirk owed to the reddish paper helium received against Galway, portion defender Conor Reynolds is acceptable to miss the adjacent fewer weeks owed to a hep issue.

Ciaron Harkin whitethorn travel into his side's treble pivot to play alongside Carl McHugh, and the 2 volition apt beryllium asked to enactment fig 10 Archie Meekison.

With Reynolds suspended, Sligo could tract a backline featuring Jeannot Esua, Gareth McElroy, Sean McHale and Sean Stewart.

Drogheda forwards Warren Davis and Kieran Cruise are some dealing with wounded problems, and they are improbable to beryllium absent for Saturday's clash.

Perhaps fans should expect to spot an onslaught consisting of Thomas Oluwa, Brandon Kavanagh and Mark Doyle, and they could play up of midfielders Shane Farell and Ryan Brennan.

Sligo Rovers imaginable starting lineup:

Sargeant; Esua, McElroy, McHale, Stewart; McHugh, Harkin; O'Kane, Meekison, Fitzgerald; Pearce

Drogheda United imaginable starting lineup:

Dennison; Agbaje, Keeley, Burney; Bucknor, Farell, Brennan, Kane; Kavanagh; Oluwa, Doyle

We say: Sligo Rovers 2-0 Drogheda United

It is hard to abstracted the 2 sides, but portion Drogheda boast a beardown grounds against their hosts, they person struggled successful the last 3rd for immoderate time.

Sligo Rovers' signifier is concerning, but they person astatine slightest been somewhat accordant successful attack, truthful possibly their quality to make chances volition assistance them assertion a invaluable 3 points.

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