St Patrick's Athletic vs Sligo Rovers - prediction, team news, lineups

St Patrick's Athletic invited Sligo Rovers to Richmond Park connected Friday evening for their latest instalment of Irish Premier Division action.

The Saints claimed an important 2-0 triumph against Drogheda successful their erstwhile fixture, portion the Bit O' Red fell to a damaging 4-0 decision astatine Waterford.

Match preview

After narrowly missing retired connected a apical 5 decorativeness and European qualification successful past season’s league campaign, St Patrick's person bounced backmost successful emphatic fashion.

Stephen Kenny’s broadside presently beryllium 2nd successful the Premier Division and are lone 5 points distant from apical spot pursuing Shamrock Rovers’ decision to Shelbourne connected Friday evening.

With the Saints playing 3 of the bottommost 4 wrong the adjacent month, determination volition undoubtedly beryllium optimism that the spread tin rapidly diminish too, though they volition person to shingle their patchy signifier to bash so.

Despite their position, the location broadside person won conscionable 2 of their latest seven, ranking 5th successful the division’s signifier array implicit that agelong and person not won consecutive matches since the extremity of April.

However, Kenny's men volition surely beryllium assured of doing truthful against Sligo Rovers, having won six of the erstwhile 8 meetings betwixt the sides.

Following a dependable seventh spot decorativeness past campaign, Sligo Rovers volition beryllium disappointed astatine however this play is panning retired truthful far.

John Russell’s men inhabit ninth spot successful the array aft 20 games, putting them astatine hazard of relegation from the Premier Division.

After a mediocre commencement to the season, losing 7 of their archetypal nine, it looked arsenic though the Bit O’ Red had swatted distant their struggles, winning 3 of their adjacent four, but that has failed to continue.

In the 7 matches since claiming triumph against Dundalk successful April, nary squad successful the part has picked up less than Rovers’ 5 points, with their lone triumph implicit that play strangely coming distant to league leaders Shamrock.

With St Patrick's up next, who they person mislaid their erstwhile six matches against astatine Richmond Park, determination are nary signs of immoderate abrupt improvements either.

St Patrick's Athletic League of Ireland Premier form:

Sligo Rovers League of Ireland Premier form:

Team News

St Patrick's are definite to beryllium without midfielder Simon Power for Friday's contest, owing to a genu wounded that the 28-year-old sustained aboriginal successful the season.

However, the Saints came distant from their clash with Drogheda without immoderate further problems, meaning they are apt to sanction the aforesaid starting 11 that featured past Friday.

On the different hand, Sligo Rovers person aggregate absentees, astir notably Welsh defender Ollie Denham, who was dismissed aft picking up a 2nd yellowish paper against Waterford, resulting successful a suspension.

Seb Quirk and Conor Reynolds are some expected to miss retired with musculus injuries, portion Jad Hakiki is acceptable to miss the remainder of the play aft having country connected a ft problem.

Having missed the erstwhile fistful of fixtures, it remains to beryllium seen whether Archie Meekison oregon Ciaron Harkin instrumentality to the matchday squad connected Friday.

St Patrick's Athletic imaginable starting lineup:

Rogers; Redmond, Hoare, Turner; Brown, Lennon, Palmer, Elbouzedi; Leavy, Edmondson, Keena

Sligo Rovers imaginable starting lineup:

Sargeant; Stewart, McElroy, Blaney; Esua, McHugh, McHale, Fitzgerald; Patton, Kavanagh, O'Kane

We say: St Patrick's Athletic 3-1 Sligo Rovers

While St Patrick's signifier has been acold from spectacular, they volition undoubtedly beryllium enthused by their triumph past play successful examination to the defeats sustained by those astir them successful the league table.

With some Sligo Rovers' caller tally of results and grounds against the Saints looking bleak, we deliberation the location broadside volition station a convincing triumph astatine Richmond Park and adjacent the spread to Shamrock atop the Premier Division.

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