In this week 25 match on the 13th of September, Sligo Rovers will travel to Londonderry to battle Derry City 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 13 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, Derry City recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Bohemians. Michael Duffy scored the first goal for Derry City in the 39th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Bohemians couldn’t manage to score, and Derry City took the shutout win. Derry City is on a hot streak lately, having won 6 of their last 10, while sligo Rovers sits at 5th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Shelbourne. Frank Liivak struck first for Sligo Rovers in the 24th minute, then Aidan Keena added another in the 66th minute In the end, Shelbourne was frustrated by Sligo Rovers’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Sligo Rovers ended the match with the shutout victory. With 19 points in their last 10 matches Sligo Rovers should be reasonably happy with their performance.
Sligo Rovers and Derry City last played eachother at the The Showgrounds on Monday May 23rd. Sligo Rovers won by a score of 2 to 1. Garry Buckley scored the first goal for Sligo Rovers in the 20th minute, but McGonigle got the equalizer for Derry City in the 44th minute.
Sligo Rovers is glad to have Aidan Keena in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored four goals. Both Ryan Graydon and Michael Duffy have been the hottest scorers for Derry City in the last five each having scored 2 goals.