Mar 17th features a match where Sligo Rovers and Derry City will play a match in Londonderry in a meeting of these two Premier Division teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 9 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. 2nd placed Derry City is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Dundalk. Neither Derry City nor Dundalk could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 19 and 5 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. Derry City is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches, while sligo Rovers is fresh off their 2-2 draw against Cork City. Jonas Häkkinen struck first for Cork City in the 18th minute on a feed from Cian Coleman, then Ruairi Keating added another in the 63rd minute . Sligo Rovers is looking for direction having 2 win and 1 losses in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win, 1 loss and 2 draws apiece.
Sligo Rovers is fortunate enough to have Max Mata in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored 4 goals. McEneff has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, the attacker has scored four goals for Derry City.