Derry City - Sligo Rovers

Derry City

League of Ireland Premier Division Season 2026 - Round 1

Friday 6 February 2026 20:00

2 - 1

Finished

Referee: N. Doyle

Sligo Rovers

Result

Ball possession

67%

33%

Timeline

30'

0-1

Jad Hakiki-Filloche

Darragh Markey (out)
Adam O'Reilly (in)

60'

Cian Kavanagh (out)
Archie Meekison (in)

66'

Ryan O'Kane (out)
Sean Stewart (in)

Patrick McClean

72'

75'

Sam Sargeant

80'

Darie Patton (out)
Ciaron Harkin (in)

80'

Jad Hakiki-Filloche (out)
(in)

Alex Bannon

1-1

82'

Joshua Thomas

2-1

90'

Joshua Thomas

90+2'

Odds

1X2	10Bet	188Bet	1xBet	888Sport	Bet365	Betano	Betfair	Dafabet	Marathonbet	Pinnacle	SBO	Superbet	Unibet	William Hill
1 Derry City	1.49	1.55	1.48	1.44	1.50	1.50	1.47	1.66	1.47	1.50	1.48	1.48	1.55	1.50
X Draw	4.00	4.00	4.10	3.80	3.90	3.80	4.00	3.65	4.10	4.22	3.79	3.90	3.80	3.90
2 Sligo Rovers	6.75	5.40	6.76	6.50	6.00	6.60	7.00	4.90	6.75	7.22	5.99	6.50	5.60	6.00

Previous confrontations (H2H)

12 Derry City

8 Draw

9 Sligo Rovers

34% Over 2.5 goals

38% Both teams scored

2.1 Goals per match

12 | 10 Clean sheets

Biggest win: Derry City 3-0 Sligo Rovers (2025)

Most goals: Sligo Rovers 5-4 Derry City (2024)

Goals scored all matches

1.17

0.93

Goals in home matches

1.46

1.19

Goals in away matches

0.94

0.62

Above is calculated based on the below matches

2026-01-09 Friday 14:00

Won 😀

Sligo Rovers

Derry City

2025-10-05 Sunday 16:00

Won 😀

Derry City

Sligo Rovers 2

2025-07-12 Saturday 19:45

Won 😎

Sligo Rovers

Derry City

2025-04-22 Tuesday 19:45

Walkover 🔥

Derry City 2

Sligo Rovers 4

2025-03-15 Saturday 19:45

Won 😎

Sligo Rovers 4

Derry City 4

2025-01-21 Tuesday 14:00

Won 😎

Sligo Rovers

Derry City

2024-10-14 Monday 19:15

Draw 🤔

Derry City 2

Sligo Rovers 3

2024-07-04 Thursday 19:45

Won 😀

Sligo Rovers 4 P

Derry City 3

2024-05-24 Friday 19:45

Draw 🤔

Derry City 2 P

Sligo Rovers 6

2024-02-24 Saturday 19:45

Draw 🤔

Sligo Rovers 3

Derry City 5

2024-01-20 Saturday 00:00

Won 😀

Sligo Rovers

Derry City

2023-09-22 Friday 19:45

Won 😀

Sligo Rovers 5

Derry City 4

2023-07-07 Friday 19:45

Won 😀

Derry City 2 P

Sligo Rovers 4

2023-05-27 Saturday 19:45

Won 😀

Sligo Rovers 4

Derry City 3

2023-03-17 Friday 19:45

Draw 🤔

Derry City

Sligo Rovers 2

2022-10-24 Monday 19:45

Draw 🤔

Sligo Rovers 2

Derry City 4

2022-09-13 Tuesday 19:45

Won 😀

Derry City 3

Sligo Rovers 3

2022-05-23 Monday 19:45

Won 😀

Sligo Rovers 2

Derry City

2022-02-28 Monday 19:45

Draw 🤔

Derry City

Sligo Rovers 3

2021-11-12 Friday 19:45

Won 😎

Derry City 2

Sligo Rovers

2021-08-21 Saturday 19:45

Won 😎

Sligo Rovers 4

Derry City

2021-06-21 Monday 19:45

Draw 🤔

Derry City

Sligo Rovers 2

2021-04-24 Saturday 18:00

Won 😎

Sligo Rovers 2

Derry City P

2020-09-29 Tuesday 19:45

Won 😀

Sligo Rovers 2

Derry City 2

2020-07-31 Friday 17:45

Won 😎

Derry City 2

Sligo Rovers 2 P

2019-10-19 Saturday 19:45

Won 😎

Sligo Rovers

Derry City

2019-07-19 Friday 20:25

Walkover 🔥

Derry City

Sligo Rovers 5

2019-05-18 Saturday 19:45

Draw 🤔

Sligo Rovers

Derry City

2019-03-29 Friday 19:45

Won 😎

Derry City

Sligo Rovers

Stats

Derry City

Sligo Rovers

Shots on goal

Shots off goal

Total shots

Shots inside box

Shots outside box

Fouls

Offsides

Yellow cards

Goalkeeper saved

547

Total passes

276

441

Passes success

159

81%

Passes %

58%

2.20

Expected goals (xG)

0.53

Stadion

Stadion name

The Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium

Capacity

7700

Address

Lone Moor Road
Londonderry

table 2026

Premier Division

Team	Pts
Shamrock Rovers	51
St Patrick's Athl.	44
Bohemians	43
Dundalk	37
Shelbourne	34
Derry City	30
Galway United	28
Drogheda United	27
Waterford	25
Sligo Rovers	22

Complete table

Line-ups

Derry City — Formation: 4-2-3-1

Coach: Tiernan Lynch

Brian Philip Maher

Alex Bannon

Patrick McClean

Rob Slevin

Brandon Fleming

Carl Winchester

James McClean

Darragh Markey

James Clarke

Michael Duffy

Joshua Thomas

Cian Kavanagh

Ryan O'Kane

Jad Hakiki-Filloche

Alex Nolan

Darie Patton

Sebastian Quirk

William Fitzgerald

Gareth McElroy

Oliver Denham

Jeannot Esua

Sam Sargeant

Sligo Rovers — Formation: 4-2-3-1 Logo Sligo Rovers

Coach: John Russell

Derry City — Formation: 4-2-3-1

Coach: Tiernan Lynch

Sligo Rovers — Formation: 4-2-3-1 Logo Sligo Rovers

Coach: John Russell

Brian Philip Maher

Alex Bannon

Patrick McClean

Rob Slevin

Brandon Fleming

Carl Winchester

James McClean

Darragh Markey

James Clarke

Michael Duffy

Joshua Thomas

Cian Kavanagh

Ryan O'Kane

Jad Hakiki-Filloche

Alex Nolan

Darie Patton

Sebastian Quirk

William Fitzgerald

Gareth McElroy

Oliver Denham

Jeannot Esua

Sam Sargeant

Substitutes

Substitutes Derry City

Name	Age	Position
Jamie Stott	28	Defender
Conor Barr	20	Defender
Adam O'Reilly	25	Midfielder
Ben Doherty	29	Midfielder
Henry Rylah	20	Midfielder
James Olayinka	25	Midfielder
Gavin Whyte	30	Attacker
Kévin David Nogueira Carvalho Carvalho Santos	26	Attacker

Substitutes Sligo Rovers

Name	Age	Position
Richard Brush	41	Goalkeeper
Sean Stewart	23	Defender
Shane Blaney	27	Defender
Ciaron Harkin	30	Midfielder
Archie Meekison	24	Midfielder
Carl McHugh	33	Midfielder

Player stats

#	Name	FN rating	Min	Pos	G	A	Sh	SoT	Pas	KP	Pas+	Tkl	Blk	Int	Du	Du+	Dri	Dri+	Foul	Foul+	🟨	Off	Sav	GC	PenSv
29	Sam Sargeant	8.3	90	Goalkeeper	-	0	-	-	44	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	6	2	0
25	Alex Bannon	8.2	90	Defender	1	1	1	1	55	6	43	2	-	-	9	4	3	1	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
20	Carl Winchester	8.0	90	Midfielder	-	0	1	1	59	1	51	3	-	-	6	5	-	-	-	1	0	-	-	0	-
19	Brandon Fleming	7.6	90	Defender	-	0	-	-	49	1	29	1	-	1	17	8	4	2	-	1	0	-	-	0	-
16	James McClean	7.6	90	Midfielder	-	0	2	1	80	3	71	3	-	-	12	8	3	3	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
17	Joshua Thomas	7.3	90	Attacker	1	0	6	4	6	-	6	-	-	-	14	3	2	1	3	-	1	-	-	0	-
33	Jeannot Esua	7.3	90	Defender	-	1	-	-	21	1	8	2	-	3	9	7	-	-	-	1	0	-	-	0	-
8	Jad Hakiki-Filloche	7.3	80	Midfielder	1	0	1	1	13	1	12	1	-	-	10	2	1	1	-	-	0	1	-	0	-
52	Gareth McElroy	7.0	90	Defender	-	0	-	-	35	-	24	4	3	2	12	8	-	-	1	-	0	-	-	0	-
71	Darie Patton	7.0	80	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	15	-	9	3	1	1	4	4	-	-	-	1	0	-	-	0	-
28	Ryan O'Kane	7.0	66	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	10	1	10	3	-	-	6	5	1	1	1	1	0	-	-	0	-
3	Patrick McClean	6.7	90	Defender	-	0	-	-	79	1	67	2	-	-	8	4	-	-	2	-	1	-	-	0	-
10	Darragh Markey	6.7	60	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	26	1	23	2	-	-	7	4	1	-	-	1	0	1	-	0	-
7	Michael Duffy ©️	6.7	90	Midfielder	-	0	3	1	51	1	43	-	-	-	5	2	1	1	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
1	Brian Philip Maher	6.6	90	Goalkeeper	-	0	-	-	28	-	21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	2	1	0
8	Adam O'Reilly (sub)	6.5	30	Midfielder	-	0	1	-	9	-	8	-	-	1	5	1	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
4	Sebastian Quirk	6.5	90	Midfielder	-	0	1	-	23	-	13	2	1	2	8	4	-	-	2	-	0	-	-	0	-
6	Rob Slevin	6.3	90	Defender	-	0	-	-	69	1	57	-	-	-	5	2	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
7	William Fitzgerald ©️	6.3	90	Defender	-	0	-	-	20	-	12	2	-	2	7	5	2	1	1	-	0	-	-	0	-
19	Alex Nolan	6.3	90	Midfielder	-	0	1	1	20	-	9	3	-	-	10	5	4	1	-	1	0	1	-	0	-
11	Cian Kavanagh	6.3	60	Attacker	-	0	1	1	8	-	4	-	-	-	11	5	1	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
6	Ciaron Harkin (sub)	6.3	10	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	13	-	6	2	1	-	3	2	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
15	James Clarke	6.2	90	Midfielder	-	0	1	-	36	1	22	-	-	-	15	6	2	1	-	3	0	-	-	0	-
15	Oliver Denham	6.2	90	Defender	-	0	-	-	30	-	17	2	1	2	11	6	-	-	1	1	0	-	-	0	-
10	Archie Meekison (sub)	6.2	30	Attacker	-	0	-	-	8	-	5	2	1	-	9	2	1	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
3	Sean Stewart (sub)	5.9	24	Defender	-	0	-	-	9	-	7	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
14	Ben Doherty (sub)	-	-	Defender	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
4	Jamie Stott (sub)	-	-	Defender	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
21	Kévin David Nogueira Carvalho Carvalho Santos (sub)	-	-	Midfielder	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
22	Conor Barr (sub)	-	-	Defender	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
28	James Olayinka (sub)	-	-	Midfielder	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
11	Gavin Whyte (sub)	-	-	Midfielder	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
24	Henry Rylah (sub)	-	-	Midfielder	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
60	Richard Brush (sub)	-	-	Goalkeeper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
5	Shane Blaney (sub)	-	-	Defender	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
38	David Jonathan (sub)	-	-	Defender	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
16	Carl McHugh (sub)	-	-	Midfielder	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-