Derry City - Sligo Rovers

Derry City

League of Ireland Premier Division Season 2026 - Round 27

Friday 7 August 2026 19:45

2 - 0

Finished

Referee: P. McLaughlin

Sligo Rovers

Result

Ball possession

59%

41%

Timeline

Barry Cotter

1-0

54'

55'

Ryan O'Kane (out)
Alex Nolan (in)

Brooklyn Lyons-Foster

58'

Adam O'Reilly

2-0

64'

65'

Sebastian Quirk (out)
Jamie McGonigle (in)

Darragh Burns (out)
Conor Barr (in)

66'

Nick Twisk (out)
James Olayinka (in)

75'

Barry Cotter (out)
Tyler Smith (in)

75'

James Clarke

82'

Liam Boyce (out)
Ellis Chapman (in)

83'

Odds

1X2	10Bet	1xBet	888Sport	Bet365	Betano	Betfair	BetVictor	Dafabet	Marathonbet	Pinnacle	SBO	Superbet	Unibet	William Hill
1 Derry City	1.42	1.42	1.40	1.40	1.44	1.40	1.40	1.42	1.41	1.43	1.36	1.42	1.43	1.40
X Draw	4.45	4.50	4.33	4.33	4.35	4.50	4.20	4.50	4.50	4.78	4.02	4.45	4.20	4.33
2 Sligo Rovers	7.10	7.09	6.50	6.25	6.40	7.00	7.00	6.80	7.10	7.36	6.18	6.40	7.00	6.50

Previous confrontations (H2H)

13 Derry City

9 Draw

9 Sligo Rovers

35% Over 2.5 goals

39% Both teams scored

2.1 Goals per match

13 | 11 Clean sheets

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

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

Goals scored all matches

1.16

0.90

Goals in home matches

1.50

1.12

Goals in away matches

0.88

0.64

Above is calculated based on the below matches

2026-04-06 Monday 17:00

Draw 🤔

Sligo Rovers 3

Derry City 2

2026-02-06 Friday 20:00

Won 😀

Derry City 2

Sligo Rovers

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

Fouls

Corners

Goalkeeper saved

524

Total passes

374

434

Passes success

290

83%

Passes %

78%

1.68

Expected goals (xG)

0.23

-0.73

Goals prevented

-0.73

Stadion

Stadion name

The Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium

Capacity

7700

Address

Lone Moor Road
Londonderry

table 2026

Premier Division

Team	Pts
Shamrock Rovers	54
St Patrick's Athl.	50
Bohemians	47
Dundalk	37
Shelbourne	34
Derry City	33
Galway United	33
Waterford	29
Drogheda United	28
Sligo Rovers	23

Complete table

Line-ups

Derry City — Formation: 4-3-3

Coach: Tiernan Lynch

Brian Philip Maher

Barry Cotter

Cameron Dummigan

Patrick McClean

Brooklyn Lyons-Foster

Darragh Burns

Nick Twisk

Adam O'Reilly

James Clarke

Liam Boyce

Michael Duffy

Cian Kavanagh

Jack Shorrock

Ryan O'Kane

Sebastian Quirk

Carl McHugh

Gareth McElroy

Oliver Denham

Jeannot Esua

Sam Sargeant

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

Coach: Darren Purse

Derry City — Formation: 4-3-3

Coach: Tiernan Lynch

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

Coach: Darren Purse

Brian Philip Maher

Barry Cotter

Cameron Dummigan

Patrick McClean

Brooklyn Lyons-Foster

Darragh Burns

Nick Twisk

Adam O'Reilly

James Clarke

Liam Boyce

Michael Duffy

Cian Kavanagh

Jack Shorrock

Ryan O'Kane

Sebastian Quirk

Carl McHugh

Gareth McElroy

Oliver Denham

Jeannot Esua

Sam Sargeant

Substitutes

Substitutes Derry City

Name	Age	Position
Conor Barr	20	Defender
Tom Norcott	-	Midfielder
Ellis Chapman	25	Midfielder
James Olayinka	25	Midfielder
Tyler Smith	27	Attacker

Substitutes Sligo Rovers

Name	Age	Position
Liam Hughes	24	Goalkeeper
Sean Stewart	23	Defender
Alex Nolan	23	Midfielder
James McManus	21	Midfielder
Jamie McGonigle	30	Attacker

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
2	Barry Cotter	8.9	75	Defender	1	-	1	1	36	-	31	1	-	-	13	9	5	4	-	2	0	-	-	0	-
8	Adam O'Reilly	8.2	94	Midfielder	1	-	1	1	53	3	43	4	-	1	17	7	1	1	2	1	0	-	-	0	-
3	Patrick McClean	7.7	94	Defender	-	-	1	-	81	-	68	1	-	1	10	5	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
12	Darragh Burns	7.6	66	Midfielder	-	1	2	1	40	5	29	2	-	2	14	11	4	4	3	1	0	-	-	0	-
11	Cian Kavanagh	7.5	94	Attacker	-	-	1	-	22	1	13	-	1	1	23	13	-	-	-	3	0	-	-	0	-
7	Jack Shorrock	7.3	94	Midfielder	-	-	-	-	17	-	12	5	-	1	16	11	2	2	2	2	0	-	-	0	-
23	Cameron Dummigan	7.2	94	Defender	-	-	1	1	57	-	51	-	-	3	9	4	-	-	1	-	0	-	-	0	-
17	Nick Twisk	7.2	75	Midfielder	-	-	-	-	44	1	39	1	-	-	4	2	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
7	Michael Duffy ©️	7.2	94	Attacker	-	-	5	1	51	5	44	2	-	3	7	2	-	-	1	-	0	-	-	0	-
1	Brian Philip Maher	7.0	94	Goalkeeper	-	-	-	-	35	-	27	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	1	0	-	1	0	0
15	James Clarke	6.9	94	Attacker	-	-	2	-	35	2	26	-	-	-	12	6	5	5	3	-	1	-	-	0	-
14	Ellis Chapman (sub)	6.9	11	Midfielder	-	-	-	-	2	-	2	1	-	2	2	2	-	-	-	1	0	-	-	0	-
29	Sam Sargeant	6.9	94	Goalkeeper	-	-	-	-	52	-	34	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	0	-	4	2	0
3	Sean Stewart (sub)	6.9	29	Defender	-	-	-	-	20	-	17	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
27	Liam Boyce	6.6	83	Attacker	-	1	2	-	17	2	12	2	-	-	6	3	-	-	1	-	0	-	-	0	-
22	Conor Barr (sub)	6.6	28	Defender	-	-	2	1	11	-	8	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
33	Jeannot Esua	6.6	94	Defender	-	-	-	-	27	-	24	1	1	1	5	3	1	1	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
52	Gareth McElroy	6.6	94	Defender	-	-	-	-	51	-	46	1	1	5	10	5	1	1	1	-	0	1	-	0	-
19	Alex Nolan (sub)	6.6	39	Midfielder	-	-	-	-	8	-	5	-	-	-	7	4	1	1	1	2	0	-	-	0	-
29	Tyler Smith (sub)	6.5	19	Attacker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
15	Oliver Denham	6.5	94	Defender	-	-	-	-	40	-	31	2	1	1	11	5	1	-	-	2	0	-	-	0	-
4	Sebastian Quirk	6.5	65	Midfielder	-	-	-	-	23	-	18	-	-	1	5	2	1	1	1	-	0	-	-	0	-
28	Ryan O'Kane	6.5	55	Midfielder	-	-	-	-	7	-	7	-	-	-	3	1	1	1	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
24	Brooklyn Lyons-Foster	6.3	94	Defender	-	-	-	-	53	2	47	1	-	-	12	4	1	-	2	1	1	-	-	0	-
28	James Olayinka (sub)	6.3	19	Midfielder	-	-	-	-	9	-	7	-	-	-	3	1	-	-	2	1	0	-	-	0	-
16	Carl McHugh ©️	6.3	94	Midfielder	-	-	1	-	50	-	41	1	1	-	14	6	-	-	3	1	0	-	-	0	-
14	James McManus (sub)	6.3	39	Midfielder	-	-	1	-	23	-	16	-	1	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
18	Jamie McGonigle (sub)	6.3	29	Attacker	-	-	1	1	3	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
13	Tom Norcott (sub)	-	-	Goalkeeper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
1	Liam Hughes (sub)	-	-	Goalkeeper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
61	Conor Cannon (sub)	-	-	Defender	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
51	Aidan Gabbidon (sub)	-	-	Defender	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-