Sligo Rovers vs Derry City

Sligo Rovers and Derry City drew 2-2 in the Republic of Ireland Premier Division on Friday 30 October 2026, 2-0 at half-time. In their last 27 meetings, including this one, Derry City won 11, Sligo Rovers won 6 and 10 were drawn.

Republic of Ireland Premier Division Fri 30 Oct 2026, 19:45 Save

Sligo Rovers

HT 2-0

Derry City

The Showgrounds, England Declan Toland

Sligo Rovers vs Derry City timeline

25' Gareth McElroy 1-0 Goal · Right foot shot, Sligo Rovers
37' Ryan O'Kane 2-0 Goal · Right foot shot, Sligo Rovers
48' Kaiyne Woolery Red card · Violent conduct, Sligo Rovers
49' Brooklyn Lyons-Foster Yellow card · Foul, Derry City
70' Tyler Smith Yellow card · Foul, Derry City
76' Cian Kavanagh Yellow card · Foul, Sligo Rovers
77' Terence Doherty 2-1 Goal · Assist Gavin Whyte · Right foot shot, Derry City
82' Terence Doherty 2-2 Goal · Assist Conor Barr · Right foot shot, Derry City
89' Yoann Prigent Yellow card · Foul, Derry City

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0' 15' 30' HT 60' 75' 90'

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Sligo Rovers vs Derry City stats

1st Half 2nd Half

Sligo RoversDerry City

32% Possession 68%

88 Attacks 112

31 Dang. Attacks 53

8 Shots 16

5 Shots On Target 5

1 Big Chances 1

3 Corners 5

61% Pass Accuracy 84%

3 Saves 3

10 Fouls 16

1 Yellow Cards 3

1 Red Cards 0

2 Offsides 1

Sligo Rovers vs Derry City lineups

Confirmed

Sligo Rovers 4-2-3-1

1 Liam Hughes

4 Seb Quirk
52 Gareth McElroy
3 Sean Stewart
23 Kyle McDonagh

71 Daire Patton
6 L. Young

28 Ryan O'Kane
10 Archie Meekison
7 Jack Shorrock

41 Kaiyne Woolery

Substitutes

11 Cian Kavanagh 56'
14 James McManus 67'
15 Ollie Denham 46'
24 Jamie O’Donnell
32 Charlie McGarvey
48 Ross Ruane-Dalton
49 Oisin Kelly
50 Reuben Gillespie 80'
51 Aidan Gabbidon

Derry City 3-5-2

1 Brian Maher

24 Brooklyn Lyons-Foster
22 Conor Barr
25 Christy Grogan

21 Kevin Santos
11 Gavin Whyte
28 James Olayinka
10 Darragh Markey
31 Callum Downey

32 Terence Doherty 2
29 Tyler Smith

Substitutes

3 Patrick McClean
4 Jamie Stott 41'
13 Tom Norcott 71'
17 Nick Twisk
27 Liam Boyce 71'
35 Liam Kelly 51'

Sligo Rovers and Derry City player stats

Sligo Rovers player stats

1 Liam Hughes GK	90	0	0	0	30	0	0	0	30	0
4 Seb Quirk DEF	90	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	18	0
23 Kyle McDonagh DEF	90	0	1	1	28	0	1	1	28	0
52 Gareth McElroy DEF	90	1	2	1	29	0	2	1	29	0
3 Sean Stewart DEF	46	0	1	0	18	0	1	0	18	0
6 L. Young MID	90	0	0	0	29	2	0	0	29	2
10 Archie Meekison MID	90	0	0	0	25	0	0	0	25	0
71 Daire Patton MID	80	0	1	0	16	2	1	0	16	2
28 Ryan O'Kane MID	67	1	1	1	10	1	1	1	10	1
7 Jack Shorrock MID	56	0	1	1	18	0	1	1	18	0
41 Kaiyne Woolery FWD	48	0	1	1	4	2	1	1	4	2
15 Ollie Denham DEF Sub	44	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	13	1
14 James McManus MID Sub	23	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	10	1
50 Reuben Gillespie MID Sub	10	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
11 Cian Kavanagh FWD Sub	34	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	13	1

Derry City player stats

1 Brian Maher GK	46	0	0	0	0	21	0	0	0	21	0
22 Conor Barr DEF	90	0	1	2	0	82	0	2	0	82	0
24 Brooklyn Lyons-Foster DEF	90	0	0	1	0	85	3	1	0	85	3
25 Christy Grogan DEF	41	0	0	0	0	27	1	0	0	27	1
11 Gavin Whyte MID	90	0	1	3	0	49	1	3	0	49	1
21 Kevin Santos MID	90	0	0	3	1	34	0	3	1	34	0
31 Callum Downey MID	90	0	0	0	0	47	2	0	0	47	2
10 Darragh Markey MID	71	0	0	0	0	55	1	0	0	55	1
28 James Olayinka MID	51	0	0	0	0	32	1	0	0	32	1
32 Terence Doherty FWD	90	2	0	3	2	15	3	3	2	15	3
29 Tyler Smith FWD	71	0	0	1	1	10	2	1	1	10	2
13 Tom Norcott GK Sub	19	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	5	1
4 Jamie Stott DEF Sub	49	0	0	1	0	43	0	1	0	43	0
35 Liam Kelly MID Sub	39	0	0	0	0	44	1	0	0	44	1
27 Liam Boyce FWD Sub	19	0	0	2	1	8	0	2	1	8	0

Min: Minutes played
G: Goals
A: Assists
Sh: Shots
SoT: Shots on target
Pass: Passes
Fls: Fouls committed
Rtg: Rating
Sh: Shots
SoT: Shots on target
xG: Expected goals
xGoT: Expected goals on target
KP: Key passes
BCC: Big chances created
BCM: Big chances missed
Drb: Successful dribbles
Off: Offsides
Pass: Passes
Pass%: Pass accuracy
KP: Key passes
F3rd: Passes in the final third
Crs: Crosses
ACrs: Accurate crosses
LB: Long balls
Tch: Touches
Tkl: Tackles
Int: Interceptions
Clr: Clearances
Blk: Shots blocked
Rec: Ball recoveries
Duel: Duels won
Aer: Aerials won
DrbP: Dribbled past
Fls: Fouls committed
FlsD: Fouls won
YC: Yellow cards
Disp: Dispossessed
Lost: Possession lost
Err: Errors leading to a shot
Sv: Saves
SvIn: Saves inside the box
HC: High claims
Tch: Touches
LB: Long balls
Pass%: Pass accuracy

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Sligo Rovers vs Derry City team news

Sligo Rovers were without 1 player and Derry City were without 1 player.

Sligo Rovers 1 out

Jad Hakiki Foot surgery · Missed 27 games Injured

Derry City 1 out

James McClean Unknown Injury · Missed 20 games Injured

Sligo Rovers vs Derry City form

Sligo Rovers All venues

0 W · 1 D · 4 L

Points per game: 0.20
Scored per game: 0.6
Conceded per game: 2.8
Both teams scored: 60%
Over 2.5 goals: 60%

Derry City All venues

4 W · 0 D · 1 L

Points per game: 2.40
Scored per game: 1.2
Conceded per game: 0.6
Both teams scored: 20%
Over 2.5 goals: 20%

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Season averages

Sligo RoversDerry City

0% Win rate 60%

0.60 Goals scored 1.20

2.80 Goals conceded 1.00

60% Both teams score 40%

60% Over 2.5 goals 40%

0% Clean sheets 40%

40% Scored first 80%

0.00 xG for 0.00

0.00 xG against 0.00

11.80 Match corners 11.00

Premier Division matches only, before kick-off: 5 each.

0% Win rate 50%

0.40 Goals scored 1.60

2.20 Goals conceded 1.40

40% Both teams score 50%

40% Over 2.5 goals 40%

10% Clean sheets 40%

20% Scored first 80%

0.00 xG for 0.00

0.00 xG against 0.00

11.70 Match corners 10.90

Premier Division matches only, before kick-off: 10 each.

14% Win rate 31%

0.74 Goals scored 1.37

1.83 Goals conceded 1.29

46% Both teams score 60%

49% Over 2.5 goals 49%

17% Clean sheets 29%

26% Scored first 46%

0.00 xG for 0.00

0.00 xG against 0.00

11.31 Match corners 10.23

Premier Division matches only, before kick-off: 35 each.

Sligo Rovers at home and Derry City away this season.

18% Win rate 12%

0.94 Goals scored 1.06

1.59 Goals conceded 1.47

53% Both teams score 65%

47% Over 2.5 goals 47%

24% Clean sheets 18%

41% Scored first 47%

0.00 xG for 0.00

0.00 xG against 0.00

11.24 Match corners 10.35

Premier Division matches only, before kick-off: 17 each.

Derry City vs Sligo Rovers head to head

11 Derry City wins 10 draws 6 Sligo Rovers wins

1.9 goals per game 41% both teams scored 33% over 2.5 goals

Sligo Rovers vs Derry City standings

Premier Division table
#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Shamrock Rovers	36	20	8	8	59	38	+21	68
2	Bohemians	36	19	8	9	63	44	+19	65
3	St Patrick's	36	17	9	10	55	31	+24	60
4	Shelbourne	36	12	13	11	52	50	+2	49
5	Derry City	36	11	15	10	50	47	+3	48
6	Dundalk	36	11	12	13	55	59	-4	45
7	Waterford United	36	10	13	13	54	61	-7	43
8	Galway United	36	10	12	14	46	53	-7	42
9	Drogheda United	36	10	10	16	44	57	-13	40
10	Sligo Rovers	36	5	10	21	28	66	-38	25

Premier Division home table
#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Shamrock Rovers	18	14	3	1	37	15	+22	45
2	St Patrick's	18	10	3	5	34	15	+19	33
3	Derry City	18	9	6	3	30	20	+10	33
4	Bohemians	18	8	6	4	29	21	+8	30
5	Waterford United	18	6	9	3	28	22	+6	27
6	Galway United	18	6	7	5	25	25	0	25
7	Dundalk	18	7	3	8	29	28	+1	24
8	Drogheda United	18	6	6	6	22	21	+1	24
9	Shelbourne	18	4	5	9	27	31	-4	17
10	Sligo Rovers	18	3	7	8	18	29	-11	16

Premier Division away table
#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Bohemians	18	11	2	5	34	23	+11	35
2	Shelbourne	18	8	8	2	25	19	+6	32
3	St Patrick's	18	7	6	5	21	16	+5	27
4	Shamrock Rovers	18	6	5	7	22	23	-1	23
5	Dundalk	18	4	9	5	26	31	-5	21
6	Galway United	18	4	5	9	21	28	-7	17
7	Waterford United	18	4	4	10	26	39	-13	16
8	Drogheda United	18	4	4	10	22	36	-14	16
9	Derry City	18	2	9	7	20	27	-7	15
10	Sligo Rovers	18	2	3	13	10	37	-27	9

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Premier Division 2026 standings as of 15 Nov 2026, 08:29 UK. Last 5 shows the most recent result first.

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Venue: The Showgrounds, Newry Capacity 2,496
Weather: 11°C, overcast clouds Wind 11 km/h · Humidity 91%
Managers: Darren Purse Sligo Rovers Mark Connolly Derry City
Officials: Referee Declan Toland 1st Assistant A. Lynch 2nd Assistant R. Storey 4th Official D. Carolan

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Sligo Rovers 4-2-3-1

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