Derry City will be hoping to keep in touch with the chasing pack when they travel to The Showgrounds on Saturday. The Candystripes are currently in fifth position, but Shamrock Rovers, Finn Harps and Bohemians are all within touching distance. The
Derry City will be hoping to keep in touch with the chasing pack when they travel to The Showgrounds on Saturday.
The Candystripes are currently in fifth position, but Shamrock Rovers, Finn Harps and Bohemians are all within touching distance.
They do have games in hand over their rivals, but they will need three points to stay in touch with the top four.
They will face a Sligo team who have struggled so far this campaign. Two wins from nine means The Bit o' Red are second from bottom, with both their victories having coming from home.
The last time these sides met, Derry ran out 2-1 winners at the Brandywell. Kick-off is Saturday at 7.45pm.
FORM
Sligo Rovers
L - Shamrock Rovers 1-0 Sligo Rovers, 14/04/17
W - Sligo Rovers 2-0 Bohemians, 08/04/17
D - Galway 1-1 Sligo Rovers, 03/04/17
L - Finn Harps 2-1 Sligo Rovers, 25/03/17
W - Sligo Rovers 3-2 Bray Wanderers, 18/03/17
Derry City
L - Derry City 0-2 Finn Harps, 14/04/17
L - Cork City 3-0 Derry City, 07/04/17
L - Derry City 2-3 Bray Wanderers, 31/03/17
W - Derry City 4-0 Drogheda, 18/03/17
W - Derry City 3-1 Dundalk, 13/03/17
Head-to-head
Derry City 2-1 Sligo Rovers, SSE Airtricity League, 21/10/16
Sligo Rovers 0-0 Derry City, SSE Airtricity League, 29/07/16
Derry City 0-2 Sligo Rovers, SSE Airtricity League, 29/04/16
Sligo Rovers 1-0 Derry City, SSE Airtricity League, 17/08/15
Derry City 1-1 Sligo Rovers, SSE Airtricity League, 22/05/15
More to follow...
Rewind - Derry City 2-1 Sligo Rovers, SSE Airtricity League, 21/10/16
Sligo took this lead in this league fixture when the ball fell invitingly for Pat McCann to dink home after a cleared cross. Derry equalised through Aaron McEneff and then Barry MacNamee scored to give Derry the lead. They held on for a 2-1 victory. Watch the action below.
