Shamrock Rovers vs Sligo Rovers — Tips & Analysis

Shamrock Rovers -2: Shamrock Rovers are a different team at Tallaght, and that is where this pick starts. They have not lost at home in their last ten games there. They won eight of them and score more than 2 goals a game at that ground. Sligo arrive with nothing left to play for. They are bottom of the table, already down, and thirteen points behind Drogheda United with two games to go. On the road they have won once in their last ten trips, scoring under a goal a game and letting in more than 2. They have managed one goal in their last five away league games. Shamrock still need points of their own. They lead Bohemians by three with two rounds left and the goal difference between them is level, so a big win matters tonight. Sligo have lost by 2 or more goals in 9 of their last 19 games, and Shamrock have won 11 of the last twenty meetings. A 3-0 home win looks the most likely result, and that kind of night is exactly what this needs. The warning is real though. Shamrock have won by 2 or more in only 4 of their last 20 games, so big wins are not a habit. They also lost 0-2 at Galway last time out and are missing Daniel Grant, Victor Ozhianvuna and Rory Gaffney. We still think the gap here is too wide for Sligo.