Drogheda United face Sligo Rovers in front of a sold out United Park in the second match week of the 2025 LOI Premier Division season.
Drogheda started their season off with an impressive defensive performance, picking up a point away to St Pats. Sligo Rovers will be disappointed with their start to the season, they faced Waterford, in what was an entertaining game but ultimately a game that ended in defeat for the Bit O’Red.
Team News
Drogheda United will be without Douglas James-Taylor, Paul Doyle and Elicha Ahui through injury. With the departure of Frantz Pierrot in the winter window and Douglas James-Taylor’s injury, Drogheda are lacking firepower.
Sligo Rovers are also in shortage of fire power. Against Waterford on Saturday night, they were massively misfiring, accumulating a higher Xg in that game than any game last season but were still unable to pick up any points. Sligo are injury free going into game week two.
Key Stats
In their four meetings in 2024, Drogheda won twice and Sligo won twice. Both teams won their respective home games with the most recent meeting being Drogheda’s massive 7-0 win last August.
Drogheda’s record at United Park last season was very impressive, picking up points 77% of the time (33% wins, 44% draws, 23% losses). Whilst away from home Sligo Rovers only picked up points 55% of the time (22% wins, 33% draws, 44% losses).
Betting Odds
The bookies have Drogheda United as the favourites at 6/5 with Sligo Rovers priced at 11/5 and a draw at 21/10.
When and where to watch
The games kicks off at 7:45pm on Friday and will be available worldwide on LOITV.