BIT O’STATS: ROVERS 2021
FIXTURES: NEXT 6
Saturday, June 12
SSE Airtricity League Premier Division
Sligo Rovers v Drogheda United (The Showgrounds, 7.45pm)
Friday, June 18
SSE Airtricity League Premier Division St Patrick’s Athletic v Sligo Rovers (Richmond Park, 7.45pm)
Monday, June 21
SSE Airtricity League Premier Division Derry City v Sligo Rovers (Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium, 7.45pm)
Saturday, June 26
SSE Airtricity League Premier Division Sligo Rovers v Bohemians (The Showgrounds, 7.45pm)
Saturday, July 3
SSE Airtricity League Premier Division Longford Town v Sligo Rovers (Bishopsgate, 7.30pm)
Saturday, July 10
SSE Airtricity League Premier Division Sligo Rovers v Shamrock Rovers (The Showgrounds, 7.45pm)
SCORERS
FIVE GOALS: Jordan Gibson (5 PD); FOUR GOALS: Romeo Parkes (4 PD); TWO GOALS: Johnny Kenny (2 PD), Walter Figueira (2 PD); ONE GOAL: Garry Buckley (1 PD), Mark Byrne (1 PD), David Cawley (1 PD), Lewis Banks (1 PD).
Key: PD (Premier Division), FAIC (FAI Cup), Euro (Europa Conference League)
APPEARANCES
STARTS: Ed McGinty (13); Garry Buckley (13); John Mahon (13); Robbie McCourt (13); Jordan Gibson (13); Greg Bolger (12); Romeo Parkes (12); Niall Morahan (12); Walter Figueira (11); Colm Horgan (9); Johnny Kenny (9); Lewis Banks (5), Mark Byrne (3); David Cawley (2); Ryan De Vries (2); Shane Blaney (1).
AS SUB: Ryan De Vries (6); David Cawley (5); Johnny Kenny (4); Mark Byrne (4); Lewis Banks (3); Shane Blaney (3); Regan Donelon (2); Colm Horgan (2); Walter Figueira (1); Darren Collins (1); Romeo Parkes (1).
ROVERS’ PREMIER DIVISION RESULTS
ROUND ONE, MARCH 20: Sligo Rovers (1) 1 (Romeo Parkes), Dundalk (1) 1 (Patrick McEleney); ROUND TWO, MARCH 26: Waterford FC (1) 1 (Cian Kavanagh), Sligo Rovers (1) 2 (Romeo Parkes, Jordan Gibson); ROUND THREE, APRIL 2: Longford Town (0) 0, Sligo Rovers (0) 1 (Garry Buckley); ROUND FOUR, APRIL 10: Sligo Rovers (0) 1 (Walter Figueira), Shamrock Rovers (0) 1 (Rory Gaffney); ROUND FIVE,
APRIL 17: Sligo Rovers (0) 1 (Johnny Kenny), Finn Harps (0) 0; ROUND SIX, APRIL 20: Bohemians (0) 1 (Liam Burt), Sligo Rovers (1) 3 (Jordan Gibson, Mark Byrne, David Cawley); ROUND SEVEN, APRIL 24: Sligo Rovers (0) 0, Derry City (0) 1 (Will Patching pen); ROUND EIGHT, APRIL 30: Drogheda United (1) 1 (Chris Lyons), Sligo Rovers (1) 1 (Johnny Kenny); ROUND NINE, MAY 3: Sligo Rovers (0) 1 (Jordan Gibson pen), St Patrick’s Athletic (0) 1 (Ian Bermingham); ROUND 10, MAY 7: Dundalk (0) 0, Sligo Rovers (1) 1 (Jordan Gibson); ROUND 11, MAY 15: Sligo Rovers 3, Waterford FC (walkover win); ROUND 12, MAY 21: Sligo Rovers (1) 2 (Walter Figueira, Jordan Gibson pen), Longford Town (0) 0; ROUND 13, MAY 24: Shamrock Rovers (0) 0,
Sligo Rovers (0) 1 (Romeo Parkes); ROUND 14, MAY 28: Finn Harps (1) 1 (Babatunde Owolabi), Sligo Rovers (1) 2 (Romeo Parkes, Lewis Banks).
*Game not played as Waterford FC gave a forfeit.
NEXT UP
DROGHEDA UNITED (Home)
A WEEK is a long time in politics. The same can also be said of the
SSE Airtricity League Premier Division. Leaders Sligo Rovers welcome Drogheda United to The Showgrounds this Saturday – the first game for both after the midseason break.
Drogheda are fourth, nine points behind Rovers. It is the Louth club’s current position after 14 games that has surprised many. But last year’s First
Division champions have shown consistency where the likes of Bohemians, Dundalk and Derry
City haven’t.
When Rovers played Drogheda at Head in the Game Park on
April 30, it took Johnny Kenny’s smoothly-taken equaliser to cancel out Chris Lyons’ opener for the hosts.
Ex-Rovers striker Lyons, who has scored five goals this season, is a different, more deadlier version of the forward who had a brief spell at The Showgrounds in 2016. Another former Rovers player, Ronan Murray, has rediscovered his form with Drogheda, whose top scorer is Mark Doyle (he has seven goals so far).
Since that stalemate in Drogheda, a game Rovers were fortunate to get something from, the Bit O’Red have gone six games unbeaten, a vibrant sequence that includes five wins.
Drogheda have as many draws as Rovers (4) and have won almost half of their 14 games (six victories) along with four losses.
DISCIPLINE
YELLOW CARDS: Greg Bolger (6); Garry Buckley (4); Jordan Gibson (4); Niall Morahan (3); Robbie McCourt (2); David Cawley (2); John Mahon (1); Romeo Parkes (1); Colm Horgan (1); Johnny Kenny (1); Ryan De Vries (1).
RED CARDS: Garry Buckley (1); Romeo Parkes (1).