Derry City 2-0 Sligo Rovers — Result, Statistics & Match Review — Ireland - Premier League, 7 Aug 2026

📅07/08/2026 · 🕒21:45 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 2-1 2nd Score 3-1
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Probability per market · Global + League + Team blend
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
60%
1.34
Draw
22%
4.49
Away
18%
6.69
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
47%
2.0
Over 2.5
53%
1.74
Both Teams to Score
Yes
51%
2.06
No
49%
1.68
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
27%
3.55
2-3 Goals
36%
1.77
4-5 Goals
25%
3.11
6+ Goals
12%
10.75
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
39%
1.62
1/2
4%
34.5
1/X
5%
20.05
X/1
12%
3.69
X/2
6%
16.2
X/X
11%
6.61
2/1 EV+ ✗
9%
23.35
2/2
9%
14.55
2/X
5%
23.35
Value flag · 2/1 at 23.35 — our 9% vs market 2.0%. Did not land — edges play out over many matches, not one.
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
60%
Home Win
70%
-9.6pp
22%
Draw
19%
+3.0pp
18%
Away Win
12%
+6.6pp
47%
Under 2.5
46%
+0.6pp
53%
Over 2.5
54%
-0.6pp
51%
BTTS Yes
44%
+6.4pp
49%
BTTS No
56%
-6.4pp
gold — our model green — our served pick grey — EU market (margin removed: each group sums to 100%)
Edge (pp): green = we see more probability than the market · gold = essentially even (±0.5pp) · red = we see less. The Decision above outranks any single row: the engine backs well-supported edges, not merely big ones.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Derry City EU Bookmakers 75%
Head to Head
AWAY Sligo Rovers EU Bookmakers 15%
-9% / -2% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations +6% / +2%
1.67/0.80 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 0.85/1.98
+6% / -1% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) +0% / +10%
53% Ball Possession 47%
14 Total Shots 10
5 Shots on Target 4
6 Corners 4
313 · 75% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 278 · 71%
27.0 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 14.1
26.1 Crosses 16.4
1.9 Yellow Cards 2.6
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Derry City
4W-1D-1L
AWAY Sligo Rovers
1.17 Avg Goals (FT) 0.50
1.42 xG 0.69
53% Ball Possession 47%
14 Total Shots 8
5 Shots on Target 3
6 Corners 3
321 Passes 277
72% Pass Accuracy 69%
23 Box Touches 14
23 Crosses 16
2 Yellow Cards 2
06.04.2026 Sligo Rovers Sligo Rovers 0-0 HT 0-0 Derry City Derry City İRL
06.02.2026 Derry City Derry City 2-1 HT 0-1 Sligo Rovers Sligo Rovers İRL
05.10.2025 Derry City Derry City 1-0 HT 0-0 Sligo Rovers Sligo Rovers İRL
12.07.2025 Sligo Rovers Sligo Rovers 2-0 HT 2-0 Derry City Derry City İRL
22.04.2025 Derry City Derry City 3-0 HT 2-0 Sligo Rovers Sligo Rovers İRL
15.03.2025 Sligo Rovers Sligo Rovers 0-1 HT 0-1 Derry City Derry City İRL
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Derry City
2-0
AWAY Sligo Rovers
1.68 xG 0.23
24 Total Shots 4
6 Shots on Target 1
10 Corners 2
435 Passes 290
39 Box Touches 11
30 Crosses 10
2 Yellow Cards 0
POST-MATCH Derry City vs Sligo Rovers
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Derry City beat Sligo Rovers 2-0. The game was level at 0-0 at the break, so the decisive goals came after it.

Just as the model leaned, our model had Derry City as the likeliest winner at 60%, and the 2-0 landed on that lead.

Over 2.5 goals sat near a coin-flip at 53% and both teams to score was close to even at 51%.

On the day, shots finished 24-4, expected goals 1.68 to 0.23.

Coming into the game, across their last 6 meetings in our records, Derry City had the better of it with 4 wins, 1 drawn. Those games averaged 1.17 goals for Derry City and 0.50 for Sligo Rovers.

What was the final score of Derry City vs Sligo Rovers?

Derry City 2-0 Sligo Rovers in the Ireland - Premier League on 07/08/2026. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Derry City vs Sligo Rovers?

Before kick-off our model rated a Derry City win the most likely single outcome at about 60%, with the full match-result split Derry City 60%, draw 22%, Sligo Rovers 18%. The final score 2-0 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Derry City) — while Over 2.5, BTTS Yes went the other way.

✓ Match Result (Derry City) ✗ Over 2.5 ✗ BTTS Yes
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