Sligo Rovers 2-0 Waterford FC — Result, Statistics & Match Review — Ireland - Premier League, 18 Apr 2026

📅18/04/2026 · 🕒21:45 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 2-1 2nd Score 2-2
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Authentic Intelligence™ · Probability per market
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
51%
1.96
Draw
24%
3.28
Away
25%
3.44
Under/Over 2.5
Under
46%
1.74
Over Pick
54%
1.96
Both Teams to Score
Yes
54%
1.84
No
46%
1.84
Total Goals
0-1
28%
2.74
2-3
37%
1.7
4-5
25%
3.77
6+
10%
17.15
Value flag · 4-5 at 3.77 — our 25% vs market 19.6%. Did not land — edges play out over many matches, not one.
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
29%
2.78
1/2
8%
34.0
1/X
5%
13.15
X/1
14%
4.6
X/2
8%
7.3
X/X
13%
4.29
2/1
8%
26.5
2/2
9%
5.69
2/X
6%
14.05
STRENGTH — green bars inside a box show the pattern support behind that selection, from Good · Strong · Very strong to Great — the deeper the historical record, the fuller the bar; informational, not a sized bet.
EV — the best model-vs-price gap in that group: the market pays more than our probability implies. After full time the tag settles to / . Informational, not a validated tip — edges play out over many matches, not one.
Our Pick = the most likely outcome, not a value bet.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik model signals — not real match figures
HOME Sligo Rovers The Market 51%
Head to Head
AWAY Waterford FC The Market 29%
Average Season vs Marketall history · vs bookmaker expectation Strong
Average Recent Form vs Marketlatest matches · vs bookmaker expectation Average
1.20 Expected Goals Scoredper match · higher is better 0.99
1.14 Expected Goals Concededper match · lower is better 1.54
Weak Attackvs comparable teams Average
Average Defensevs comparable teams Strong
53% Ball Possession 47%
12 Total Shots 10
5 Shots on Target 4
6 Corners 4
249 · 69% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 174 · 60%
18.7 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 20.5
19.6 Crosses 19.0
2.2 Yellow Cards 2.5
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Sligo Rovers
4W-1D-1L
AWAY Waterford FC
1.83 Avg Goals (FT) 0.67
2.08 xG 1.13
50% Ball Possession 50%
16 Total Shots 11
8 Shots on Target 3
6 Corners 6
246 Passes 239
70% Pass Accuracy 67%
22 Box Touches 18
20 Crosses 21
4 Yellow Cards 3
20.02.2026 Waterford FC Waterford FC 0-0 HT 0-0 Sligo Rovers Sligo Rovers İRL
22.08.2025 Waterford FC Waterford FC 1-2 HT 1-0 Sligo Rovers Sligo Rovers İRL
14.06.2025 Sligo Rovers Sligo Rovers 1-0 HT 1-0 Waterford FC Waterford FC İRL
18.04.2025 Waterford FC Waterford FC 0-4 HT 0-2 Sligo Rovers Sligo Rovers İRL
15.02.2025 Sligo Rovers Sligo Rovers 2-3 HT 0-2 Waterford FC Waterford FC İRL
31.08.2024 Sligo Rovers Sligo Rovers 2-0 HT 1-0 Waterford FC Waterford FC İRL
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Sligo Rovers
2-0
AWAY Waterford FC
2.45 xG 0.78
54% Ball Possession 46%
10 Total Shots 16
3 Shots on Target 4
4 Corners 2
283 Passes 216
70% Pass Accuracy 62%
17 Box Touches 20
29 Crosses 14
1 Yellow Cards 2
REVIEW Sligo Rovers vs Waterford FC
IDDAAKOLIK POST-MATCH REVIEW

Sligo Rovers had too much for Waterford FC 2-0. Half-time: 1-0.

As we highlighted before kick-off, our model had Sligo Rovers as the likeliest winner at 51%, and the 2-0 landed on that lead.

No strong lean on goals — the model had over 2.5 at 54% and both teams to score at 54%, coin-flips both. If anything the market was more convinced: the under-2.5 price stood at 1.74, roughly 57%.

The match data tells the story: Sligo Rovers had 54% of the ball to Waterford FC's 46%, shots finished 10-16, expected goals 2.45 to 0.78.

For context: across their last 6 meetings in our records, Sligo Rovers had the better of it with 4 wins, 1 drawn. Those games averaged 1.83 goals for Sligo Rovers and 0.67 for Waterford FC.

Sligo Rovers vs Waterford FC Result & Final Score

Sligo Rovers 2-0 Waterford FC in the Ireland - Premier League on 18/04/2026. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

Sligo Rovers vs Waterford FC Prediction vs Result

Before kick-off our model rated a Sligo Rovers win the most likely single outcome at about 51%, with the full match-result split Sligo Rovers 51%, draw 24%, Waterford FC 25%. The final score 2-0 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Sligo Rovers) — while Over 2.5, BTTS Yes went the other way.

✓ Match Result (Sligo Rovers) ✗ Over 2.5 ✗ BTTS Yes
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