Shelbourne vs Sligo Rovers Prediction — Model Probabilities
Shelbourne v Sligo Rovers — Team-Based Signals
Shelbourne vs Sligo Rovers Head-to-Head — Last 6 Meetings
Shelbourne 3-2 Sligo Rovers — Actual Match Statistics
Shelbourne came out on the right side of a one-goal game with Sligo Rovers 3-2. Half-time: 2-1. 5 goals made it one of the day's more open games.
As we highlighted before kick-off, our model had Shelbourne as the likeliest winner at 61%, and the 3-2 landed on that lead.
The goals picture was genuinely open: 50% for over 2.5, 50% on both teams scoring.
On the day, Shelbourne had 53% of the ball to Sligo Rovers's 47%, shots finished 29-12, expected goals 3.78 to 0.69 — an xG gap that size says the one-goal margin undersold Shelbourne's control.
For context: across their last 6 meetings in our records, Shelbourne had the better of it with 3 wins, 1 drawn. Those games averaged 1.00 goals for Shelbourne and 0.83 for Sligo Rovers.
Shelbourne vs Sligo Rovers Result & Final Score
Shelbourne 3 - 2 Sligo Rovers in the Ireland - Premier Division on 23/05/2025. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.
Shelbourne vs Sligo Rovers Prediction vs Result
Before kick-off our model rated a Shelbourne win the most likely single outcome at about 61%, with the full match-result split Shelbourne 61%, draw 22%, Sligo Rovers 17%. The final score 3-2 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Shelbourne) — a clean sweep of the main markets.