Sligo Rovers 2–2 Derry City
Final score · Half-time 2–0 · Latest results
In the sharp price we recorded for this match, Derry City was the most likely outcome at 59% (fair odds 1.68). No value was flagged: no bookmaker price we saw beat the fair price under our rule. Recent form — Sligo Rovers: LDLLL; Derry City: WWLWD.
After the whistle
Goals and cards
- 25' 1–0 Gareth McElroy · goal · Sligo Rovers
- 37' 2–0 Ryan O'Kane · goal · Sligo Rovers
- 48' Kaiyne Woolery · red card · Sligo Rovers
- 49' Brooklyn Lyons-Foster · yellow card · Derry City
- 70' Tyler·Smith · yellow card · Derry City
- 76' Cian Kavanagh · yellow card · Sligo Rovers
- 77' 2–1 Terence Doherty · goal · assist Gavin Whyte · Derry City
- 82' 2–2 Terence Doherty · goal · assist Conor Barry · Derry City
- 89' Yoann Prigent · yellow card · Derry City
Match stats
| Match stats | Sligo Rovers | Derry City |
|---|---|---|
| Possession % | 32 | 68 |
| Expected goals (xG) | 1.36 | 0.94 |
| Shots | 8 | 16 |
| Shots on target | 5 | 5 |
| Corners | 3 | 5 |
| Yellow cards | 1 | 3 |
| Red cards | 1 | 0 |
| Fouls | 10 | 16 |
| Offsides | 2 | 1 |
| Goalkeeper saves | 3 | 3 |
What the market said before kick-off
- Sligo Rovers win 28% did not happen
- Draw 25% happened
- Derry City win 48% did not happen
- Over 2.5 goals 58% happened
Pinnacle closing price with the margin removed, next to what happened. It is the market's view, not a tip: an outcome priced at 30% happens about 3 times in 10.
Line-ups, events and match stats: API-Football.
Starting line-ups
Sligo Rovers 4-2-3-1
- 1 Liam John Hughes GK
- 4 S. Quirk DF
- 52 G. McElroy DF
- 23 K. McDonagh DF
- 3 Sean Stewart DF
- 6 L. Young MF
- 71 D. Patton MF
- 28 R. O'Kane MF
- 10 A. Meekison MF
- 7 J. Shorrock MF
- 41 K. Woolery FW
Bench: Ruben Gillespie, Aidan Gabbidon, O. Denham, C. Kavanagh, O. Kelly, Charlie Mcgarvey, J. McManus, J. O'Donnell, Ross Ruane-Dalton
Coach: D. Purse
Regular starters not in the XI
- J. McManus — on the bench (started 4 of the last 5)
- Aidan Gabbidon — on the bench (started 4 of the last 5)
Derry City 4-3-3
- 1 B. Maher GK
- 24 Brooklyn Lyons-Foster DF
- 22 C. Barr DF
- 25 Christy Grogan DF
- 31 C. Downey DF
- 10 D. Markey MF
- 11 G. Whyte MF
- 28 J. Olayinka MF
- 21 Kévin Santos FW
- 29 T. Smith FW
- 32 T. Doherty FW
Bench: N. Twisk, J. Stott, Tom Norcott, Patrick McClean, L. Boyce, L. Kelly, C. O'Donnell, Yoann Prigent
Coach: Mark Connolly
Regular starters not in the XI
- J. Stott — on the bench (started 5 of the last 5)
- Patrick McClean — on the bench (started 5 of the last 5)
- B. Fleming — not in the squad (started 5 of the last 5)
- N. Twisk — on the bench (started 5 of the last 5)
- C. Dummigan — not in the squad (started 4 of the last 5)
- D. Burns — not in the squad (started 4 of the last 5)
- E. Chapman — not in the squad (started 4 of the last 5)
- M. Duffy — not in the squad (started 4 of the last 5)
- Tom Norcott — on the bench (started 4 of the last 5)
Not in the XI does not mean injured: it can be rotation, a suspension or a knock. We only compare with the team's last 5 line-ups.
Pinnacle, margin removed (home / draw / away): 24 / 24 / 52% when the line-ups came out, 28 / 25 / 48% at kick-off.
In the big leagues, line-up news is usually already in the price by the time it is official.
The most likely result is not the same as value: value is where a bookmaker pays more than the fair price, and the two can point to different outcomes.
Value check before kick-off
No value was flagged for this match: before kick-off, no bookmaker price we saw beat the fair price under our rule.
The market's most likely result
| 1 | X | 2 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sharp, recorded | 18% | 23% | 59% |
Other estimates
| Our model | 26% | 26% | 48% |
|---|
Sharp, recorded = Pinnacle when we logged the match (it can be days old). Our model = our own estimate, which on average predicts worse than the market.
Match context
Sligo Rovers averaged 0.6 goals scored and 2.8 conceded per game over their last 5 matches in our results database; Derry City averaged 1.2 and 1.0 over 5.
These figures come from our own tracked results and odds snapshots for this fixture — not from a generic stats feed.
Market-relevant trends
We show the trend and whether it is already in the price. Most sites show the streak and let you assume you should bet it.
Why this price?
Form: most recent match first.
Recent form and head-to-head from our settled results — context behind the fair price. The price itself comes from the sharp market, not from these alone.
Proof & methodology
The timestamped record of this prediction, and how the fair price is made.
Public, timestamped record
This hash fingerprints the prediction as recorded: teams, kick-off time, our model probabilities, the Pinnacle prices recorded for it (at logging or, if there were none, the first quoted after logging and before kick-off, which can be written in after the match) and the log time. A later edit to any of them would change it (a rescheduled kick-off changes it too). It does not cover closing prices, the result or the value-bet record above; value flags recorded live have their own seal in the public record. Verify in the public record →
Every day a snapshot of the full public record is published to a public Git repository and timestamped with OpenTimestamps. Timestamped snapshots are never overwritten and the Git history shows any difference, so a later change to a past row is visible by comparing two snapshots. The corrections file lists the corrections we announced. Verify on the public log →
Since 20 June 2026 the public record is snapshotted daily (07:40 Bucharest time: 04:40 UTC in summer time, 05:40 UTC in winter) to an external log. A prediction is externally timestamped before kick-off only if it was in a snapshot taken before the match; predictions logged on match day, or whose Pinnacle price was added after logging, first appear there after kick-off. Value flags have been recorded live only since 26 September 2026; earlier value flags were reconstructed on that date.
Methodology
The fair price comes from the sharp market itself: we strip the margin from Pinnacle-style odds — the most accurate public predictor in existence — and use our calibrated Elo + form model as a cross-check and as the fallback where no sharp price exists. Value is flagged only where a softer bookmaker prices a selection above that fair price, never on long shots (implied probability under 30%), and never beyond a plausible band. Most of the time there is no value — and we say so.
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