The Irish Premier League will be held again this weekend after Dundalk won last year’s championship. They also tried to guard the title when they met with Sligo Rovers in the inaugural game at Oriel Park.

Dundalk really deserves to be a champion with a total of 87 points from 36 matches, a difference of 10 points from Cork City as runner-up. In more detail, they only lost 1 home game, the rest won 14 matches plus 3 draws. They also became a fertile team after creating 49 goals and only conceded 1 time. Interestingly, this statistic was achieved after burying Sligo 5 goals without reply.

The massacre made Sligo finish 7th on goal difference from Derry City below. That score also made them suffer 8 defeats on away matches, balanced with the number of wins, while the remaining 2 ended in the aggregate series 24-24.

The visit made Sligo suffer 5 losses and only won one draw against Dundalk since May 2017. They also only made 2 goals and conceded 16 times during that period.

Our Prediction: Over 2.5

Odds: 1.20