Sligo Rovers welcome league leaders Cork City to The Showgrounds tonight where they will be hoping to take all three points and climb out of the bottom three. The Bit O' Red will be up against it, however. Cork got back to winning ways last Friday
Sligo Rovers welcome league leaders Cork City to The Showgrounds tonight where they will be hoping to take all three points and climb out of the bottom three.
The Bit O' Red will be up against it, however. Cork got back to winning ways last Friday when they put Drogheda United on the wrong end of a 5-0 drubbing following their first dropped points of the season against Galway United.
Now thirteen points clear of their nearest rivals Dundalk, Cork will be confident of coming home with all three points against an inconsistent Sligo Rovers side, who drew their last game 1-1 on the road against St. Patrick's Athletic.
The last time these sides met was at Turners Cross in March, where unsurprisingly the unbeaten Cork took all three points in a 2-1 victory.
FORM
Sligo Rovers
D - St. Patrick's 1-1 Sligo Rovers, SSE Airtricity League, 19/05/17
L - Dundalk 4-0 Sligo Rovers, SSE Airtricity League, 12/05/17
W - Sligo Rovers 3-0 Limerick, SSE Airtricity League, 06/05/17
D - Drogheda United 1-1 Sligo Rovers, SSE Airtricity League, 28/04/17
D - Sligo Rovers 1-1 Derry City, SSE Airtricity League, 22/04/17
Cork City
W - Cork City 5-0 Drogheda United, SSE Airtricity League, 19/05/17
D - Galway United 1-1 Cork City, SSE Airtricity League, 12/05/17
W - Cork City 5-0 Finn Harps, SSE Airtricity League, 05/05/17
W - Cork City 2-1 Bray Wanderers, SSE Airtricity League, 28/04/17
W - St. Patrick's Athletic 0-3 Cork City, SSE Airtricity League, 21/04/17
Head-to-head
Cork City 2-1 Sligo Rovers, SSE Airtricity League, 13/03/17
Sligo Rovers 0-0 Cork City, SSE Airtricity League, 24/09/16
Cork City 1-2 Sligo Rovers, SSE Airtricity League, 08/08/16
Sligo Rovers 0-0 Cork City, SSE Airtricity League, 02/04/16
Sligo Rovers 0-2 Cork City, SSE Airtricity League, 08/08/15
Sligo Rovers manager Gerard Lyttle: "Cork got a reaction to dropping points on Friday in a most comprehensive fashion. But their run has to come to an end sometime."
"It's a game we're looking forward to and one for our supporters to get behind us and see what we can achieve."
Cork City manager John Caulfield: "They have some very good players with the likes of Sadlier and Russell in midfield. It will be a difficult game for us and as I say every week is a different challenge for us."
REWIND - Cork City 2-1 Sligo Rovers
The last time these sides met Cork City ran out 2-1 winners. Sligo took the lead in the game, only for Cork to respond almost instantly. Sean Maguire scored the winner for the Southerners for them to continue their winning start to the campaign.
