Sligo Rovers vs Bala Town Preview 14/07/2022

Sligo Rovers vs Bala City – 14/07/2022

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Sligo Rovers take a slim 2-1 lead into the second leg of their Europa Convention League first qualifying spherical tie with Bala City.

Bala City jumped out to an early 1-0 lead within the sixth minute versus Sligo Rovers within the first leg solely to concede twice to lose the match. Rovers participant Aidan Keena levelled the rating on 28 minutes and the match went into halftime at 1-1.

4 minutes after the restart, Sligo Rovers’ Max Mata put the guests forward. The battle again wasn’t with out is collateral injury as Nando Pijnaker was despatched off with 11 minutes left on the clock. Pijnaker will miss the second leg at residence.

Bala City had been eradicated from the Europa Convention League at this stage final season by Larne, 2-0 on mixture. Supervisor Colin Caton led Bala City to a second-place end within the Welsh Premier League final time period to qualify for this stage of the Convention League.

Sligo Rovers ended the 2021 League of Eire Premier Division in third place permitting them to qualify for the Convention League qualifying rounds. That is their second straight season at this stage of competitors.

In 2021-22, Sligo Rovers had been knocked out within the first qualifying spherical by Iceland’s FH. Supervisor John Russell has Sligo Rovers midtable and in good type domestically heading into Thursday’s residence second leg.

Rovers are in the course of the Eire Premier Division season. They’re five-matches unbeaten within the league, however haven’t performed domestically since July 2. Rovers have had the possibility to relaxation gamers and build-up to Thursday’s Europa Convention League second leg match.

The Welsh Premier League season gained’t kick off till August 12. Bala City would not have the shape that Sligo Rovers have heading into the match. Nonetheless, Caton’s gamers are contemporary.

Keena, who scored Sligo Rovers’ opener within the first leg, is the Eire Premier Division’s main scorer with 11 targets. He has tallied 35% of the staff’s scoring domestically and 50% of their scoring within the Europa Convention League.

Bala City had been led in targets by striker Chris Venables in 2021-22. Venables scored 17 targets for Bala City, however failed to search out the again of the web within the first leg versus Sligo Rovers. Venables ought to be in line for a begin versus Rovers.

New-signing James Davies can be in line for a begin on the proper facet of the Bala City assault. Fellow new signing Luke Wall may play within the left of the assault.

Bala City let a lead slip versus Sligo Rovers, however this time, the Welsh facet ought to grasp onto a lead. The Welsh facet ought to decide up a 1-0 win, forcing the match into extra-time.