Max Mata double helps Sligo Rovers move up to third spot

SLIGO ROVERS MOVED up to third spot in the Premier Division table after an impressive 3-1 win at home against Drogheda United at The Showgrounds.

Russell was able to name an unchanged starting 11 for the second consecutive game, and new signing Dutch striker Rein Smit was named on the bench having been announced on Friday afternoon. With three minutes played, Frantz Pierrot tried to sneak it in at the corner but McGinty got the block in, before the Oxford loanee was called into action again seconds later to make the save.

A free-kick from Evan Weir fell for former Athlone striker Pierrot, and the 24-year-old turned inside the box but could only poke it into the hands of a grateful McGinty.With 21 minutes gone, the home side scored their first Showgrounds goal of 2024. A cross from JR Wilson was fired in by Mata again, as he prepares to head off on international duty with New Zealand.

It should have been 2-2 on 76 minutes, but an incredible save from McGinty denied Pierrot from close range after a great ball in from Aaron McNally.

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