Dante Leverock and his Sligo Rovers teammates hosted Shamrock Rovers in The Showgrounds in the SSE Airtricity Premier Division.
In the 39th minute Leverock was called into action making an important interception clearing the ball out for a corner to the Shamrock Rovers
In the 56th minute the Sligo Rovers took the lead, Daryl Fordyce from 25 yards out curled a shot into the top corner.
The Shamrock Rovers equalized in the 66th minute. Goal for Shamrock Rovers, Jack Byrne held the ball up before finding Trevor Clarke, Aaron Greene received the ball with back to goal from eight yards but spins and hit his shot into the corner.
The winner would come in the 73rd minute as a Jack Keaney 30 yard free-kick flew into the top corner making it 2 – 1.