📏 Form Guide

Galway United

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Galway United will want to continue from where they left off last time out with the 1-2 Premier Division success against Sligo Rovers.

The only name on the scoresheet from Galway United was Cian Byrne (21', 49'). Owen Elding (72') was the scorer for Sligo Rovers.

Fewer than three goals per match were recorded in 5 of the last 6 meetings where Galway United have been participants. Regarding the goal attribution from this period, opposition teams scored a total of 4 while Galway United totted up 7. We shall soon see if that trend will be continued on here.

Looking at their past form shows that Galway United:

• haven't been defeated by Derry City in games played at home for the previous 5 league games.
• have not lost a league tie with Derry City in their last 2 matches.

Derry City

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After tasting defeat last time out to Drogheda United in Premier Division action, Derry City and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

The only scorer from Derry City was Liam Boyce (61'). Conor Keeley (64', 68') and Warren Davis (86') scored for Drogheda United.

Throughout their 6 latest matches, Tiernan Lynch's Derry City have found the back of the net a total of 5 times - yielding them the goals scored per game average of 0.83.

👥 Head to head

A look at their prior head-to-head clashes going back to 15/09/2017 tells us that Galway United have won 3 of them & Derry City 1, with the tally of draws being 2.

A sum of 9 goals were scored between the two sides in this period, with 5 of them for Tribesman and 4 created by The Candystripes. The average number of goals per game works out to 1.5.

The last league contest between the two was Premier Division match day 5 on 07/03/2025 and the score finished Derry City 1-1 Galway United.

On that day, Derry City managed 62% possession and 24 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. Their only player to score was Michael Duffy (53').

For their opponents, Galway United had 6 attempts on goal with 2 on target. Moses Dyer (44') was the scorer.

The referee was Neil Doyle.

📋 Team News: Derry City

Thanks to a mainly full-strength squad, there is just the sole fitness issue for the Derry City gaffer Tiernan Lynch to be concerned with. Sadou Diallo (Broken arm) misses out for this game.

⚡ Prediction

We envisage that Derry City and Galway United should both get enough opportunities to score, although it’s hard to separate the two.

Shouldn’t be much in it, and a draw looks quite a realistic result. That is why we are leaning toward a very even match with a 1-1 score draw at the end of the 90.

Renata Leite, 18:27 18/04/2025