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Predictions and Tips
Galway United are the guests at Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium on Friday for the Premier Division fixture with home team Derry City.
To see all of our predictions, user poll & stats for Derry City v Galway United, scroll down - plus the latest betting odds.
📊 Form Guide

Derry City
LLLWLL
Derry City won’t want a repeat of their last result here after the 2-0 Premier Division losing effort in their last game against St. Patrick's Athletic.
Aidan Keena (16', 67') scored for St. Patrick's Athletic.
Derry City have been quite ineffective in attack in more recent games. Their sum of goals stands at just 3 vs opposition teams over the course of their last 6 outings. In those games, Derry City have also seen the tally of goals against them come to 10. That kind of pattern might not be carried forward into this match, of course.
Galway United
DDDWDD 📈
Previously, Galway United drew 1-1 in the Premier Division match with Shelbourne.
Evan Caffrey (52') and John Martin (58' Own goal) scored for Shelbourne.
Galway United have been good when going forward in the lead-up to this encounter, scoring 9 goals in their previous 6 matches. This doesn’t mask the fact that Galway United have been somewhat leaky at the back, having also been scored against in 6 of those same outings.
Looking at the pre-match facts, Galway United:
- have not been beaten in their last 3 league matches away from home.
- are without an away win for the past 4 league matches.
👥 Head to head
A glance at their past head to head clashes dating back to 02/06/2017 shows that Derry City have won 2 of them & Galway United 3, with the number of draws being 1.
A total of 10 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 5 of them from The Candystripes and 5 belonging to Tribesman. That’s an average goals per game figure of 1.67.
The previous league game between these sides was Premier Division match day 29 on 30/08/2024 and the score finished Galway United 1-0 Derry City.
That time, Galway United had 35% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. Their only player to score was Patrick Hickey (76').
Derry City got 13 shots on goal with 2 on target.
The match was refereed by Kevin O'Sullivan.
💭 Prediction
We believe that Galway United will need to put in a solid display to score against this Derry City side who will likely emerge victorious.
We’re therefore expecting a hard-fought 1-0 victory for Derry City when all is said and done.
Let’s see how it plays out.
Peter Guest, 19:11 07/03/2025
📊 Poll: Who Will Win?

⚽️ Team Focus:
Derry City
Formed: 1928
Stadium: Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium (3,700)
Captain: Mark Connolly
Chairman: Philip O’Doherty
Manager: Tiernan Lynch
Competitions: Premier Division position 8
🔑 Key Player: Michael Duffy

Mostly taking to the field in the Left Wing position, Michael Duffy was born in Derry, N. Ireland. Having made his senior debut playing for Derry City in the 2012 season, the accomplished Forward has scored 2 league goals in this Premier Division 2025 season to date in 3 appearances.
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4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | LWLWW |
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4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | DDWDW |
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4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | WWWDD |
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4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | WDLWW |
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4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | DDWDD |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | DWL |
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4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 3 | DWLLL |
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4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 3 | LLLLW |
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4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 3 | LLWLL |
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 1 | WWLDL |
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Michael Duffy | 3 |
Patrick Hoban | 1 |
Patrick Hickey | 3 |
Vincent Borden | 1 |
Killian Brouder | 1 |
Moses Dyer | 1 |
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