The Premier Division tie at Eamonn Deacy Park on Friday sees home side Galway United welcome opponents Drogheda United.
All Galway United v Drogheda United match predictions, user poll and stats are shown below (plus the best game odds).
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Form Guide
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Galway United
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Galway United will be hoping for a better result following the 2-3 Premier Division loss in their previous game against Derry City.
In that match, Galway United managed 43% possession and 16 attempts at goal with 5 on target. For Galway United, the goals were scored by Patrick Hickey (43') and Vincent Borden (97'). On the other side, Derry City had 15 shots on goal with 8 of them on target. Danny Mullen (16'), Robbie Benson (47') and Gavin Whyte (94') scored for Derry City.
Over their preceding 6 games, John Caulfield's Galway United have managed to score 8 times, an average number of goals per match of 1.33.
Drogheda United
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In the game prior to this, Drogheda United drew 2-2 in the Premier Division match with Shelbourne.
In that match, Drogheda United managed 21% possession and 5 shots on goal with 3 on target. The scorer for Drogheda United was Warren Davis (22'). Shelbourne had 27 shots at goal with 7 on target. Mark Coyle (29') and Sam Bone (41' Own goal, 66') scored for Shelbourne.
In their last half-dozen outings, Drogheda United have amassed a tally of 10 goals. Drogheda United have also managed to score on each one of those occasions. During that period, they have had 6 goals go against them. We will just have to see whether or not that trend will end up being sustained in this game.
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Head to head
Inspecting their prior head to head clashes dating back to 20/10/2020 shows that Galway United have won 2 of these games & Drogheda United 1, with the number of draws being 3.
A sum of 14 goals were produced between them in these games, with 8 from Tribesman and 6 being from The Drogs. The average goals per game has been 2.33.
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Team News: Galway United
Availability isn’t a big problem, with just the sole fitness concern for the Galway United boss John Caulfield to be concerned with from an otherwise complete group of players. Ed McCarthy (unknown injury) is sidelined.
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Team News: Drogheda United
Thanks to a largely full-strength squad, there’s only a single fitness problem for the Drogheda United boss Kevin Doherty to be concerned about. Josh Thomas (unknown injury) won’t be playing here.
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Prediction
Our feeling is that Galway United have it within them to score more than once against Drogheda United, who may well find it hard finding the net themselves.
We therefore think that it’s going to be a comfortable 2-0 winning score for Galway United by the time that the referee blows the final whistle.
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⚽️ What are the best odds for the game?
Checking the latest betting odds for this match in the 90 minute result market, the win for Galway United can be had for 1.75, betting on the game finishing all-square is 3.25 and betting on the winner to be Drogheda United gets you 4.33. They’re the best of the returns on offer at present.
Renata Leite,
11:02 21/04/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
🏟️ Team Focus:
Galway United
Formed: 1937
Stadium: Eamonn Deacy Park (5,000)
Captain: Greg Cunningham
Chairman: Jonathan Corbett
Manager: John Caulfield
Competitions: Premier Division position 5
🔑 Star Player: Vincent Borden
Customarily played in the Central Defensive Midfielder position, Vincent Borden was born in New York City, USA. Having played his first senior match for Galway United in the 2024 season, the talented Midfielder has scored a sum of 3 league goals in the Premier Division 2025 season so far from a total of 10 appearances.