Galway United vs Shelbourne Live Stream, Predictions (Jun 27)

📊 Form Guide

Galway United

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Galway United will be hoping for a better result after a 2-1 Premier Division loss in their previous game against Sligo Rovers.

In that game, Galway United managed 46% possession and 20 attempts at goal with 7 on target. The scorer for Galway United was Moses Dyer (47'). At the other end, Sligo Rovers got 14 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. Jad Hakiki (45') and Francely Lomboto (73') scored for Sligo Rovers.

It’s not been often in recent times where Galway United have shown defensive steel. The reality is that Galway United have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, leaking 6 goals on the way. We will have to see whether or not that trend will be sustained in this game.

Pre-game facts show that Galway United:

• haven't been beaten by Shelbourne when playing them at home in the previous 5 league matches.
• haven't been beaten in the league by Shelbourne in their last 3 games.
• are unbeaten in their previous 2 league matches at home.

Shelbourne

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In their last game, Shelbourne drew 2-2 in the Premier Division match with Waterford.

In that match, Shelbourne had 59% possession and 21 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. The only player to score for Shelbourne was Harry Wood (3', 49'). Waterford had 6 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. Grant Horton (8') and Pádraig Amond (48') scored for Waterford.

Damien Duff's Shelbourne have seen their goal attempts be successful a total of 6 times in the course of their most recent six matches. The aggregate of goals that have been scored against them during those matches comes to 6.

↔️ Head to head

A review of their prior head-to-head meetings dating back to 19/04/2024 shows us that Galway United have won 2 of them and Shelbourne 1, with the number of draws standing at 3.

An aggregate of 12 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 6 of them from Tribesman and 6 created by The Shels. That is an average goals per game value of 2.

The last league clash between the two was Premier Division match day 11 on 21/04/2025 and the score finished Shelbourne 2-2 Galway United.

On that day, Shelbourne managed 76% possession and 33 attempts on goal with 9 of them on target. Goals were scored by Ellis Chapman (1') and Mipo Odubeko (67').

At the other end, Galway United got 16 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Moses Dyer (37', 81') scored.

The match was refereed by Paul Norton.

ℹ️ Team News: Galway United

We are thinking that Tribesman should go for a 3-5-2 system in the match, utilising Evan Watts, Cian Byrne, Rob Slevin, Garry Buckley, Jeannot Esua, Ed McCarthy, David Hurley, Vincent Borden, Greg Cunningham, Patrick Hickey and Stephen Walsh.

📰 Team News: Shelbourne

We reckon that The Shels could decide to play in a 3-5-2 lineup, starting Conor Kearns, Kameron Ledwidge, Tyreke Wilson, Patrick Barrett, Sean Gannon, Jonathan Lunney, Mark Coyle, Harry Wood, Evan Caffrey, Ademipo Odubeko and Ali Coote.

💭 Prediction

We envisage that Shelbourne should have enough to breach the defence of this Galway United team, however that realistically won’t be as many as the goals that they could concede.

We’re expecting a 2-1 win for Galway United by the conclusion of the game. There shouldn’t be much in it, either way.

📚 ⚽️ What are the best odds for this match?

In terms of the bookies’ odds on the full-time result market, a win for Galway United is best priced at 3.1, a bet on the draw is 3 and taking a punt on victory for Shelbourne gets 2.4. They’re the top prices offered at the current time.

Andre Moura, 17:02 27/06/2025