Sligo Rovers vs Galway United Live Stream, Predictions (Jun 23)

📏 Form Guide

Sligo Rovers

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Sligo Rovers will be looking for an improved result here following a 1-0 Premier Division loss in their previous game against Drogheda United.

In that game, Sligo Rovers had 64% possession and 15 shots on goal with 4 on target. Drogheda United had 16 shots at goal with 3 on target. Douglas James-Taylor (3') scored for Drogheda United.

An interesting feature of more recent Sligo Rovers games is the number of nil scores.

From their previous 6 clashes leading up to this one, in 5 of them a wager on both teams scoring would've been a loser.

Galway United

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Galway United will go into this encounter following a 3-1 Premier Division win in the defeat of St. Patrick's Athletic in their most recent match.

In that game, Galway United had 34% possession and 15 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. For Galway United, the scorers were Ed McCarthy (2'), David Hurley (11') and Rob Slevin (35'). St. Patrick's Athletic had 22 attempts at goal with 11 of them on target. Simon Power (33') scored for St. Patrick's Athletic.

It has become apparent that Galway United have been starved of goals over their last 6 encounters, contributing the unsatisfactory return of just 4. In those matches, Tribesman have also seen the collective goal aggregate of opposing teams equal 6. Still, it remains to be seen if such a trend might persist in this match or not.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Galway United:

• are unbeaten in their last 2 league matches away from home.
• have not won away from home in their last 5 league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Checking on their prior head to head clashes going back to 22/04/2024 shows that Sligo Rovers have won 2 of these games and Galway United 1, with the tally of drawn matches being 3.

A total of 10 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 6 of them for The Bit o' Red and 4 coming from Tribesman. That’s an average goals per game of 1.67.

The last league game between the two was Premier Division match day 16 on 16/05/2025 which finished with the scoreline of Galway United 0-1 Sligo Rovers.

On that occasion, Galway United managed 48% possession and 16 shots at goal with 4 on target.

For their opponents, Sligo Rovers had 11 shots at goal with 4 on target. Reece Hutchinson (68') scored.

The match was refereed by Damien MacGraith.

🗞️ Team News: Sligo Rovers

Nearly everyone is up for selection, with just the sole fitness concern for the Sligo Rovers manager John Russell to be concerned about from of an almost fully healthy set of players. Ollie Denham (unknown injury) is out of contention.

In all likelihood, The Bit o' Red should use the 4-2-3-1 system for this one, utilising Sam Sargeant, Conor Reynolds, Gareth McElroy, John Mahon, Reece Hutchinson, Jad Hakiki, Jake Doyle-Hayes, William Fitzgerald, Owen Elding, Stephen Mallon and Wilson Waweru.

📰 Team News: Galway United

From our viewpoint, Tribesman appear most likely to elect for a 3-5-2 formation by sending out Evan Watts, Cian Byrne, Rob Slevin, Garry Buckley, Jeannot Esua, Ed McCarthy, David Hurley, Vincent Borden, Greg Cunningham, Patrick Hickey and Moses Dyer.

💡 Prediction

Our feeling is that Galway United and Sligo Rovers should both get enough opportunities to score, although it’s hard to separate the two.

It appears that a draw might be on the cards. We’re therefore seeing a tight encounter, finishing with a 1-1 score draw at the end of this one.

💵 ⚽️ What are the best odds for this match?

Looking at the bookies’ prices in the 90 min. result market, backing Sligo Rovers is available for 2.75, a wager on the game finishing all-square is 3.5 and betting on a victory for Galway United comes in at 2.1. Those are the best of the market prices on offer at present.

Peter Guest, 09:01 23/06/2025