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Galway United

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Galway United will want to continue from where they left off last time out with the 1-0 Premier Division victory vs Derry City.

In that game, Galway United had 35% possession and 9 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. The only player to score for Galway United was Patrick Hickey (76'). Derry City had 13 shots at goal with 2 on target.

Fewer than three goals per match were seen in 6 of the last 6 meetings where Galway United have taken part. Regarding the goal weighting from that period, opposition teams scored an aggregate of 5 while Galway United totted up 6. We will just have to see whether or not that trend can be continued on here.

Ahead of this clash, Galway United are unbeaten in their last 4 home league matches.

Shamrock Rovers

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Shamrock Rovers will go into this game following on from a 4-0 Premier Division win against Sligo Rovers in their last game.

In that game, Shamrock Rovers managed 59% possession and 19 attempts at goal with 9 on target. For Shamrock Rovers, goals were scored by Johnny Kenny (18', 43') and Seán Hoare (64', 83'). Sligo Rovers got 5 attempts on goal with 0 on target.

The numbers tell their own story, and Shamrock Rovers have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 matches, conceding 11 goals overall. Defensively, Shamrock Rovers seem to have a bit of a soft underbelly.

↔️ Head to head

A review of their past head to head results going back to 18/08/2017 tells us that these fixtures have been disappointments for Galway United. They have not been able to come away with any wins whatsoever while Shamrock Rovers have dominated them, finishing as winners in 67 per cent of those matches played.

13 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 4 of them from Tribesman and 9 being from The Hoops. The average goals per game has been 2.17.

The last league contest between the two was Premier Division match day 28 on 25/08/2024 when it finished Shamrock Rovers 1-1 Galway United.

That time, Shamrock Rovers managed 74% possession and 16 shots on goal with 5 on target. Their only player to score was Danny Mândroiu (88').

At the other end, Galway United had 9 shots on goal with 2 on target. Patrick Hickey (74') scored.

The referee was Gavin Colfer.

🗞️ Team News: Galway United

In our view, Tribesman could employ a 4-4-2 system for this game, utilising Brendan Clarke, Jeannot Esua, Garry Buckley, Killian Brouder, Greg Cunningham, Jimmy Keohane, Conor McCormack, Vincent Borden, Ed McCarthy, Stephen Walsh and Patrick Hickey.

📰 Team News: Shamrock Rovers

Thanks to a largely healthy group of players, there’s only the one fitness worry for the Shamrock Rovers boss Stephen Bradley to be concerned about. Rory Gaffney (unknown injury) won’t be in action.

We reckon that The Hoops could decide to elect for a 3-4-3 system with a starting lineup of Leon Pöhls, Josh Honohan, Roberto Lopes, Daniel Cleary, Dylan Watts, Gary O'Neil, Darragh Burns, Sean Hoare, Neil Farrugia, Marc McNulty and Graham Burke.

💡 Prediction

We’re inclined to think that Shamrock Rovers and Galway United may well end up cancelling each other out here.

Let’s see what happens, but it could well be that we end up with scores level. We therefore think that it’s going to be a very close game with a 1-1 scoreline at the end of the 90 minutes.

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Peter Guest, 18:05 16/09/2024