📊 Form Guide

Galway United

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Galway United go into this fixture after a 0-0 Premier Division stalemate against Waterford.

In that match, Galway United had 35% possession and 13 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. At the other end, Waterford got 6 shots at goal with 3 on target.

Games featuring Galway United have tended to be pretty boring affairs lately with defensive steel almost becoming expected. Over their past 6 games, a miniscule aggregate goal total of 5 has been yielded between both them and their combatants at an average of 0.83 goals per match. However, it remains to be seen whether that trend might be replicated in this upcoming match or not.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Galway United:

• are undefeated by Shelbourne in home games against them for the last 2 league matches.
• haven’t won at home in the past 3 league matches.

Shelbourne

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After suffering a loss in their previous game against Bohemian FC in Premier Division competition, Shelbourne and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

In that game, Shelbourne had 59% possession and 15 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Shelbourne was Will Jarvis (63'). For their opponents, Bohemian FC got 11 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Jordan Flores (37', 40') was the scorer for Bohemian FC.

Damien Duff's Shelbourne have managed to stick the ball in the net a total of 9 times in the course of their latest six matches. The number of goals that have been scored against them during that same period equals 6.

👥 Head to head

Checking on their past head to head meetings stretching back to 05/07/2019 tells us that Galway United have won 1 of them & Shelbourne 4, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 1.

A total of 19 goals were produced between them in this period, with 5 for Tribesman and 14 for The Shels. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.17.

ℹ️ Team News: Galway United

The Galway United boss John Caulfield has a full complement, with no fitness worries at all ahead of this match owing to a completely injury-free group to pick from.

ℹ️ Team News: Shelbourne

From a largely available squad, there’s only a single fitness problem for the Shelbourne boss Damien Duff to be concerned about. Dáithí Folan (Leg injury) won’t be playing here.

🔮 Prediction

We feel that Shelbourne and Galway United won’t have much between them here, and goals could be hard to come by.

A draw is a real possibility, as a clear-cut winner doesn’t appear to be obvious. That is why we are leaning toward a very even match with a 0-0 draw at the end of this one.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 18:05 19/04/2024