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Galway United play host to visitors Sligo Rovers at Eamonn Deacy Park in the Premier Division meeting on Saturday.
Full predictions, stats & game poll for the Galway United v Sligo Rovers match are shown here (including the best match odds).
Galway United will be hoping to bounce back here following the 3-0 Premier Division defeat in their last game at the hands of St. Patrick's Athletic.
Ryan Edmondson (8'), Kian Leavy (17') and Aidan Keena (23') scored for St. Patrick's Athletic.
It has been all too rare in recent times that Galway United haven’t conceded. It will be a concern for them that Galway United have seen their defence breached in 6 of their previous 6 matches, shipping 13 goals along the way.
Ahead of this meeting, Galway United haven't lost in the league to Sligo Rovers in their last 2 matches.
Following on from being beaten in their last game against Shamrock Rovers in Premier Division action, Sligo Rovers and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.
The only scorer from Sligo Rovers was Will Fitzgerald (13'). Jack Byrne (47') and Graham Burke (82') scored for Shamrock Rovers.
Demonstrating their partiality to high-scoring encounters, we’ve seen goals 20 times in the prior six games in which Sligo Rovers have sent out their troops, making it a mean average of 3.33 goals each meeting. Their opponents have hit 14 of this grand total. We will see whether or not that trend can be sustained into this next match.
Coming into this meeting, Sligo Rovers are without an away win for the past 2 league matches.
If we look at their past head to head meetings going back to 12/04/2025, both clubs have shared the honours with Galway United winning 3 of those games, Sligo Rovers 3 and 0 being drawn in normal time.
A total of 14 goals were yielded between them during those clashes, with 8 of them for Tribesman and 6 created by The Bit o' Red. That’s an average goals per game of 2.33.
The previous league clash featuring the two was Premier Division match day 17 on 16/05/2026 which ended up with the score at Sligo Rovers 1-4 Galway United.
That day, Sligo Rovers had 67% possession and 17 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. Their only player to score was Alex Nolan (18').
On the other side, Galway United had 14 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. Wasiri Williams (5'), Jimmy Keohane (29'), Kris Twardek (73') and Francely Lomboto (74') scored.
The match was refereed by Aaron O'Dowd.
It’s our opinion that Tribesman could employ a 4-2-3-1 formation for this one and select Hugo Cunha, Jimmy Keohane, G. Facchineri, Killian Brouder, Lee Devitt, Conor McCormack, Wasiri Williams, David Hurley, Aaron Bolger, Ed McCarthy and Stephen Walsh.
We reckon that The Bit o' Red appear most likely to begin the game with a 4-2-3-1 system, starting Sam Sargeant, Jeannot Esua, Gareth McElroy, Sean McHale, Sean Stewart, James McManus, Carl McHugh, Ryan O'Kane, Archie Meekison, William Fitzgerald and Cian Kavanagh.
In this match, Galway United are likely to see a lot of the ball and convert quite a few goal-scoring opportunities.
Conversely, Sligo Rovers will be up against it getting goals but we do think it’s quite likely that they will be managing to get on the scoresheet, too.
Our tip is for a pretty comfortable 3-1 win for Galway United come full-time.
Checking on the latest odds for this match on the 90 minute result market, backing Galway United can be had for 1.65, a bet on the draw is 3.75 and staking on a win for Sligo Rovers gets you 4.5. These are the top bets available at this very moment.
Peter Guest, 05:01 10/07/2026
⚽️ Team Focus:
Galway United
Formed: 1937
Stadium: Eamonn Deacy Park (5,000)
Captain: Jimmy Keohane
Chairman: Jonathan Corbett
Manager: John Caulfield
Competitions: Premier Division position 7, FAI Cup (Second Round)
⭐ Star Man: Frantz Pierrot
Normally deployed in the Striker position, Frantz Pierrot was born in Melrose, USA. After having made a senior debut playing for Athlone in the 2023 season, the gifted Forward has netted 4 league goals in this Premier Division 2026 season so far coming from a total of 17 appearances.
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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| 1 |
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25 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 50 | LWDWW |
| 2 |
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25 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 43 | LLWWW |
| 3 |
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23 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 41 | LWWLW |
| 4 |
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23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 35 | WWWLL |
| 5 |
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24 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 34 | WDLDW |
| 6 |
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25 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 29 | WLDWL |
| 7 |
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22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | -8 | 24 | DLWLL |
| 8 |
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23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -13 | 22 | DLDLL |
| 9 |
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23 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -14 | 20 | DWLWW |
| 10 |
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23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -19 | 20 | LLLDL |
| St. Patrick's Athletic |
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Galway United |
| Shamrock Rovers |
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Galway United |
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Derry City |
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Dundalk |
| Shelbourne |
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Galway United |
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Bohemian FC |
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Shamrock Rovers |
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Shelbourne |
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Sligo Rovers |
| Waterford |
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Bohemian FC |
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| Galway United |
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Derry City |
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Dundalk |
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Bohemian FC |
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Shamrock Rovers |
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St. Patrick's Athletic |
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Derry City |
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| Waterford |
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| Shamrock Rovers |
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| Shelbourne |
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Sligo Rovers |
| Drogheda United |
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Sligo Rovers |
| Bohemian FC |
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Sligo Rovers |
| Goals scored | 1.6 |
| Goals conceded | 1.8 |
| Time first goal scored | 36 |
| Time first goal conceded | 47 |
| Yellow cards | 1.9 |
| Red cards | 0 |
| Subs used | 4.5 |
| Biggest victory | 4-3 |
| Biggest defeat | 4-2 |
| Goals scored | 0.5 |
| Goals conceded | 1.5 |
| Time first goal scored | 35 |
| Time first goal conceded | 39 |
| Yellow cards | 2.2 |
| Red cards | 0.2 |
| Subs used | 3.5 |
| Biggest victory | 2-1 |
| Biggest defeat | 4-0 |
| Kris Twardek | 6 |
| Frantz Pierrot | 4 |
| Stephen Walsh | 4 |
| Aaron Bolger | 2 |
| David Hurley | 2 |
| Will Fitzgerald | 5 |
| Archie Meekison | 2 |
| Alex Nolan | 2 |
| Jeannot Esua | 1 |
| Jad Hakiki | 1 |
| Galway United |
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Sligo Rovers |
| Galway United |
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Crumlin United |
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Waterford |
| Bohemian FC |
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Galway United |
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Drogheda United |
| Dundalk |
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Galway United |
| Galway United |
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Shelbourne |
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Galway United |
| Galway United |
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Bohemian FC |
| Derry City |
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Galway United |
| Galway United |
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Sligo Rovers |
| Janesboro |
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Sligo Rovers |
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Drogheda United |
| Dundalk |
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Sligo Rovers |
| Derry City |
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Sligo Rovers |
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Waterford |
| Bohemian FC |
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Galway United |
| Drogheda United |
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St. Patrick's Athletic |
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