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Derry City v Galway United : Premier Division match betting preview, prediction and odds

Brandywell Stadium, Derry

Galway United pay Premier Division rivals Derry City a visit on Monday evening, as John Caulfield guides his team into an away clash with Tiernan Lynch & co. at the Brandywell Stadium. You'll find stats supporting our top of below, but be sure to take a look at the 16 other markets we cover too. Each has been designed to give you as full a picture as possible, with Premier Division performances and head to heads (H2Hs) included, so that you're able to make the smartest bet choices. Finally, be sure to get the best odds from one of the UK's biggest bookmakers.

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Derry City's next match is v Waterford at 19:45 on Friday 15th May
Galway United's next match is v Sligo at 19:45 on Saturday 16th May
The last Irish Premier Division meeting between Derry and Galway was on Monday 4th May 2026
Irish Premier Division
May 4th 2026
Derry 1
1 Galway
 
K. Carvalho Santos 90'44' (OG)J. Clarke
 
DER
GAL
Shots On
7
2
Shots Off
5
2
Corners
8
1
Possession
70%
30%
Fouls
11
11
Yellow/red cards
1/0
2/0
 
DerryGalway
 
E. Beach
B. Cotter
P. McClean
J. Stott
B. Doherty
C. Dummigan (Medarious 75')
D. Markey (K. Carvalho Santos 87')
J. Clarkefootball icon
C. Winchester (M. Duffy 57')
D. Akinyemi (J. Thomas 57')
J. Olayinka
E. Watts
C. Barratt
K. Brouder
(M. Wolfe 88') J. Keohane
(A. Piesold 69') A. Bolger
D. Hurley
(C. McCormack 62') F. Lomboto
O. Williams
L. Molloy
(S. Walsh 62') F. Pierrot
(E. McCarthy 68') G. Facchineri

Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

The stats suggest there's no obvious winner here, but there's plenty of reasons to believe that Derry and Galway will score 2 or more goals between them. We've seen goals when they've gone head-to-head in years gone by, and neither Tiernan Lynch or John Caulfield has served up too many 0-0s lately either. The bookmakers predict over 1.5 goals too, with best odds of 1.29 equating to about a 73% probability.

In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Derry are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 48% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.73.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Derry
48%
4/512/1
Draw
25%
12/51/50
Galway
27%
31/1022/1
Draw 1-1
12%
11/24/1
Derry 1-0
11%
11/23/1
Derry 2-1
9%
15/228/1
Derry 2-0
9%
7/113/2
Galway 1-0
8%
10/12/9
Draw 0-0
7%
8/111/4
Galway 2-1
7%
14/145/1
Draw 2-2
5%
16/190/1
Derry 3-1
5%
14/1100/1
Derry 3-0
5%
14/116/1
Galway 2-0
4%
20/116/1
Derry 3-2
3%
28/1125/1
Galway 3-1
2%
40/190/1
Derry 4-1
2%
33/1125/1
Galway 3-2
2%
40/1125/1
Over 2.5 Goals
50%
23/2016/1
Under 2.5 Goals
50%
4/61/1000
Home 1st Goal
52%
8/1317/20
Away 1st Goal
44%
6/421/10
No 1st Goal
4%
8/111/4
BTTS - Yes
53%
19/207/2
BTTS - No
47%
4/51/6
BTTS - Home Win
22%
10/322/1
BTTS - Draw
18%
4/14/1
BTTS - Away Win
13%
8/140/1
Home/draw
73%
2/918/5
Away/draw
52%
19/201/1000
Home/away
75%
3/101/7
Over 1.5 Goals
75%
4/1111/4
Under 1.5 Goals
25%
2/12/9
Over 3.5 Goals
28%
3/155/1
Under 3.5 Goals
72%
2/91/1000
Over 4.5 Goals
13%
8/1100/1
Under 4.5 Goals
87%
1/141/500
Over 5.5 Goals
6%
18/11/50
Under 5.5 Goals
94%
1/501/50
Over 0.5 Goals
93%
1/142/9
Under 0.5 Goals
7%
8/127/10
Home DNB
66%
4/117/20
Away DNB
44%
2/12/1
Derry win to nil
26%
2/1-
Galway win to nil
14%
6/1-
Derry / Derry
27%
15/870/1
Derry / Galway
3%
33/145/1
Derry / Draw
6%
14/1125/1
Draw / Derry
17%
15/422/1
Draw / Galway
10%
8/133/1
Draw / Draw
16%
4/125/1
Galway / Derry
4%
22/119/4
Galway / Galway
12%
6/17/10
Galway / Draw
6%
14/123/10
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Win / draw / win Premier Division table

Derry have played 14 matches so far this season and lay in 5th place in the Premier Division league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 7 games against teams below in the table, having won 3, drawn 2 and lost 2 matches. They have kept 1 clean sheet and have failed to score in 1 fixture. Derry have outscored their opponents by 18 goals to 17 goals.

Home League Performance

Derry have played 7 games at home winning 3, drawing 2 and losing 2 games. They have scored 12 goals, kept 1 clean sheet and conceded 10 goals at home.

Galway are in 7th position in the Premier Division on 16 points having played 13 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

4 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 10 goals and kept no clean sheets. They have scored 6 goals in total and failed to score in 3 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

8 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 4 games, drawn 3 and won 1. Galway have conceded 12 goals, scored 8, failed to score in 3 fixtures and have kept no clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Derry
Galway
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Shamrock161434 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
1-0A
Aug 28
Jun 22
l
 
1-3A
l
 
2-0A
Oct 16
Jun 26
2
St Patrick's161631 
May 22
d
 
0-00-0
Oct 9
Jul 31
d
 
2-2A
l
 
1-0A
Oct 23
Jul 3
3
Bohemians16625 
l
 
0-1A
d
 
1-1F
Jun 12
Aug 21
May 22
l
 
1-0A
Sep 11
Jul 31
4
Dundalk16122 
d
 
2-2A
d
 
2-2F
Oct 23
May 29
d
 
2-2A
l
 
2-1A
Jun 12
Aug 21
5
Derry16019 
-
-
-
-
w
 
2-1F
d
 
1-1F
Jun 19
Sep 18
6
Drogheda15-519 
d
 
2-2F
l
 
1-0A
Jun 26
Oct 16
l
 
0-1A
w
 
2-3A
Aug 7
Oct 30
7
Shelbourne15-118 
l
 
1-2A
w
 
1-2F
May 25
Sep 11
Aug 28
d
 
1-1F
-
May 29
8
Galway15-417 
d
 
1-1A
l
 
2-1A
Sep 18
Jun 19
-
-
-
-
9
Sligo16-816 
w
 
2-1A
d
 
0-00-0
Aug 7
Oct 30
w
 
1-0F
May 16
Jul 10
Sep 5
10
Waterford15-196 
w
 
4-2A
May 15
Jul 3
Sep 4
w
 
4-3F
d
 
1-1F
Jul 24
Oct 9
Win / draw / win form
Derry 5TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
37
Conceded
20
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
10
Draw
7
L
3
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Derry1 - 0Shamrock
Derry2 - 2Drogheda
Derry1 - 2Shelbourne
Derry4 - 2Waterford
Derry0 - 1Bohemians
Derry2 - 2Dundalk
Derry2 - 1Sligo
Derry2 - 1Shamrock
Derry1 - 0Sligo
Derry1 - 1Shelbourne
Derry2 - 2St Patrick's
Derry0 - 0Cork
Derry1 - 1Bohemians
Derry7 - 2Waterford
Derry3 - 0Drogheda
Derry1 - 1Galway
Derry1 - 2Shamrock
Derry1 - 0St Patrick's
Derry2 - 0Shelbourne
Derry3 - 0Sligo
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
21
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
8
Draw
8
L
4
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ADerry1 - 1Bohemians
HDerry1 - 0Shamrock
ADerry2 - 1Shelbourne
ADerry2 - 2Dundalk
ADerry0 - 0Sligo
ADerry1 - 2Galway
HDerry2 - 2Drogheda
ADerry0 - 0St Patrick's
HDerry1 - 2Shelbourne
ADerry0 - 1Shamrock
HDerry4 - 2Waterford
HDerry0 - 1Bohemians
HDerry2 - 2Dundalk
HDerry2 - 1Sligo
ADerry1 - 0Cork
HDerry2 - 1Shamrock
ADerry2 - 1Waterford
HDerry1 - 0Sligo
ADerry1 - 1Drogheda
HDerry1 - 1Shelbourne
Galway 8TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
12
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
9 / 20
Conceded
19 / 20
Clean sheets
1 / 20
Failed to score
11 / 20
W
1
Draw
7
Lost
12
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Waterford1 - 1Galway
Dundalk2 - 1Galway
Drogheda2 - 3Galway
Shamrock2 - 0Galway
Bohemians1 - 0Galway
St Patrick's1 - 0Galway
Shelbourne1 - 1Galway
Waterford1 - 1Galway
Shamrock1 - 0Galway
St Patrick's1 - 1Galway
Shelbourne1 - 0Galway
Cork1 - 0Galway
Bohemians3 - 0Galway
Drogheda1 - 0Galway
Sligo2 - 1Galway
Derry1 - 1Galway
Shamrock0 - 0Galway
Waterford1 - 0Galway
St Patrick's2 - 0Galway
Shelbourne2 - 2Galway
Goals: Scored
24
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
6
Draw
7
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HGalway2 - 2St Patrick's
AGalway1 - 1Waterford
AGalway1 - 2Dundalk
AGalway3 - 2Drogheda
HGalway2 - 1Derry
AGalway0 - 2Shamrock
HGalway4 - 3Waterford
AGalway0 - 1Bohemians
HGalway2 - 2Dundalk
AGalway0 - 1St Patrick's
HGalway1 - 0Sligo
AGalway1 - 1Shelbourne
HGalway0 - 1Drogheda
AGalway1 - 1Waterford
AGalway0 - 1Shamrock
HGalway1 - 1Drogheda
HGalway2 - 0Bohemians
HGalway2 - 1Cork
HGalway0 - 1Sligo
AGalway1 - 1St Patrick's
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Derry since 2024
Derry
Galway
Goals: Scored
4
3
Games: Scored
3 / 4
3 / 4
Clean sheets
1 / 4
1 / 4
DER
1
D
2
GAL
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Derry
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Derry2 - 0
0 - 1Galway
League games at Galway since 2024
Galway
Derry
Goals: Scored
6
6
Games: Scored
4 / 5
3 / 5
Clean sheets
2 / 5
1 / 5
DER
2
D
1
GAL
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Galway
Galway2 - 1
1 - 2Derry
2 - 3Derry
Galway1 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
Goal Statistics

Derry City's fans will be hoping for goals on Monday evening, not least because Galway United have conceded in each of their last 10 Premier Division games. A PG of 1.6 for T. Lynch's side suggests that run should continue.

Derry 5th Galway 8th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.6
goals
1.1
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
21%
1
33%
2
26%
3
14%
4+
There is a 79% probability that Derry will score 1 or more goals
0
33%
1
37%
2
20%
3
4+
There is a 70% probability that Galway will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+18
Derry have scored 18% more goals at home than predicted
-39
Galway have scored 39% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.9
average goals scored
0.6
average goals scored
1.0
conceded
1.4
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Premier Division - 2026/2026 season
Derry
PG (predicted goals)
Galway
1.6
1.1
Attack rating
2%
better
DER
GAL
view stats
Games scored10
9
Failed to score4
4
Scored first5
5
Goals scored18
17
Avg. goals scored1.3
1.3
Avg. shots per game8
8
Avg. shots per goal6
6
Conversion rate for16
16
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
+2%
Defence rating
16%
better
DER
GAL
view stats
Games conceded11
12
Clean sheets3
1
Conceded first7
8
Goals conceded17
19
Avg. goals conceded1.2
1.5
Avg. shots/game conceded8
9
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
6
Conversion rate against16%
16%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
+16%

Derry v Galway Premier Division lLine ups will show here when available.

Derry Premier Division squad statistics 2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
14524
E. BeachM DuffyB DohertyP McClean
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
E. Beach GLK14
1
-
B Cotter DEF131
3
-
J Stott DEF141
3
-
P McClean DEF1211
4
-
B Doherty DEF92
2
-
C Dummigan  MID71
1
-
C Winchester MID12
2
-
J Olayinka MID1211
-
D Markey FWD1211
4
-
D Akinyemi FWD153
1
-
J Clarke FWD153
3
-
Subs
S. Callister GLK1
-
C Barr DEF8
-
A Bannon DEF611
-
M Duffy MID1151
1
-
K. Carvalho Santos MID41
-
H Rylah MID1011
-
J Thomas FWD161
2
-
Galway Premier Division squad statistics 2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
15544
E. WattsK TwardekD. HurleyO Williams
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
E. Watts GLK15
1
-
C. Barratt DEF13
2
-
G Facchineri DEF14
2
-
K Brouder DEF141
1
-
J Keohane DEF1111
1
-
L. Molloy MID14
1
-
O Williams MID13
4
-
A Bolger MID1421
3
-
D. Hurley MID1524
4
-
F. Lomboto MID121
-
F Pierrot FWD112
1
-
Subs
H. Pires da Cunha GLK
-
A Kazeem DEF6
1
-
K Twardek MID1453
1
-
M Wolfe MID1511
4
-
C McCormack MID5
1
-
E. McCarthy MID14
1
-
A Piesold MID811
1
-
S. Walsh FWD1522
2
-
N. Fleuriau Chateau FWD1
-