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

Eamonn Deacy Park, Galway

John Caulfield and Huseyin Eroglu meet in the Premier Division on Friday evening, as Galway United face Derry City at the Eamonn Deacy Park. The aim of this preview is, quite simply, to help you make the smartest bet possible. To this end, stats for the biggest betting market have been laid out below, with head to head (H2H) history and statistically significant form streaks highlighted. Odds are provided too.

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Galway United's next match is v Shelbourne at 17:00 on Monday 21st April
Derry City's next match is v Sligo at 19:45 on Tuesday 22nd April
The last Irish Premier Division meeting between Galway and Derry was on Friday 18th April 2025
Irish Premier Division
April 18th 2025
Galway 2
3 Derry
 
P. Hickey 43'16' D. Mullen
V. Borden 90'47' R. Benson
90' G. Whyte
 
GAL
DER
Shots On
5
8
Shots Off
6
2
Corners
4
4
Possession
43%
57%
Fouls
18
11
Yellow/red cards
5/1
4/0
 
GalwayDerry
 
E. Watts
G. Cunningham
B. Burns (D. Hurley 75')
J. Esua
R. Slevin (Sean Kerrigan 85')
K. Brouder
C. Byrne
V. Bordenfootball icon
J. Keohane (C. Tollett 85')
P. Hickeyfootball icon
M. Dyer (S. Walsh 75')
B. Maher
(H. Cann 76') R. Boyce
S. Todd
K. Holt
M. Connolly
football iconR. Benson
(P. McMullan 85') D. Thomas
C. Winchester
football iconG. Whyte
(S. Patton 68') football iconD. Mullen
M. Duffy

Best Tip: Under 2.5 goals

It's not the news we want to be reporting, but we're not predicting a high-scoring affair here. The statistics suggest Galway and Derry both struggle to score on a consistent basis, and the odds are leaning towards there being fewer than 2 goals in total as they go head-to-head. We think they're probably right and, with no obvious outright winners to back, under 2.5 goals looks like a smart bet.

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

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Galway
44%
8/5
9%
-
Draw
32%
9/5
3%
-
Derry
25%
7/4
12%
-
Galway 1-0
17%
5/1
14%
-
Draw 0-0
16%
9/2
15%
-
Draw 1-1
13%
5/1-
Derry 1-0
12%
5/1-
Galway 2-0
10%
10/1
8%
-
Galway 2-1
7%
11/1
8%
-
Derry 2-1
5%
11/1
9%
-
Derry 2-0
4%
11/1
18%
-
Galway 3-0
4%
28/1
10%
-
Draw 2-2
3%
20/1
11%
-
Galway 3-1
3%
28/1-
Derry 3-1
1%
33/1
31%
-
Derry 3-0
1%
33/1
31%
-
Galway 3-2
1%
40/1-
Galway 4-0
1%
66/1-
Over 2.5 Goals
29%
21/10
19%
-
Under 2.5 Goals
71%
4/11
8%
-
Home 1st Goal
50%
1/1
13%
-
Away 1st Goal
39%
13/10
20%
-
No 1st Goal
11%
9/2
15%
-
BTTS - Yes
35%
11/8
7%
-
BTTS - No
65%
8/15
6%
-
BTTS - Home Win
12%
13/2-
BTTS - Draw
16%
4/1
5%
-
BTTS - Away Win
7%
7/1
31%
-
Home/draw
75%
4/11
6%
-
Away/draw
56%
4/9
6%
-
Home/away
69%
4/11-
Over 1.5 Goals
55%
8/13
8%
-
Under 1.5 Goals
45%
6/5
12%
-
Over 3.5 Goals
12%
11/2
18%
-
Under 3.5 Goals
88%
1/9
3%
-
Over 4.5 Goals
4%
14/1
15%
-
Under 4.5 Goals
96%
1/33
1%
-
Over 5.5 Goals
1%
33/1
31%
-
Under 5.5 Goals
99%
1/200
1%
-
Over 0.5 Goals
84%
1/7
1%
-
Under 0.5 Goals
16%
9/2
8%
-
Home DNB
66%
4/5
9%
-
Away DNB
47%
10/11
11%
-
Galway win to nil
32%
11/4
6%
-
Derry win to nil
17%
3/1
7%
-
Galway / Galway
18%
15/4
10%
-
Galway / Derry
2%
40/1
21%
-
Galway / Draw
5%
14/1-
Draw / Galway
15%
9/2
8%
-
Draw / Derry
14%
5/1
9%
-
Draw / Draw
22%
11/4
6%
-
Derry / Galway
2%
40/1-
Derry / Derry
16%
4/1
11%
-
Derry / Draw
5%
14/1-
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Win / draw / win Premier Division table

Galway have played 9 matches so far this season and lay in 4th place in the Premier Division league table. Galway are unbeaten in 6 games against teams below them in the league and kept 2 clean sheets out of 6 games.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 6 games against teams below in the table, having won 3, drawn 3 and lost no matches. They have kept 2 clean sheets and have scored in every game. Galway have outscored their opponents by 12 goals to 8 goals.

Home League Performance

Galway have played 4 games at home winning 2, drawing 1 and losing 1 game. They have scored 4 goals, kept 1 clean sheet and conceded 3 goals at home.

Derry are in 6th position in the Premier Division on 11 points having played 9 matches so far this season. Derry are winless in the 5 games they have played against teams above them in the table and have conceded in 4 of those games.

Away League Performance

2 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 5 goals and kept 2 clean sheets. They have scored 2 goals in total and failed to score in 2 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

5 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 3 games, drawn 2 and won zero. Derry have conceded 9 goals, scored 3, failed to score in 2 fixtures and have kept 1 clean sheet.

Won
Draw
Lost
Galway
Derry
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Drogheda10819 
Apr 25
d
 
1-1A
Oct 24
Jul 4
l
 
1-3F
May 16
Jun 27
Sep 26
2
St Patrick's10718 
w
 
2-1F
May 2
Jun 20
Sep 19
May 5
l
 
2-0A
Aug 29
Jun 23
3
Shamrock10618 
l
 
0-1A
May 30
Aug 8
Oct 3
May 23
d
 
0-00-0
Oct 24
Aug 1
4
Shelbourne10417 
d
 
1-1A
Apr 21
Jun 27
Aug 29
May 2
l
 
3-1A
Sep 19
Jun 20
5
Galway H10316 
-
-
-
-
d
 
1-1A
w
 
2-3F
Jun 13
Aug 22
6
Derry A10-314 
l
 
2-3A
d
 
1-1F
Aug 22
Jun 13
-
-
-
-
7
Bohemians10-212 
May 5
w
 
0-2F
Oct 17
Jul 11
w
 
1-0F
May 30
Jul 25
Sep 12
8
Waterford10-119 
w
 
1-0F
May 9
Jul 25
Nov 1
l
 
1-2A
Apr 25
Jul 4
Oct 17
9
Sligo10-57 
May 16
w
 
1-2F
Sep 12
Jun 23
Apr 22
w
 
0-1F
Oct 3
Jul 12
10
Cork10-77 
May 23
d
 
2-2A
Sep 26
Aug 1
w
 
2-1A
May 9
Aug 8
Nov 1
Win / draw / win form
Galway 5TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
19
Conceded
13
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
10 / 20
Clean sheets
10 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
8
Draw
8
L
4
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Galway0 - 1Shamrock
Galway1 - 0Waterford
Galway1 - 1Shelbourne
Galway2 - 1St Patrick's
Galway2 - 2Sligo
Galway1 - 1Dundalk
Galway1 - 0Shelbourne
Galway1 - 2Shamrock
Galway1 - 0Derry
Galway1 - 1St Patrick's
Galway1 - 0Waterford
Galway1 - 1Bohemians
Galway3 - 0Drogheda
Galway2 - 0Dundalk
Galway0 - 0Sligo
Galway0 - 0Derry
Galway1 - 0Shelbourne
Galway0 - 2Bohemians
Galway0 - 1Shamrock
Galway0 - 0Drogheda
Goals: Scored
24
Conceded
19
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
7
Draw
10
L
3
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AGalway2 - 1Sligo
HGalway0 - 1Shamrock
AGalway2 - 0Bohemians
HGalway1 - 0Waterford
AGalway1 - 1Derry
HGalway1 - 1Shelbourne
AGalway1 - 1Drogheda
HGalway2 - 1St Patrick's
AGalway2 - 2Cork
AGalway1 - 1Bohemians
HGalway2 - 2Sligo
AGalway1 - 2St Patrick's
HGalway1 - 1Dundalk
AGalway2 - 1Waterford
AGalway0 - 0Drogheda
HGalway1 - 0Shelbourne
HGalway1 - 2Shamrock
HGalway1 - 0Derry
AGalway1 - 1Shamrock
HGalway1 - 1St Patrick's
Derry 6TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
15
Conceded
17
Games: Scored
11 / 20
Conceded
10 / 20
Clean sheets
10 / 20
Failed to score
9 / 20
Won
6
Draw
6
Lost
8
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Shamrock0 - 0Derry
Sligo0 - 1Derry
St Patrick's2 - 0Derry
Shelbourne3 - 1Derry
St Patrick's1 - 0Derry
Dundalk0 - 2Derry
Drogheda2 - 1Derry
Galway1 - 0Derry
Waterford0 - 1Derry
Shelbourne0 - 0Derry
Sligo2 - 1Derry
Bohemians1 - 2Derry
Dundalk0 - 0Derry
Shamrock1 - 0Derry
St Patrick's0 - 1Derry
Galway0 - 0Derry
Waterford0 - 2Derry
Drogheda2 - 2Derry
Shelbourne0 - 0Derry
Bohemians2 - 1Derry
Goals: Scored
16
Conceded
21
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
5
Draw
7
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HDerry1 - 3Drogheda
HDerry2 - 1Cork
ADerry0 - 0Shamrock
ADerry1 - 0Sligo
HDerry1 - 1Galway
ADerry0 - 2St Patrick's
HDerry1 - 2Waterford
HDerry1 - 0Bohemians
ADerry1 - 3Shelbourne
HDerry0 - 1Shelbourne
ADerry0 - 1St Patrick's
ADerry2 - 0Dundalk
HDerry1 - 1Sligo
HDerry1 - 1Bohemians
ADerry1 - 2Drogheda
HDerry1 - 1Shamrock
ADerry0 - 1Galway
ADerry1 - 0Waterford
HDerry1 - 1Dundalk
ADerry0 - 0Shelbourne
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Galway since 2024
Galway
Derry
Goals: Scored
1
0
Games: Scored
1 / 2
0 / 2
Clean sheets
2 / 2
1 / 2
GAL
1
D
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Galway
Galway1 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
League games at Derry since 2024
Derry
Galway
Goals: Scored
3
2
Games: Scored
2 / 3
2 / 3
Clean sheets
1 / 3
1 / 3
GAL
1
D
1
DER
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Derry
Draw1 - 1Draw
Derry2 - 0
0 - 1Galway
Goal Statistics
Galway 5th Derry 6th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.1
goals
0.7
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
33%
1
37%
2
20%
3
4+
There is a 70% probability that Galway will score no more than 1 goal
0
47%
1
35%
2
13%
3
4+
There is a 82% probability of Derry scoring 1 goal or less
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-23
Galway have scored 23% fewer goals at home than predicted
-34
Derry have scored 34% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.0
average goals scored
0.8
average goals scored
0.7
conceded
0.9
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Premier Division - 2025/2025 season
https://api.kickoff.co.uk/v1/fixture/290058/accaPanel/formStats/marketCode/FULL
Galway
PG (predicted goals)
Derry
1.1
0.7
Attack rating
29%
better
GAL
DER
view stats
Games scored8
7
Failed to score1
2
Scored first5
3
Goals scored12
8
Avg. goals scored1.3
0.9
Avg. shots per game8
9
Avg. shots per goal6
10
Conversion rate for16
10
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
+29%
Defence rating
13%
better
GAL
DER
view stats
Games conceded7
6
Clean sheets2
3
Conceded first4
5
Goals conceded8
12
Avg. goals conceded0.9
1.3
Avg. shots/game conceded9
7
Avg. shots/goal conceded11
5
Conversion rate against9%
19%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
+13%

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

Galway Premier Division squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
8336
J. EsuaP. HickeyB BurnsM. Dyer
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
E. Watts GLK41
-
J. Esua DEF82
-
K Brouder DEF81
2
-
R Slevin DEF8
3
-
C Byrne DEF6
-
J Keohane MID81
-
G Cunningham MID7
3
-
V. Borden MID82
-
P. Hickey MID831
4
-
B Burns MID83
1
-
M. Dyer FWD83
6
-
Subs
B Clarke GLK4
-
R Donelon DEF8
-
D. Hurley MID81
1
-
S Kerrigan MID
-
M. Wilson MID
-
C McCormack MID
-
S. Walsh FWD8
-
B. Cunningham FWD
-
C. Tollett FWD3
2
-
Derry Premier Division squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
8524
B MaherM DuffyD ThomasM Connolly 
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
B Maher GLK8
1
-
R Boyce DEF61
1
-
S Todd DEF7
-
M Connolly  DEF7
4
-
K Holt DEF5
-
R Benson DEF5
-
D Thomas MID62
1
-
C Winchester MID6
3
1
M Duffy MID85
1
-
G Whyte FWD4
-
D Mullen FWD3
1
2
Subs
A. Doherty GLK
-
H Cann DEF4
-
P McMullan MID5
1
-
G. McCourt MID
-
C Harkin MID3
1
-
S Patton FWD5
1
-