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Galway United v Drogheda United FC : Premier Division match betting preview, prediction and odds

Fri 25th Apr, 19:45 BST, Eamonn Deacy Park, Galway

It's an away trip for Kevin Doherty's Drogheda United FC side on Friday evening, as they travel to the Eamonn Deacy Park for a Premier Division tie with John Caulfield's Galway United. Quite simply, we want you to win betting on this game. To this end, stats for every betting market have been published below, with head-to-head history and particularly important form streaks highlighted. Odds are included as well.

Best Tip: Under 2.5 goals

We're expecting a relatively tight affair here and, as such, we predict under 2.5 goals. For those unfamiliar with that term, this simply means that 2 goals or fewer will be scored in total as Galway and Drogheda go head-to-head. Clear game plans will be required to deliver us a winner, but we trust both sides to deliver just that. The stats and the odds below also suggest this is a strong tip.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Galway are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 36% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.62.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Galway 31%	2.00 23%	-
Draw 30%	3.10 9%	-
Drogheda 39%	3.50 33%	-
Drogheda 1-0 14%	8.00 33%	-
Draw 1-1 13%	6.50 7%	-
Draw 0-0 12%	7.00 13%	-
Galway 1-0 12%	6.00 9%	-
Drogheda 2-0 8%	17.00 35%	-
Drogheda 2-1 8%	13.00 32%	-
Galway 2-1 7%	9.50 12%	-
Galway 2-0 6%	8.50 21%	-
Draw 2-2 4%	19.00 10%	-
Drogheda 3-0 3%	41.00 20%	-
Drogheda 3-1 3%	34.00 17%	-
Galway 3-1 2%	21.00 40%	-
Galway 3-0 2%	19.00 58%	-
Drogheda 3-2 1%	41.00 20%	-
Galway 3-2 1%	41.00 21%	-
Over 2.5 Goals 35%	2.40 9%	-
Under 2.5 Goals 65%	1.53 7%	-
Home 1st Goal 44%	1.67 16%	-
Away 1st Goal 48%	2.62 23%	-
No 1st Goal 9%	7.00 13%	-
BTTS - Yes 42%	2.10	-
BTTS - No 58%	1.67	-
BTTS - Home Win 11%	5.50 27%	-
BTTS - Draw 18%	5.00 9%	-
BTTS - Away Win 13%	9.00 25%	-
Home/draw 61%	1.25 10%	-
Away/draw 69%	1.67 20%	-
Home/away 70%	1.33 3%	-
Over 1.5 Goals 62%	1.44 6%	-
Under 1.5 Goals 38%	2.62 13%	-
Over 3.5 Goals 16%	5.00 25%	-
Under 3.5 Goals 84%	1.17 4%	-
Over 4.5 Goals 6%	11.00 22%	-
Under 4.5 Goals 94%	1.05 2%	-
Over 5.5 Goals 2%	26.00 37%	-
Under 5.5 Goals 98%	1.01 1%	-
Over 0.5 Goals 88%	1.08	-
Under 0.5 Goals 12%	8.00	-
Home DNB 52%	1.50 23%	-
Away DNB 60%	2.50 38%	-
Galway win to nil 20%	3.25 30%	-
Drogheda win to nil 25%	5.50 31%	-
Galway / Galway 24%	3.50 34%	-
Galway / Drogheda 2%	41.00	-
Galway / Draw 6%	15.00	-
Draw / Galway 17%	4.75 10%	-
Draw / Drogheda 11%	7.50 25%	-
Draw / Draw 19%	4.33 13%	-
Drogheda / Galway 3%	29.00 12%	-
Drogheda / Drogheda 13%	6.50 32%	-
Drogheda / Draw 6%	15.00 12%	-

Win / draw / win Premier Division table

Galway have played 11 matches so far this season and are in 5th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

5 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 1 game, drawn 3 and won 1. Galway have conceded 6 goals, scored 6, failed to score in 1 match and kept no clean sheets.

Home league performance

Galway have played 5 games at home, winning 2, drawing 1 and losing 2 fixtures. They have scored 6 goals, conceded 6 goals, kept 1 clean sheet and failed to score 1 time in home league games.

Drogheda lay in 1st place on 20 points in the Premier Division league table having played 11 matches. Drogheda are unbeaten away after 5 games and have kept 3 clean sheets in those matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 11 games against teams below them in the table, winning 5, drawing 5 and losing 1 game. They have scored 15 goals and kept 6 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Drogheda have conceded 7 goals and have failed to score in 2 matches.

Away league performance

Drogheda have played 5 away games, winning 3, drawing 2 and losing 0 games. They have scored an average of 1.2 goals per away game and conceded an average 0.4 goals per away game.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Galway Drogheda
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Drogheda A	11	8	20	Apr 25	d 1-1A	Oct 24	Jul 4	-	-	-	-
2	St Patrick's	11	7	19	w 2-1F	May 2	Jun 20	Sep 19	d 0-00-0	d 0-00-0	Aug 22	Jun 13
3	Shamrock	11	5	18	l 0-1A	May 30	Aug 8	Oct 3	l 1-2F	May 9	Jun 16	Aug 29
4	Shelbourne	11	4	18	d 1-1A	d 2-2A	Jun 27	Aug 29	d 2-2F	w 0-1F	Sep 12	May 19
5	Galway H	11	3	17	-	-	-	-	d 1-1F	Apr 25	Jul 4	Oct 24
6	Derry	11	0	17	l 2-3A	d 1-1F	Aug 22	Jun 13	May 16	w 1-3A	Sep 26	Jun 27
7	Bohemians	11	-1	15	May 5	w 0-2F	Oct 17	Jul 11	May 23	w 0-1F	Nov 1	Aug 1
8	Cork	11	-6	10	May 23	d 2-2A	Sep 26	Aug 1	May 5	d 1-1A	Oct 17	Jun 23
9	Waterford	11	-12	9	w 1-0F	May 9	Jul 25	Nov 1	w 2-0F	May 30	Aug 8	Oct 3
10	Sligo	11	-8	7	May 16	w 1-2F	Sep 12	Jun 23	w 3-0F	May 2	Jun 20	Sep 20

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Win / draw / win form

Drogheda have not lost in 5 consecutive league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

11 / 20

Clean sheets

9 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Galway	2 - 3	Derry
Galway	0 - 1	Shamrock
Galway	1 - 0	Waterford
Galway	1 - 1	Shelbourne
Galway	2 - 1	St Patrick's
Galway	2 - 2	Sligo
Galway	1 - 1	Dundalk
Galway	1 - 0	Shelbourne
Galway	1 - 2	Shamrock
Galway	1 - 0	Derry
Galway	1 - 1	St Patrick's
Galway	1 - 0	Waterford
Galway	1 - 1	Bohemians
Galway	3 - 0	Drogheda
Galway	2 - 0	Dundalk
Galway	0 - 0	Sligo
Galway	0 - 0	Derry
Galway	1 - 0	Shelbourne
Galway	0 - 2	Bohemians
Galway	0 - 1	Shamrock

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

18 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

2 / 20

Won

Draw

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Galway	2 - 2	Shelbourne
H	Galway	2 - 3	Derry
A	Galway	2 - 1	Sligo
H	Galway	0 - 1	Shamrock
A	Galway	2 - 0	Bohemians
H	Galway	1 - 0	Waterford
A	Galway	1 - 1	Derry
H	Galway	1 - 1	Shelbourne
A	Galway	1 - 1	Drogheda
H	Galway	2 - 1	St Patrick's
A	Galway	2 - 2	Cork
A	Galway	1 - 1	Bohemians
H	Galway	2 - 2	Sligo
A	Galway	1 - 2	St Patrick's
H	Galway	1 - 1	Dundalk
A	Galway	2 - 1	Waterford
A	Galway	0 - 0	Drogheda
H	Galway	1 - 0	Shelbourne
H	Galway	1 - 2	Shamrock
H	Galway	1 - 0	Derry

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Derry	1 - 3	Drogheda
Cork	1 - 1	Drogheda
Shelbourne	0 - 1	Drogheda
Bohemians	0 - 1	Drogheda
St Patrick's	0 - 0	Drogheda
Shelbourne	2 - 1	Drogheda
Waterford	0 - 0	Drogheda
Bohemians	0 - 1	Drogheda
St Patrick's	4 - 1	Drogheda
Shamrock	1 - 1	Drogheda
Dundalk	4 - 2	Drogheda
Derry	5 - 1	Drogheda
Galway	3 - 0	Drogheda
Sligo	2 - 1	Drogheda
Waterford	4 - 2	Drogheda
Shelbourne	1 - 1	Drogheda
St Patrick's	1 - 0	Drogheda
Shamrock	4 - 0	Drogheda
Bohemians	1 - 0	Drogheda
Dundalk	0 - 0	Drogheda

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

9 / 20

Clean sheets

11 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Drogheda	0 - 0	St Patrick's
H	Drogheda	2 - 2	Shelbourne
A	Drogheda	3 - 1	Derry
H	Drogheda	2 - 0	Waterford
A	Drogheda	1 - 1	Cork
H	Drogheda	1 - 2	Shamrock
A	Drogheda	1 - 0	Shelbourne
A	Drogheda	1 - 0	Bohemians
H	Drogheda	1 - 1	Galway
H	Drogheda	3 - 0	Sligo
A	Drogheda	0 - 0	St Patrick's
H	Drogheda	0 - 0	Dundalk
A	Drogheda	1 - 2	Shelbourne
H	Drogheda	0 - 1	Shamrock
A	Drogheda	0 - 0	Waterford
H	Drogheda	2 - 1	Derry
H	Drogheda	0 - 0	Galway
A	Drogheda	1 - 0	Bohemians
A	Drogheda	1 - 4	St Patrick's
H	Drogheda	7 - 0	Sligo

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Galway have not lost to Drogheda in 5 consecutive league meetings

Galway

Drogheda

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

1 / 2

0 / 2

Clean sheets

2 / 2

1 / 2

GAL

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Galway
Galway		3 - 0
Draw		0 - 0		Draw

Drogheda

Galway

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

2 / 3

Clean sheets

1 / 3

GAL

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Drogheda
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
	2 - 3	Galway

Goal Statistics

	Galway 5th	Drogheda 1st
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.0 goals	1.1 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 38% 1 37% 2 18% 3 4+ There is a 75% probability of Galway scoring 1 goal or less	0 33% 1 37% 2 20% 3 4+ There is a 70% probability that Drogheda will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-13 Galway have scored 13% fewer goals at home than predicted	-4 Drogheda’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.1 average goals scored	0.9 average goals scored
	0.8 conceded	1.7 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Premier Division - 2025/2025 season

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DRO

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Games scored	10		9
Failed to score	1		2
Scored first	5		7
Goals scored	16		15
Avg. goals scored	1.5		1.4
Avg. shots per game	9		8
Avg. shots per goal	6		6
Conversion rate for	16		18
Avg. XG for	0		0
KickOff rating		+5%

GAL

DRO

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Games conceded	9		5
Clean sheets	2		6
Conceded first	6		2
Goals conceded	13		7
Avg. goals conceded	1.2		0.6
Avg. shots/game conceded	11		9
Avg. shots/goal conceded	9		14
Conversion rate against	11%		7%
Avg. XG against	0		0
KickOff rating		+45%

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

Galway Premier Division squad statistics 2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
11	5	5	7
R Slevin	M. Dyer	B Burns	M. Dyer

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
B Burns DEF	11		5	1 -
R Slevin DEF	11		1	3 -
K Brouder DEF	11	1		4 -
P. Hickey MID	11	4	1	4 -
V. Borden MID	11	3	1	2 -
J Keohane MID	11		1	-
D. Hurley MID	11		1	1 -
S. Walsh FWD	11			1 -
G Cunningham DEF	10			4 -
M. Dyer FWD	10	5		7 -
R Donelon DEF	9			-
B Clarke GLK	5			-
C. Tollett FWD	4			2 -
E. McCarthy MID	3			-
G Buckley DEF	2			-
C McCormack MID	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
5	9	5	2
M. Dyer	P. Hickey	B Burns	P. Hickey

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
M. Dyer FWD	5	7
P. Hickey MID	4	9	1	2
V. Borden MID	3	7	1
K Brouder DEF	1	2
B Burns DEF		2	5
R Slevin DEF		2	1
J Keohane MID		2	1
D. Hurley MID		1	1	1
S. Walsh FWD		6		1
G Cunningham DEF		1
R Donelon DEF		1
E. McCarthy MID		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
334	19	100
P. Hickey	V. Borden	P. Hickey

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
P. Hickey MID	334	9	100
G Cunningham DEF	307	12	40
R Slevin DEF	278	13	59
K Brouder DEF	263	18	39
V. Borden MID	251	19	45
B Burns DEF	220	14	38
D. Hurley MID	212	13	25
J Keohane MID	193	17	41
B Clarke GLK	142		1
M. Dyer FWD	133	5	42
S. Walsh FWD	97	3	17
G Buckley DEF	45	2	3
R Donelon DEF	37	2	6
E. McCarthy MID	21	2	4
C. Tollett FWD	7	1	2

Drogheda Premier Division squad statistics 2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
11	5	1	5
L Dennison	W Davis	C Kane	R Brennan

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
L Dennison GLK	11			1 -
O Lambe DEF	11			-
C Keeley DEF	11	3		2 -
C Kane DEF	11		1	1 -
R Brennan MID	11	1	1	5 -
D Markey MID	11	2	1	1 -
L Heeney MID	11	1	1	-
W Davis MID	11	5	1	3 -
S Farrell MID	11		1	4 -
T Oluwa FWD	11	1	1	-
A Quinn DEF	10		1	-
S. Bawa MID	7			1 -
G Cooper DEF	4			-
K Cruise DEF	4			1 -
E Ahui DEF	2			-
P Doyle MID	2			-
J Thomas FWD	2	1		-
A. Haper-Bailey DEF	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
5	8	1	1
W Davis	C Keeley	C Kane	O Lambe

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
W Davis MID	5	6	1
C Keeley DEF	3	8		1
D Markey MID	2	2	1
T Oluwa FWD	1	7	1
J Thomas FWD	1	1
R Brennan MID	1	2	1	1
L Heeney MID	1	2	1	1
K Cruise DEF		1
S. Bawa MID		1
A Quinn DEF			1	1
O Lambe DEF				1
S Farrell MID		6	1	1
C Kane DEF			1	1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
296	27	58
L Dennison	D Markey	C Keeley

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
L Dennison GLK	296		2
S Farrell MID	259	25	57
R Brennan MID	248	22	53
D Markey MID	239	27	56
O Lambe DEF	227	21	39
C Keeley DEF	215	13	58
C Kane DEF	205	12	31
W Davis MID	163	19	58
A Quinn DEF	151	13	36
T Oluwa FWD	99	3	44
L Heeney MID	71	10	17
G Cooper DEF	43	2	6
S. Bawa MID	41	3	20
K Cruise DEF	23	4	7
A. Haper-Bailey DEF	16	1	8
J Thomas FWD	14		3
P Doyle MID	4	1	4

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Galway United v Drogheda United FC : Premier Division match betting preview, prediction and odds

Galway have played 11 matches so far this season and are in 5th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

Home league performance

Drogheda lay in 1st place on 20 points in the Premier Division league table having played 11 matches. Drogheda are unbeaten away after 5 games and have kept 3 clean sheets in those matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Away league performance

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

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