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Galway United v Sligo Rovers : Premier Division match betting preview, prediction and odds

Fri 12th Sep, 19:45 BST, Eamonn Deacy Park, Galway

We’ve Premier Division action to enjoy on Friday evening, as John Caulfield and his Galway United side host Ryan Lowe’s Sligo Rovers at the Eamonn Deacy Park. We've analysed both clubs' last 20 Premier Division matches, as well as baseline data within the competition and the market, to generate our match predictions. All the statistics, including head-to-heads, are shown below, alongside odds from leading bookmakers.


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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Galway
42%
--
Draw
24%
--
Sligo
33%
--
Draw 1-1
11%
--
Galway 2-1
9%
--
Galway 1-0
8%
--
Sligo 2-1
8%
--
Sligo 1-0
7%
--
Galway 2-0
7%
--
Draw 2-2
6%
--
Draw 0-0
5%
--
Sligo 2-0
5%
--
Galway 3-1
5%
--
Sligo 3-1
4%
--
Galway 3-0
3%
--
Galway 3-2
3%
--
Sligo 3-2
3%
--
Sligo 3-0
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
57%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
43%
--
Home 1st Goal
50%
--
Away 1st Goal
47%
--
No 1st Goal
3%
--
BTTS - Yes
59%
--
BTTS - No
41%
--
BTTS - Home Win
22%
--
BTTS - Draw
19%
--
BTTS - Away Win
18%
--
Home/draw
67%
--
Away/draw
58%
--
Home/away
76%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
79%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
21%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
34%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
66%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
18%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
82%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
8%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
92%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
95%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
5%
--
Home DNB
59%
--
Away DNB
50%
--
Galway win to nil
20%
--
Sligo win to nil
15%
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Win / draw / win Premier Division table

Galway have played 28 matches so far this season and lay in 8th place in the Premier Division league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 6 games against teams below in the table, having won 2, drawn 1 and lost 3 matches. They have kept 0 clean sheets and have failed to score in 2 fixtures. They have been outscored by their opponents by 35 goals to 30 goals.

Home League Performance

Galway have played 14 games at home winning 5, drawing 3 and losing 6 games. They have scored 18 goals, kept 2 clean sheets and conceded 19 goals at home.

Sligo are in 9th position in the Premier Division on 30 points having played 29 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

8 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 28 goals and kept 2 clean sheets. They have scored 19 goals in total and failed to score in 5 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

26 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 15 games, drawn 4 and won 7. Sligo have conceded 43 goals, scored 30, failed to score in 10 fixtures and have kept 5 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Galway
Sligo
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Shamrock272353 
l
 
0-1A
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
0-00-0
Oct 3
w
 
2-1F
l
 
2-0A
d
 
2-2F
Nov 1
2
Bohemians291047 
l
 
1-2F
w
 
0-2F
Oct 17
l
 
3-0A
l
 
0-1A
l
 
4-2A
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
1-1F
3
Derry29846 
l
 
2-3A
d
 
1-1F
l
 
1-2F
d
 
1-1F
l
 
0-1A
l
 
3-0A
w
 
2-0F
Oct 3
4
St Patrick's29642 
w
 
2-1F
l
 
2-0A
w
 
3-1F
Sep 19
l
 
0-1A
l
 
4-3A
Sep 27
l
 
3-0A
5
Drogheda28442 
w
 
2-1A
d
 
1-1A
Oct 24
l
 
1-0A
d
 
2-2A
l
 
3-0A
Sep 20
l
 
1-0A
6
Shelbourne27539 
d
 
1-1A
d
 
2-2A
d
 
1-1A
Aug 29
l
 
1-2A
l
 
3-2F
l
 
0-2A
Oct 17
7
Waterford29-1734 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
1-0A
l
 
2-4A
Nov 1
l
 
2-3A
w
 
0-4F
w
 
1-0F
w
 
1-2A
8
Galway28-730 
-
-
-
-
l
 
1-2A
w
 
0-1F
w
 
2-1F
Sep 12
9
Sligo29-1230 
l
 
0-1A
w
 
1-2F
Sep 12
l
 
2-1A
-
-
-
-
10
Cork29-2022 
w
 
2-1F
d
 
2-2A
Sep 26
l
 
1-0A
d
 
1-1A
d
 
1-1F
Oct 25
w
 
2-3A
Win / draw / win form
Galway 8TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
25
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
7
Draw
6
Lost
7
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Galway1 - 2Derry
Galway0 - 0Shamrock
Galway2 - 4Waterford
Galway1 - 1Shelbourne
Galway3 - 1St Patrick's
Galway2 - 1Cork
Galway0 - 1Sligo
Galway1 - 2Bohemians
Galway2 - 1Drogheda
Galway2 - 3Derry
Galway0 - 1Shamrock
Galway1 - 0Waterford
Galway1 - 1Shelbourne
Galway2 - 1St Patrick's
Galway2 - 2Sligo
Galway1 - 1Dundalk
Galway1 - 0Shelbourne
Galway1 - 2Shamrock
Galway1 - 0Derry
Galway1 - 1St Patrick's
Goals: Scored
20
Conceded
30
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
W
4
Draw
5
Lost
11
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HGalway1 - 2Derry
HGalway0 - 0Shamrock
AGalway0 - 1Cork
HGalway2 - 4Waterford
AGalway0 - 3Bohemians
AGalway0 - 1Drogheda
HGalway1 - 1Shelbourne
AGalway1 - 2Sligo
HGalway3 - 1St Patrick's
AGalway1 - 1Derry
AGalway0 - 0Shamrock
HGalway2 - 1Cork
HGalway0 - 1Sligo
AGalway0 - 1Waterford
HGalway1 - 2Bohemians
AGalway0 - 2St Patrick's
HGalway2 - 1Drogheda
AGalway2 - 2Shelbourne
HGalway2 - 3Derry
AGalway2 - 1Sligo
Sligo 9TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
24
Conceded
45
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
W
4
Draw
5
Lost
11
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Waterford1 - 2Sligo
St Patrick's3 - 0Sligo
Cork2 - 3Sligo
Bohemians1 - 1Sligo
Drogheda1 - 0Sligo
Shelbourne3 - 2Sligo
Galway0 - 1Sligo
Shamrock2 - 0Sligo
Derry3 - 0Sligo
Waterford0 - 4Sligo
Bohemians4 - 2Sligo
Cork1 - 1Sligo
St Patrick's4 - 3Sligo
Drogheda3 - 0Sligo
Galway2 - 2Sligo
Derry1 - 1Sligo
Shelbourne0 - 0Sligo
Shamrock4 - 0Sligo
Drogheda7 - 0Sligo
St Patrick's3 - 2Sligo
Goals: Scored
24
Conceded
28
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
7
D
4
Lost
9
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ASligo2 - 1Waterford
ASligo0 - 3St Patrick's
HSligo0 - 2Shelbourne
ASligo3 - 2Cork
HSligo2 - 0Derry
HSligo2 - 2Shamrock
ASligo1 - 1Bohemians
HSligo2 - 1Galway
ASligo0 - 1Drogheda
HSligo1 - 0Waterford
HSligo0 - 1St Patrick's
ASligo2 - 3Shelbourne
ASligo1 - 0Galway
HSligo0 - 1Bohemians
ASligo0 - 2Shamrock
HSligo2 - 2Drogheda
HSligo1 - 1Cork
ASligo0 - 3Derry
ASligo4 - 0Waterford
HSligo1 - 2Galway
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Galway since 2024
Galway
Sligo
Goals: Scored
2
3
Games: Scored
1 / 3
2 / 3
Clean sheets
1 / 3
2 / 3
D
2
SLR
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Galway
0 - 1Sligo
Draw2 - 2Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
League games at Sligo since 2024
Sligo
Galway
Goals: Scored
5
3
Games: Scored
3 / 4
2 / 4
Clean sheets
2 / 4
1 / 4
GAL
1
D
1
SLR
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Sligo
Sligo2 - 1
1 - 2Galway
Sligo2 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
Goal Statistics
Galway 8th Sligo 9th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.6
goals
1.4
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
21%
1
33%
2
26%
3
14%
4+
8%
There is a 79% probability that Galway will score 1 or more goals
0
25%
1
35%
2
24%
3
11%
4+
There is a 60% probability that Sligo will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-4
Galway’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
+9
Sligo’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.3
average goals scored
1.2
average goals scored
1.3
conceded
2.3
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Premier Division - 2025/2025 season
Galway
PG (predicted goals)
Sligo
1.6
1.4
Attack rating
GAL
SLR
9%
better
view stats
Games scored18
18
Failed to score8
8
Scored first9
10
Goals scored29
33
Avg. goals scored1
1.2
Avg. shots per game9
7
Avg. shots per goal9
6
Conversion rate for11
16
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
+9%
Defence rating
2%
better
GAL
SLR
view stats
Games conceded23
22
Clean sheets3
4
Conceded first16
16
Goals conceded35
43
Avg. goals conceded1.3
1.5
Avg. shots/game conceded10
10
Avg. shots/goal conceded8
7
Conversion rate against13%
15%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
+2%

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

Galway Premier Division squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
28469
R SlevinP. HickeyB BurnsG Cunningham
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
R Slevin DEF2812
5
-
D. Hurley MID2823
4
-
S. Walsh FWD2812
4
-
K Brouder DEF271
4
-
J. Esua DEF263
1
-
B Burns DEF2516
2
-
P. Hickey MID2441
6
-
V. Borden MID2331
4
-
G Cunningham DEF221
9
-
E. McCarthy MID171
2
-
G Buckley DEF16
4
-
E. Watts GLK152
1
-
J Keohane MID1511
2
-
B Clarke GLK13
1
-
R Donelon DEF12
1
-
C McCormack MID101
2
-
C. Tollett FWD10
3
-
C Horgan DEF8
-
M Shaw FWD7
2
-
A Bolger MID6
1
-
A Piesold MID4
-
D. McGuinness FWD41
-
J Sivi MID1
-
M. Wilson FWD1
1
-
Sligo Premier Division squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
2810711
W FitzgeraldO EldingW FitzgeraldJ Mahon
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
W Fitzgerald FWD287
4
-
O Elding FWD27103
7
-
J Hakiki FWD2651
6
-
F. Lomboto FWD254
3
-
S Sargeant GLK22
1
1
R Hutchinson DEF2232
4
-
J Mahon DEF201
10
1
C Reynolds MID20
6
1
C Kavanagh FWD2031
6
1
G McElroy DEF182
2
-
J Doyle-Hayes MID182
10
1
R. Manning MID182
3
-
M Wolfe MID172
4
-
O Denham DEF15
2
-
S Mallon FWD14
-
W. Waweru FWD132
-
H Lintott DEF121
2
-
C Malley MID121
5
-
O Hattum FWD121
1
-
K. McDonagh MID10
1
-
D. Patton MID91
1
-
C Walsh GLK7
1
-
P McClean DEF62
1
1
J McManus MID6
1
-
S Quirk MID5
1
-
R O'Kane FWD51
-
S. Stewart DEF3
-
C Harkin MID31
-
E Agbaje DEF1
-