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

Sat 11th Jul, 17:00 BST, Eamonn Deacy Park, Galway

We’ve Premier Division action to look forward to on Saturday evening, as John Caulfield and his Galway United side host John Russell’s Sligo Rovers at the Eamonn Deacy Park. The predictions for all the markets are calculated using the past 20 games each side has played (at home, away or overall) with extra weighting given to top teams. All the stats and graphics are tailored for the betting market in question. Head to head (H2H) statistics between the team are also given if there are are enough previous meetings. Odds are provided straight from 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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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Galway
46%
--
Draw
25%
--
Sligo
29%
--
Draw 1-1
12%
--
Galway 1-0
10%
--
Galway 2-1
9%
--
Galway 2-0
8%
--
Sligo 1-0
8%
--
Sligo 2-1
7%
--
Draw 0-0
7%
--
Draw 2-2
5%
--
Galway 3-1
5%
--
Sligo 2-0
5%
--
Galway 3-0
4%
--
Galway 3-2
3%
--
Sligo 3-1
3%
--
Sligo 3-2
2%
--
Galway 4-1
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
50%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
50%
--
Home 1st Goal
51%
--
Away 1st Goal
45%
--
No 1st Goal
4%
--
BTTS - Yes
54%
--
BTTS - No
46%
--
BTTS - Home Win
21%
--
BTTS - Draw
19%
--
BTTS - Away Win
14%
--
Home/draw
71%
--
Away/draw
54%
--
Home/away
75%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
75%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
25%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
28%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
72%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
13%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
87%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
6%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
94%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
93%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
7%
--
Home DNB
64%
--
Away DNB
46%
--
Galway win to nil
25%
--
Sligo win to nil
15%
--
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Win / draw / win Premier Division table

Galway have played 21 matches so far this season and lay in 7th 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 4, drawn 1 and lost 1 match. They have kept 1 clean sheet and have failed to score in 1 fixture. Galway have outscored their opponents by 29 goals to 15 goals.

Home League Performance

Galway have played 10 games at home winning 4, drawing 2 and losing 4 games. They have scored 16 goals, kept 1 clean sheet and conceded 18 goals at home.

Sligo are in 9th position in the Premier Division on 19 points having played 21 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

7 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 17 goals and kept 2 clean sheets. They have scored 6 goals in total and failed to score in 7 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

18 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 11 games, drawn 3 and won 4. Sligo have conceded 29 goals, scored 13, failed to score in 9 fixtures and have kept 3 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Galway
Sligo
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Shamrock241747 
l
 
1-3A
l
 
2-0A
Oct 16
l
 
3-1A
l
 
0-2A
w
 
1-2A
Jul 3
Oct 23
2
Bohemians241140 
l
 
2-4A
l
 
1-0A
Sep 11
Jul 31
l
 
0-4A
w
 
1-2A
l
 
1-3A
Aug 28
3
St Patrick's221638 
d
 
2-2A
l
 
1-0A
Oct 23
Jul 3
d
 
1-1A
l
 
4-1F
Sep 19
l
 
2-0A
4
Dundalk22435 
d
 
2-2A
l
 
2-1A
l
 
0-1A
Aug 21
w
 
2-0F
l
 
1-0A
Oct 17
Jul 31
5
Shelbourne22-130 
Aug 28
d
 
1-1F
-
d
 
1-1A
l
 
0-1A
d
 
0-00-0
Jun 27
Oct 9
6
Derry24329 
w
 
2-1F
d
 
1-1F
w
 
2-1F
Sep 18
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
2-1F
Oct 30
Aug 7
7
Galway21-524 
-
-
-
-
l
 
1-4A
l
 
1-0A
Sep 5
Jul 11
8
Drogheda22-1122 
l
 
0-1A
w
 
2-3A
Aug 7
Oct 30
w
 
2-1F
l
 
1-0A
Jul 25
Sep 11
9
Sligo21-1819 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
1-4F
Jul 11
Sep 5
-
-
-
-
10
Waterford22-1617 
w
 
4-3F
d
 
1-1F
Jul 25
Oct 9
w
 
2-0F
d
 
0-00-0
Aug 22
l
 
4-0A
Win / draw / win form
Galway 7TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
30
Conceded
30
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
8
Draw
5
Lost
7
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Galway2 - 1Derry
Galway0 - 1Dundalk
Galway2 - 4Bohemians
Galway1 - 3Shamrock
Galway2 - 2St Patrick's
Galway2 - 1Derry
Galway4 - 3Waterford
Galway2 - 2Dundalk
Galway1 - 0Sligo
Galway0 - 1Drogheda
Galway1 - 1Drogheda
Galway2 - 0Bohemians
Galway2 - 1Cork
Galway0 - 1Sligo
Galway1 - 2Derry
Galway0 - 0Shamrock
Galway2 - 4Waterford
Galway1 - 1Shelbourne
Galway3 - 1St Patrick's
Galway2 - 1Cork
Goals: Scored
29
Conceded
33
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
19 / 20
Clean sheets
1 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
6
Draw
6
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AGalway1 - 3Shamrock
HGalway2 - 1Derry
HGalway0 - 1Dundalk
AGalway1 - 1Shelbourne
HGalway2 - 4Bohemians
AGalway4 - 1Sligo
HGalway1 - 3Shamrock
AGalway1 - 1Derry
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
Sligo 9TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
16
Conceded
30
Games: Scored
10 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
10 / 20
Won
6
D
3
Lost
11
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
St Patrick's2 - 0Sligo
Waterford4 - 0Sligo
Shamrock1 - 2Sligo
Shelbourne0 - 0Sligo
Drogheda1 - 0Sligo
Bohemians1 - 2Sligo
St Patrick's4 - 1Sligo
Dundalk1 - 0Sligo
Galway1 - 0Sligo
Waterford0 - 0Sligo
Derry2 - 1Sligo
Shamrock1 - 2Sligo
Shelbourne3 - 1Sligo
Derry1 - 0Sligo
Galway0 - 1Sligo
Waterford1 - 2Sligo
St Patrick's3 - 0Sligo
Cork2 - 3Sligo
Bohemians1 - 1Sligo
Drogheda1 - 0Sligo
Goals: Scored
14
Conceded
31
Games: Scored
9 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
11 / 20
Won
5
D
4
Lost
11
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ASligo0 - 2St Patrick's
ASligo0 - 4Waterford
HSligo1 - 3Bohemians
ASligo2 - 1Shamrock
HSligo1 - 4Galway
ASligo0 - 0Shelbourne
HSligo1 - 1St Patrick's
ASligo0 - 1Drogheda
HSligo2 - 0Dundalk
HSligo2 - 0Waterford
ASligo2 - 1Bohemians
HSligo0 - 0Derry
ASligo1 - 4St Patrick's
HSligo0 - 1Shelbourne
ASligo0 - 1Dundalk
HSligo0 - 2Shamrock
HSligo2 - 1Drogheda
ASligo0 - 1Galway
ASligo0 - 0Waterford
HSligo0 - 4Bohemians
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Galway since 2024
Galway
Sligo
Goals: Scored
3
4
Games: Scored
2 / 5
3 / 5
Clean sheets
2 / 5
3 / 5
GAL
1
D
2
SLR
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Galway
Galway1 - 0
0 - 1Sligo
0 - 1Sligo
Draw2 - 2Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
League games at Sligo since 2024
Sligo
Galway
Goals: Scored
6
7
Games: Scored
4 / 5
3 / 5
Clean sheets
2 / 5
1 / 5
GAL
2
D
1
SLR
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Sligo
1 - 4Galway
Sligo2 - 1
1 - 2Galway
Sligo2 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
Goal Statistics

Galway United's fans will be hoping for goals on Saturday evening, not least because Sligo Rovers have conceded in each of their last 5 Premier Division outings. A PG of 1.5 for J. Caulfield's side suggests that run should continue.

Galway 7th Sligo 9th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.5
goals
1.2
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
22%
1
33%
2
25%
3
13%
4+
There is a 78% probability that Galway will score 1 or more goals
0
32%
1
36%
2
21%
3
8%
4+
There is a 68% probability that Sligo will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+5
Galway’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-18
Sligo have scored 18% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.5
average goals scored
0.8
average goals scored
1.5
conceded
1.5
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Premier Division - 2026/2026 season
Galway
PG (predicted goals)
Sligo
1.5
1.2
Attack rating
%
better
GAL
SLR
view stats
Games scored0
0
Failed to score0
0
Scored first0
0
Goals scored0
0
Avg. goals scored0
0
Avg. shots per game0
0
Avg. shots per goal0
0
Conversion rate for0
0
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
0%
Defence rating
%
better
GAL
SLR
view stats
Games conceded0
0
Clean sheets0
0
Conceded first0
0
Goals conceded0
0
Avg. goals conceded0
0
Avg. shots/game conceded0
0
Avg. shots/goal conceded0
0
Conversion rate against0%
0%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
0%

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

Galway Premier Division squad statistics 2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
21665
E. WattsK TwardekD. HurleyD. Hurley
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
E. Watts GLK21
1
-
D. Hurley MID2126
5
-
S. Walsh FWD2142
3
-
K Brouder DEF201
1
-
A Bolger MID2021
3
-
L. Molloy MID20
4
-
E. McCarthy MID202
1
-
O Williams DEF191
4
-
M Wolfe MID1911
4
-
G Facchineri DEF18
4
-
J Keohane MID1722
2
-
K Twardek FWD1765
2
-
F Pierrot FWD164
1
-
C. Barratt DEF15
3
-
F. Lomboto FWD142
-
A Piesold MID1311
1
-
A. Parker DEF12
1
-
C McCormack MID11
2
-
A Kazeem DEF9
2
-
N. Fleuriau Chateau FWD3
-
J. Thiam MID1
-
Sligo Premier Division squad statistics 2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
21334
S SargeantW FitzgeraldW FitzgeraldG McElroy
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
S Sargeant GLK21
2
-
G McElroy DEF21
4
-
W Fitzgerald FWD2133
3
-
D. Patton MID19
1
-
A I FWD1921
2
-
J. Esua DEF1811
3
-
O Denham DEF18
2
1
C Kavanagh FWD1812
2
-
C McHugh MID161
1
1
J McManus MID16
3
-
A Meekison MID1521
1
-
M Traore FWD15
1
-
S McHale DEF131
1
-
R O'Kane FWD1211
1
-
S Quirk DEF10
1
-
S Blaney DEF10
1
-
S. Stewart DEF9
1
-
C Harkin MID8
3
-
K. McDonagh MID8
-
J Hakiki MID61
-
G. Rego Priosti MID3
-
K Zefi FWD2
-
C. Cannon MID1
1
-