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

Fri 30th May, 20:00 BST, Tallaght Stadium, Dublin

We’ve Premier Division action to look forward to on Friday night, as Stephen Bradley and his Shamrock Rovers side host John Caulfield’s Galway United at the Tallaght Stadium. This preview has odds from leading bookmakers for seventeen different markets, alongside supporting data that updates as you go between markets. Our predictions run off 20-game form, so all stats are shown for each side's last 20 too. Home, away and overall performance can be explored, while you'll also find head-to-head history later on in the preview.


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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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Shamrock
50%
--
Draw
25%
--
Galway
25%
--
Draw 1-1
12%
--
Shamrock 1-0
12%
--
Shamrock 2-1
9%
--
Shamrock 2-0
9%
--
Galway 1-0
8%
--
Draw 0-0
8%
--
Galway 2-1
6%
--
Shamrock 3-1
5%
--
Shamrock 3-0
5%
--
Draw 2-2
5%
--
Galway 2-0
4%
--
Shamrock 3-2
2%
--
Galway 3-1
2%
--
Shamrock 4-1
2%
--
Shamrock 4-0
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
47%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
53%
--
Home 1st Goal
53%
--
Away 1st Goal
43%
--
No 1st Goal
5%
--
BTTS - Yes
50%
--
BTTS - No
50%
--
BTTS - Home Win
21%
--
BTTS - Draw
18%
--
BTTS - Away Win
11%
--
Home/draw
75%
--
Away/draw
50%
--
Home/away
75%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
73%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
27%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
26%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
74%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
12%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
88%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
5%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
95%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
92%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
8%
--
Home DNB
68%
--
Away DNB
42%
--
Shamrock win to nil
29%
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Galway win to nil
13%
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Win / draw / win Premier Division table

Shamrock have played 16 matches so far this season and lay in 1st place in the Premier Division league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 16 games against teams below in the table, having won 8, drawn 5 and lost 3 matches. They have kept 6 clean sheets and have failed to score in 2 fixtures. Shamrock have outscored their opponents by 27 goals to 19 goals.

Home League Performance

Shamrock have played 8 games at home winning 5, drawing 2 and losing 1 game. They have scored 16 goals, kept 5 clean sheets and conceded 6 goals at home.

Galway are in 8th position in the Premier Division on 20 points having played 16 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

2 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 10 goals and kept 1 clean sheet. They have scored 10 goals in total and failed to score in 2 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

13 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 5 games, drawn 4 and won 4. Galway have conceded 16 goals, scored 15, failed to score in 3 fixtures and have kept 2 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Shamrock
Galway
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Shamrock H161229 
-
-
-
-
l
 
0-1A
May 30
Aug 8
Oct 3
2
Derry16327 
d
 
0-00-0
May 23
Aug 1
Oct 24
l
 
2-3A
d
 
1-1F
Aug 22
Jun 13
3
Bohemians16227 
l
 
2-3F
l
 
1-0A
Sep 26
Jun 23
l
 
1-2F
w
 
0-2F
Oct 17
Jul 11
4
St Patrick's16725 
w
 
1-0F
d
 
2-2A
May 19
Oct 17
w
 
2-1F
l
 
2-0A
Jun 20
Sep 19
5
Drogheda16525 
w
 
3-0F
w
 
1-2A
Aug 29
Jun 16
w
 
2-1A
d
 
1-1A
Oct 24
Jul 4
6
Shelbourne16122 
d
 
2-2F
d
 
1-1A
Aug 22
Jun 13
d
 
1-1A
d
 
2-2A
Jun 27
Aug 29
7
Waterford16-1021 
w
 
2-0F
w
 
1-3A
Jun 27
Sep 12
w
 
1-0F
l
 
1-0A
Jul 25
Nov 1
8
Galway A16-120 
May 30
w
 
0-1F
Oct 3
Aug 8
-
-
-
-
9
Cork16-912 
w
 
4-1F
d
 
1-1F
Jun 20
Sep 19
May 23
d
 
2-2A
Sep 26
Aug 1
10
Sligo16-1012 
w
 
2-0F
l
 
2-1A
Nov 1
Jul 5
l
 
0-1A
w
 
1-2F
Sep 12
Jun 23
Win / draw / win form
Shamrock 1ST
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
32
Conceded
19
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
10 / 20
Clean sheets
10 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
11
Draw
5
L
4
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Shamrock3 - 0Drogheda
Shamrock2 - 0Sligo
Shamrock2 - 2Shelbourne
Shamrock2 - 3Bohemians
Shamrock4 - 1Cork
Shamrock2 - 0Waterford
Shamrock0 - 0Derry
Shamrock1 - 0St Patrick's
Shamrock2 - 1Waterford
Shamrock2 - 0Shelbourne
Shamrock0 - 3St Patrick's
Shamrock1 - 0Bohemians
Shamrock4 - 0Sligo
Shamrock1 - 1Galway
Shamrock1 - 1Drogheda
Shamrock1 - 0Dundalk
Shamrock0 - 2Shelbourne
Shamrock1 - 0Derry
Shamrock2 - 2St Patrick's
Shamrock1 - 3Waterford
Goals: Scored
33
Conceded
16
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
12
Draw
5
L
3
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AShamrock3 - 1Waterford
HShamrock3 - 0Drogheda
HShamrock2 - 0Sligo
AShamrock1 - 1Cork
HShamrock2 - 2Shelbourne
HShamrock2 - 3Bohemians
AShamrock2 - 2St Patrick's
HShamrock4 - 1Cork
HShamrock2 - 0Waterford
AShamrock1 - 0Galway
HShamrock0 - 0Derry
AShamrock2 - 1Drogheda
HShamrock1 - 0St Patrick's
AShamrock1 - 2Sligo
AShamrock1 - 1Shelbourne
AShamrock0 - 1Bohemians
HShamrock2 - 1Waterford
AShamrock1 - 0Dundalk
AShamrock1 - 0Drogheda
HShamrock2 - 0Shelbourne
Galway 8TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
22
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
6
Draw
7
Lost
7
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Waterford1 - 0Galway
St Patrick's2 - 0Galway
Shelbourne2 - 2Galway
Sligo1 - 2Galway
Bohemians0 - 2Galway
Derry1 - 1Galway
Drogheda1 - 1Galway
Cork2 - 2Galway
Bohemians1 - 1Galway
St Patrick's2 - 1Galway
Waterford1 - 2Galway
Drogheda0 - 0Galway
Shamrock1 - 1Galway
Dundalk0 - 2Galway
Sligo2 - 0Galway
Shelbourne2 - 0Galway
Derry2 - 0Galway
St Patrick's2 - 1Galway
Drogheda2 - 3Galway
Bohemians0 - 1Galway
Goals: Scored
24
Conceded
26
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
5
Draw
8
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HGalway0 - 1Sligo
AGalway0 - 1Waterford
HGalway1 - 2Bohemians
AGalway0 - 2St Patrick's
HGalway2 - 1Drogheda
AGalway2 - 2Shelbourne
HGalway2 - 3Derry
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
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
5
Shamrock have not lost to Galway in 5 consecutive league meetings
League games at Shamrock since 2024
Shamrock
Galway
Goals: Scored
2
2
Games: Scored
2 / 2
2 / 2
Clean sheets
0 / 2
0 / 2
D
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Shamrock
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
League games at Galway since 2024
Galway
Shamrock
Goals: Scored
1
4
Games: Scored
1 / 3
3 / 3
Clean sheets
0 / 3
2 / 3
SHA
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Galway
0 - 1Shamrock
1 - 2Shamrock
0 - 1Shamrock
Goal Statistics

Shamrock Rovers have been steady in front of goal of late, finding the net in 10 consecutive Premier Division outings. Their PG of 1.6 against Galway United on Friday suggests that run is likely to continue.

Shamrock 1st Galway 8th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.6
goals
1.0
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
21%
1
33%
2
26%
3
13%
4+
There is a 79% probability that Shamrock will score 1 or more goals
0
36%
1
37%
2
19%
3
4+
There is a 73% probability that Galway will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-7
Shamrock’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-3
Galway’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.6
average goals scored
1.1
average goals scored
1.0
conceded
1.3
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Premier Division - 2025/2025 season
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Shamrock
PG (predicted goals)
Galway
1.6
1
Attack rating
27%
better
SHA
GAL
view stats
Games scored14
12
Failed to score2
4
Scored first9
6
Goals scored27
19
Avg. goals scored1.7
1.2
Avg. shots per game11
11
Avg. shots per goal6
9
Conversion rate for16
11
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
+27%
Defence rating
23%
better
SHA
GAL
view stats
Games conceded10
14
Clean sheets6
2
Conceded first6
10
Goals conceded15
20
Avg. goals conceded0.9
1.3
Avg. shots/game conceded6
11
Avg. shots/goal conceded7
9
Conversion rate against15%
12%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
+23%

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

Shamrock Premier Division squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
16464
R LopesG BurkeJ ByrneJ Honohan
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
R Lopes DEF161
1
-
G Burke FWD1643
2
-
E McGinty GLK15
1
J Honohan DEF1522
4
-
M Healy MID1512
3
-
M. Noonan FWD1521
-
A Greene FWD1541
1
-
D Grant FWD1412
3
-
J Byrne MID1326
4
-
R Gaffney FWD134
1
-
D Cleary DEF121
4
-
C O'Sullivan DEF12
2
-
D Watts MID121
-
L Grace DEF1132
2
-
V. Ozhianvuna FWD10
-
G O'Neill MID8
2
-
A McEneff MID821
2
-
J O'Sullivan MID7
1
-
A Matthews DEF6
-
D Nugent MID6
-
D Mandroiu MID3
1
-
L Pohls GLK2
-
C. Barrett DEF2
-
Galway Premier Division squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
16857
R SlevinM. DyerB BurnsM. Dyer
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
R Slevin DEF162
4
-
K Brouder DEF161
4
-
D. Hurley MID161
2
-
P. Hickey MID1641
4
-
S. Walsh FWD161
2
-
B Burns DEF155
1
-
M. Dyer FWD158
7
-
G Cunningham DEF12
5
-
V. Borden MID1231
2
-
R Donelon DEF11
1
-
J Keohane MID111
-
B Clarke GLK10
-
C. Tollett FWD7
3
-
E. McCarthy MID5
1
-
G Buckley DEF4
1
-
C McCormack MID4
1
-
C Horgan DEF3
-
B. Cunningham FWD1
-