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

Fri 9th May, 19:45 BST, Waterford Regional Sports Centre, Waterford

the Waterford Regional Sports Centre is the stage on Friday evening, as Keith Long's Waterford FC host John Caulfield's Galway United in the Premier Division. All of the important statistics for the clash, including head to heads (H2Hs), predictions and odds across seventeen major markets are included in this preview. It's all brought together specifically to help you make a well informed, intelligent 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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Waterford
25%
--
Draw
25%
--
Galway
51%
--
Draw 1-1
12%
--
Galway 1-0
11%
--
Galway 2-1
10%
--
Galway 2-0
9%
--
Waterford 1-0
7%
--
Draw 0-0
7%
--
Waterford 2-1
6%
--
Galway 3-1
5%
--
Draw 2-2
5%
--
Galway 3-0
5%
--
Waterford 2-0
4%
--
Galway 3-2
3%
--
Waterford 3-1
2%
--
Galway 4-1
2%
--
Galway 4-0
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
51%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
49%
--
Home 1st Goal
43%
--
Away 1st Goal
53%
--
No 1st Goal
4%
--
BTTS - Yes
53%
--
BTTS - No
47%
--
BTTS - Home Win
12%
--
BTTS - Draw
18%
--
BTTS - Away Win
23%
--
Home/draw
49%
--
Away/draw
75%
--
Home/away
75%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
75%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
25%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
29%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
71%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
14%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
86%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
6%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
94%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
93%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
7%
--
Home DNB
42%
--
Away DNB
68%
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Waterford win to nil
13%
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Galway win to nil
28%
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Win / draw / win Premier Division table

Waterford have played 12 matches so far this season and are in 8th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

8 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 6 games, drawn zero and won 2. Waterford have conceded 13 goals, scored 5, failed to score in 5 matches and kept no clean sheets.

Home league performance

Waterford have played 6 games at home, winning 2, drawing 0 and losing 4 fixtures. They have scored 5 goals, conceded 12 goals, kept 0 clean sheets and failed to score 3 times in home league games.

Galway lay in 2nd place on 20 points in the Premier Division league table having played 12 matches. Galway are unbeaten away after 6 games and have kept 1 clean sheet in those matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 10 games against teams below them in the table, winning 4, drawing 4 and losing 2 games. They have scored 15 goals and kept 2 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Galway have conceded 12 goals and have failed to score in 1 match.

Away league performance

Galway have played 6 away games, winning 2, drawing 4 and losing 0 games. They have scored an average of 1.7 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.2 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Waterford
Galway
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Drogheda12720 
May 30
l
 
2-0A
Oct 3
Aug 8
w
 
2-1A
d
 
1-1A
Oct 24
Jul 4
2
Galway A12420 
May 9
l
 
1-0A
Nov 1
Jul 25
-
-
-
-
3
St Patrick's12619 
l
 
1-2F
May 23
Aug 1
Oct 24
w
 
2-1F
May 2
Jun 20
Sep 19
4
Shamrock12519 
May 16
l
 
2-0A
Sep 12
Jun 27
l
 
0-1A
May 30
Aug 8
Oct 3
5
Shelbourne12419 
l
 
0-1A
May 5
Jun 23
Sep 26
d
 
1-1A
d
 
2-2A
Jun 27
Aug 29
6
Bohemians12018 
l
 
0-3A
May 2
Jun 20
Sep 19
May 5
w
 
0-2F
Oct 17
Jul 11
7
Derry12-117 
w
 
2-1F
w
 
1-2F
Oct 17
Jul 4
l
 
2-3A
d
 
1-1F
Aug 22
Jun 13
8
Waterford H12-1112 
-
-
-
-
w
 
1-0F
May 9
Jul 25
Nov 1
9
Cork12-611 
w
 
2-1A
l
 
2-1F
Jul 11
Aug 29
May 23
d
 
2-2A
Sep 26
Aug 1
10
Sligo12-88 
l
 
0-4A
w
 
2-3F
Aug 22
Jun 14
May 16
w
 
1-2F
Sep 12
Jun 23
Win / draw / win form
Waterford 8TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
25
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
Won
8
D
3
Lost
9
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Waterford2 - 1Derry
Waterford0 - 4Sligo
Waterford1 - 2St Patrick's
Waterford0 - 3Bohemians
Waterford2 - 1Cork
Waterford0 - 1Shelbourne
Waterford1 - 1Bohemians
Waterford0 - 0Drogheda
Waterford1 - 2Galway
Waterford2 - 1Dundalk
Waterford0 - 1Derry
Waterford1 - 2Shamrock
Waterford1 - 0St Patrick's
Waterford0 - 1Shelbourne
Waterford4 - 1Sligo
Waterford2 - 1Bohemians
Waterford4 - 2Drogheda
Waterford4 - 1Dundalk
Waterford0 - 2Derry
Waterford0 - 0Galway
Goals: Scored
17
Conceded
36
Games: Scored
11 / 20
Conceded
19 / 20
Clean sheets
1 / 20
Failed to score
9 / 20
Won
5
D
2
Lost
13
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HWaterford2 - 1Derry
AWaterford1 - 2Cork
HWaterford0 - 4Sligo
AWaterford0 - 2Shamrock
AWaterford0 - 2Drogheda
HWaterford1 - 2St Patrick's
AWaterford0 - 1Galway
HWaterford0 - 3Bohemians
HWaterford2 - 1Cork
AWaterford2 - 1Derry
HWaterford0 - 1Shelbourne
AWaterford3 - 2Sligo
AWaterford1 - 2Shamrock
HWaterford1 - 1Bohemians
AWaterford1 - 3Shelbourne
HWaterford0 - 0Drogheda
HWaterford1 - 2Galway
AWaterford0 - 3St Patrick's
HWaterford2 - 1Dundalk
AWaterford0 - 2Sligo
Galway 2ND
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
23
Conceded
23
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
6
Draw
9
Lost
5
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
Shamrock1 - 1Galway
Sligo0 - 0Galway
Goals: Scored
27
Conceded
23
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
7
Draw
9
L
4
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
AGalway2 - 1Waterford
AGalway0 - 0Drogheda
HGalway1 - 0Shelbourne
HGalway1 - 2Shamrock
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
3
Galway have beaten Waterford in 3 consecutive league meetings
5
Galway have not lost to Waterford in 5 consecutive league meetings
League games at Waterford since 2024
Waterford
Galway
Goals: Scored
1
2
Games: Scored
1 / 2
1 / 2
Clean sheets
1 / 2
1 / 2
D
1
GAL
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Waterford
1 - 2Galway
Draw0 - 0Draw
League games at Galway since 2024
Galway
Waterford
Goals: Scored
4
1
Games: Scored
3 / 3
1 / 3
Clean sheets
2 / 3
0 / 3
GAL
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Galway
Galway1 - 0
Galway1 - 0
Galway2 - 1
Goal Statistics

Galway United's fans will be hoping for goals on Friday evening, not least because Waterford FC have conceded in each of their last 15 Premier Division outings. A PG of 1.6 for J. Caulfield's side suggests that run should continue.

Waterford 8th Galway 2nd
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.1
goals
1.6
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
34%
1
37%
2
20%
3
4+
There is a 71% probability that Waterford will score no more than 1 goal
0
19%
1
32%
2
26%
3
14%
4+
8%
There is a 81% probability that Galway will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-6
Waterford’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
+7
Galway’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.3
average goals scored
1.2
average goals scored
1.4
conceded
1.2
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
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Waterford
PG (predicted goals)
Galway
1.1
1.6
Attack rating
WAT
GAL
33%
better
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Games scored6
11
Failed to score6
1
Scored first5
5
Goals scored11
18
Avg. goals scored0.9
1.5
Avg. shots per game7
9
Avg. shots per goal8
6
Conversion rate for13
16
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
+33%
Defence rating
WAT
GAL
32%
better
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Games conceded12
10
Clean sheets0
2
Conceded first7
7
Goals conceded22
14
Avg. goals conceded1.8
1.2
Avg. shots/game conceded11
11
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
9
Conversion rate against17%
11%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
+32%

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

Waterford Premier Division squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
12325
S McMullanP AmondC NoonanD McMenamy
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
S McMullan GLK12
2
-
D Leahy DEF121
1
-
K Radkowski DEF121
2
-
P Amond FWD1231
-
D McMenamy MID11
5
-
C Noonan FWD1112
2
-
N Bakboord DEF10
1
-
S Glenfield FWD10
1
-
T Lonergan FWD1021
-
R Burke DEF91
2
1
M Pouwels FWD9
2
-
A Boyle DEF8
4
-
G Horton DEF8
2
-
K White MID82
3
1
J Olayinka MID8
2
-
R. McDonald MID812
2
-
B Mccormack MID6
-
T Coyle MID5
1
-
L. Roberts MID1
-
Galway Premier Division squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
12757
R SlevinM. DyerB BurnsM. Dyer
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
B Burns DEF125
1
-
R Slevin DEF121
3
-
K Brouder DEF121
4
-
D. Hurley MID121
1
-
P. Hickey MID1241
4
-
V. Borden MID1231
2
-
S. Walsh FWD121
2
-
G Cunningham DEF11
4
-
J Keohane MID111
-
M. Dyer FWD117
7
-
R Donelon DEF9
-
B Clarke GLK6
-
C. Tollett FWD4
2
-
G Buckley DEF3
-
E. McCarthy MID3
-
C McCormack MID1
-