Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Galway United & UCD face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FAI Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
This could be an intriguing match with lots of spark and bustle as both participants are well revitalized since they last played a game. Let's get started!
Galway United form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the FAI Cup for Galway, as the manager Caulfield led his troops to eliminate Bluebell United, and reach the 2nd Round. Last season, Galway United's FAI Cup journey ended in the 1st round.When playing at home in the First Division, Galway United have managed 7 wins, 4 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 13 games.
The Galway United crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Bray Wanderers here at Eamonn Deacy Park.
Prior to that, an away loss at Waterford United in the First Division.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Galway handle that role? We have found 6 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 2 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
Galway United have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Eamonn Deacy Park with 20 goals in 13 league matches. From these home matches, Galway United have conceded only 9 goals.
UCD form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Cockhill Celtic in order to reach 2nd round of FAI Cup. They also participated in FAI Cup last season. This ended in the quarter-finals.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for UCD so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-9 (win-draw-lose).
Home advantage was not enough for UCD in their previous game as they lost hosting St Patrick's, 1-2.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Finn Harps.We have checked recent matches where UCD have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 4 games were 0 victories, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
The attacking power of UCD when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 13 league matches away. The UCD manager Myler has some worries about the defense as 31 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Galway United have put together a sequence of 5 consecutive matches without losing (3-2-0) when facing UCD.Top Goalscorers
  S. Walsh 14 goals | D. Hurley 6 goals | M. Suárez Arbelo 4 goals |
Galway United missing players
UCD missing players
| Galway United | UCD | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 7 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 8 | 16 | ||
| 52 | 18 | Scored | S | 10 | 22 | ||
| 19 | 7 | Conceded | C | 28 | 50 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 60% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 20% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 8% | ||
| 44% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 48% | ||
| 48% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 12% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 40% | ||
| 5.8 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 4.1 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 6 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.7 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | ||
| 9.6 | 7.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.7 | 6.7 | ||
| 4.7 | 3.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3 | ||
| 44% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 29% | ||
| 6.3 | 3.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.1 | 12.4 | ||
| 2.7 | 1.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 5.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cork City | 26 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 54 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 7 | 40 | 60 |
| 2 | Galway United | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 48 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 12 | 27 | 53 |
| 3 | Waterford United | 25 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 52 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 13 | 26 | 48 |
| 4 | Longford Town | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 36 | 29 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 45 |
| 5 | Treaty United | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 32 | 35 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 14 | -3 | 36 |
| 6 | Wexford Youths | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 37 | 41 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 25 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 16 | -4 | 32 |
| 7 | Bray Wanderers | 26 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 24 | 46 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 31 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 15 | -22 | 24 |
| 8 | Cobh Ramblers | 26 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 27 | 65 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 34 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 31 | -38 | 13 |
| 9 | Athlone Town | 25 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 30 | 63 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 31 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 32 | -33 | 11 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Shamrock Rovers | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 41 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 26 | 56 |
| 2 | Dundalk | 27 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 37 | 20 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 17 | 49 |
| 3 | Derry City | 26 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 42 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 18 | 46 |
| 4 | St Patrick's | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 36 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 42 |
| 5 | Sligo Rovers | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 35 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 4 | 35 |
| 6 | Bohemians | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 33 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 0 | 33 |
| 7 | Shelbourne | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 25 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 15 | -7 | 32 |
| 8 | Drogheda United | 28 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 29 | 43 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 25 | -14 | 31 |
| 9 | Finn Harps | 27 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 26 | 49 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 29 | -23 | 18 |
| 10 | UCD | 27 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 53 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 31 | -34 | 16 |
