Soccer match preview: Galway United confident before travelling to Cabinteely

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Competition: Republic of Ireland First Division
Competition: Fri 03.September
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stradbrook Road (1620 seats)

This campaign has been grim for Cabinteely up to now, while Galway United have taken lots of points. Will the visitors win again at Stradbrook Road?

Insights:
  • Cabinteely is in the worst form (1-1-4)

This should be an appealing fixture with lots of spark and bustle as both sides are well renewed since they last played a game. Game on!

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Cabinteely form and stats

Cabinteely's struggle is real here at Stradbrook Road with only 10 points collected from 10 First Division games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-1-6.

The spoils were shared in Cabinteely's previous game, also at home. Visiting Cork City (placed 7th) travelled back with a draw after a 2-2 scoreline. There was plenty of action in the dying minutes of the game against Cork City as B. Feeney's goal in the 90th minute completed a cancellation of 0-2 and secured a draw after 90 minutes. B. Feeney was able to secure the draw 2-2 in the game against Cork City after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?

Heartbreak before that as Cabinteely lost 1-2 at Wexford Youths's place.

Cabinteely have scored 8 league goals here from 10 matches, not a lot. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 17 goals have been conceded.

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Galway United form and stats

Playing away, Galway United have won 5 games, drawn 2 and suffered 3 defeats in the First Division this season.

Two away games in a row for Galway United, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Athlone Town in the First Division.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 2-3 defeat against Cork City.

Galway has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 15 goals from 10 games. Galway have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This duo faced each other earlier this campaign: Galway United - Cabinteely 1-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - one - seven (Cabinteely wins - draws - Galway United wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Galway UnitedR. Keating
R. Keating
8 goals
Galway UnitedP. Cunningham
P. Cunningham
6 goals
Galway UnitedW. Waweru
W. Waweru
6 goals

Cabinteely missing players

Galway United missing players

Cabinteely Galway United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
20 10 2 Played P 3 10 20
7 3 0 Won W 2 5 10
1 1 0 Drew D 1 2 5
12 6 2 Lost L 0 3 5
20 8 2 Scored S 8 15 30
32 17 5 Conceded C 2 10 20
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 90%
70% 70% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 70% 70%
60% 60% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 50% 50%
20% 20% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 40% 35%
10% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
45% 40% 100% BTTS BTTS 67% 30% 45%
15% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 50% 45%
40% 40% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 30% 20%
 
5.7 5.9 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 7 6.6 7.1
6.2 6.1 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.7 4.9 4.2
2.3 2.6 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.9 2.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
7.3 7.7 7.5 Shots (avg) S ( 14.7 11 10.8
3.1 2.6 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 8 4.6 5.1
34% 35% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 29% 28%
Key stats in First Division this season:
  • Cabinteely have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Cabinteely have the fewest matches over the total-line (7) in First Division
  • Cabinteely haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Cabinteely is in the worst form (1-1-4)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Shelbourne 20 12 7 1 38 19 10 6 4 0 20 10 10 6 3 1 18 9 19 43
2 Galway United 20 10 5 5 30 20 10 5 3 2 15 10 10 5 2 3 15 10 10 35
3 UCD 20 9 6 5 40 25 10 4 4 2 18 10 10 5 2 3 22 15 15 33
4 Bray Wanderers 20 8 9 3 28 18 10 5 3 2 15 8 10 3 6 1 13 10 10 33
5 Treaty United 20 9 6 5 29 23 10 5 3 2 12 10 10 4 3 3 17 13 6 33
6 Athlone Town 20 7 4 9 25 33 10 4 1 5 14 16 10 3 3 4 11 17 -8 25
7 Cork City 20 5 7 8 27 24 10 3 3 4 18 14 10 2 4 4 9 10 3 22
8 Cabinteely 20 7 1 12 20 32 10 3 1 6 8 17 10 4 0 6 12 15 -12 22
9 Cobh Ramblers 20 5 4 11 17 35 10 3 2 5 7 17 10 2 2 6 10 18 -18 19
10 Wexford Youths 20 2 3 15 17 42 10 1 2 7 10 22 10 1 1 8 7 20 -25 9

Read more about First Division

The League of Ireland First Divsion, also known as the SSE Aitricity League First Division, is the second level division of football in the Republic of Ireland. It runs a summer league from February to October with ten teams. Each plays each other three times for a total of 27 fixtures to set the final league table.