Galway United are stalking the top league positions while Bray Wanderers are more nervous about escaping relegation. Who wins the prize?
- Galway United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Bray Wanderers have the fewest scored goals (22) in First Division
Galway United and Bray Wanderers should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Galway United form and stats
Galway United are steadily winning First Division games and points here at Eamonn Deacy Park. 7 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 12 games.
Galway United are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Waterford United. The first defeat after going undefeated through five league rounds. The hosts have an in-form goalscorer in Walsh, having found the net in three consecutive matches.
Before that, Galway drew at home versus Wexford Youths.Galway United have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Eamonn Deacy Park with 19 goals in 12 league matches. Galway United have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Bray Wanderers form and stats
The visitors are W3-D5-L4 on the road this term. That's in the First Division.
This game can not go any worse than the previous one, the home defeat versus Longford Town with 0-3 on the scoreboard.
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Take note that 9 of this side's 12 most recent league rounds have ended with at least three goals.
The attacking power of Wanderers when travelling is not overwhelming with 11 goals scored from 12 league matches away. Bray Wanderers have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The contenders have played each other before in this season, with the result Bray Wanderers - Galway United 1-5 entered in the official records. Head to head data (for the prior ten meetings): Galway won six games, two matches ended in a draw and Bray Wanderers got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / seven
Top Goalscorers
  S. Walsh 14 goals | D. Hurley 6 goals |  D. Lynch 6 goals |
Galway United missing players
Bray Wanderers missing players
| Galway United | Bray Wanderers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 25 |
| 16 | 7 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 47 | 19 | 7 | Scored | S | 0 | 11 | 22 |
| 19 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 14 | 45 |
| 92% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 92% | 88% |
| 72% | 67% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 76% |
| 56% | 42% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 52% |
| 32% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 32% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 44% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 58% | 56% |
| 48% | 58% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 17% | 20% |
| 16% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 33% | 36% |
| 4.9 | 5.5 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
| 4.6 | 3.8 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 5.8 | 4.9 |
| 1.6 | 1.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 2 | 2.2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 8.8 | 7.4 | 10.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3.3 | 6.5 | 8.4 |
| 4.3 | 3.7 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 2.8 | 3.3 |
| 44% | 43% | 54% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 27% |
| 6.9 | 3.8 | 3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 10.4 | 9.9 |
| 2.8 | 1.4 | 0.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.8 | 4.3 |
- Bray Wanderers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Bray Wanderers have the fewest scored goals (22) in First Division
- Bray Wanderers have the fewest scored goals in the second half (13) in First Division
- Galway United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Galway United have scored more than double the goals of Bray Wanderers.
| 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 | 25 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 52 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 6 | 39 | 57 |
| 2 | Galway United | 25 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 47 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 12 | 28 | 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 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 35 | 29 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 42 |
| 5 | Treaty United | 25 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 32 | 33 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 12 | -1 | 36 |
| 6 | Wexford Youths | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 37 | 40 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 15 | -3 | 32 |
| 7 | Bray Wanderers | 25 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 22 | 45 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 31 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 14 | -23 | 21 |
| 8 | Cobh Ramblers | 25 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 26 | 63 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 32 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 31 | -37 | 13 |
| 9 | Athlone Town | 24 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 28 | 63 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 31 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 32 | -35 | 8 |
