Galway United host Bray Wanderers with belief in acquiring all three points. Can they? Read our preview!
- Galway United have not yet lost a game at home.
- Bray Wanderers have the fewest scored goals (6) in First Division
Bray Wanderers could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a First Division game only four sleeps ago.
Galway United form and stats
When playing at home in the First Division, Galway United have managed 2 wins, 2 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 4 games.
Happy days for Galway in their previous game, a fixture away at Waterford United (placed 5th) that ended with a 1-0 victory.
Before that, Galway United drew at home versus Wexford Youths.A decent goal production from Galway in their home games so far, with 6 goals from 4 league matches.
Bray Wanderers form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their First Division travels is 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat. Two points from the last two away games for Bray Wanderers, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
Home advantage was not enough for Bray Wanderers in their previous game as they lost hosting Longford Town, 1-2. Wanderers were so close to getting something from the game against Longford Town, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal four minutes into overtime.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Cork City that ended 0-0.The attacking power of Bray Wanderers when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 5 league matches away. Wanderers are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 3 times in 5 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
These opponents have battled previously this season: Bray Wanderers - Galway United 1-3. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Galway four wins, four draws and Bray Wanderers two victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Walsh 4 goals | W. Waweru 2 goals | M. Suárez Arbelo 2 goals |
Galway United missing players
Bray Wanderers missing players
| Galway United | Bray Wanderers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 14 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 3 | 14 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 80% | 70% |
| 67% | 75% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 40% | 50% |
| 56% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 20% | 40% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 67% | 75% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 40% | 40% |
| 33% | 25% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 40% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 40% | 50% |
| 5 | 5.8 | 12 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
| 4.2 | 2.8 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 6 | 5.1 |
| 2.1 | 2.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.2 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7.1 | 7.2 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 6.2 | 8 |
| 3 | 2.8 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.2 | 2.8 |
| 52% | 55% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 36% | 21% |
| 7.6 | 4.5 | 1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 9.4 | 8.6 |
| 2.7 | 1.5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.6 | 3.4 |
- Bray Wanderers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Bray Wanderers have the fewest scored goals (6) in First Division
- Bray Wanderers have the fewest scored goals in the second half (3) in First Division
- Bray Wanderers have the most matches under the total-line (6) in First Division
- Galway United have not yet lost a game at home.
- Galway United have scored in all their matches so far.
- Galway United have scored more than double the goals of Bray Wanderers.
- Galway United have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Galway United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 18 | 23 |
| 2 | Galway United | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 20 |
| 3 | Longford Town | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 4 | Treaty United | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 15 |
| 5 | Waterford United | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 14 |
| 6 | Wexford Youths | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -6 | 11 |
| 7 | Bray Wanderers | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -8 | 10 |
| 8 | Cobh Ramblers | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -11 | 7 |
| 9 | Athlone Town | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -14 | 2 |
