First Division: A pair of squads who have done fine as yet. Get ready for Galway United - Waterford United with this broad guide!
- Galway United have the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in First Division
- Waterford United have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in First Division
It's no vacation for neither Galway United nor Waterford United as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Galway United form and stats
Galway United have performed here at Eamonn Deacy Park this season with 5 wins from 9 First Division matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 1.
Hurley was the last player to score a league goal for Galway United and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Galway United haven't scored in 188 minutes.
In their previous game, the manager Caulfield led his Galway to a defeat away at Longford Town. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Eamonn Deacy Park.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Treaty United.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Galway United have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 6 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 2 and lost 2.
A fact related to the "Both teams to score yes/no" betting option: A review of the 11 most recent league matches shows that 9 of them had at least one goal from each side.
The Galway fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 9 matches. Galway United are not conceding a lot of goals here at Eamonn Deacy Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 9 matches.
Waterford United form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 6 wins, 1 draw and only 2 losses in the First Division. Impressively, the visitors are on a eight-match winning run which they hope continue versus Galway United.
Two travels in a row for Waterford, whose manager Searle could celebrate last time after the win against Athlone Town. A crazy, crazy fixture with plenty of goals last time out for Waterford United, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that entertaining match, will this fixture be as enjoying? Britton has bagged at least one goal for the away side three matches in a row. The efficiency!
Before that, Waterford secured a home win against Bray Wanderers with the score 1-0.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Waterford United playing away and similar expectations, we found 4 relevant matches. Results were 1 Waterford United win, 0 draws and 3 defeats.
Waterford create on average more than 2,5 goals per away game (in the league) all by themselves, having scored 26 goals in 9 travels. 11 goals have been conceded by Waterford United in these games.
Head 2 Head
The latest past match featuring both these sides is the Waterford United - Galway United 0-1 played not long ago this season. As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's two Galway victories, two draws and three Waterford United wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Patterson 12 goals |  S. Walsh 10 goals | L. Britton 10 goals |
Galway United missing players
Waterford United missing players
| Galway United | Waterford United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 9 | 18 |
| 13 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 37 | 13 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 26 | 41 |
| 14 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 11 | 18 |
| 95% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 74% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 78% |
| 53% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 78% | 61% |
| 32% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 56% | 39% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 22% |
| 42% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 56% | 50% |
| 47% | 56% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 39% |
| 16% | 22% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 11% | 11% |
| 4.7 | 5 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 4.3 | 5 |
| 4.2 | 3.2 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
| 1.3 | 1.4 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.1 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8.2 | 7 | 5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 12.2 | 11 |
| 3.9 | 3.2 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 5.8 | 5 |
| 49% | 45% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 46% |
| 5.7 | 3.2 | 2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 7.1 | 6.5 |
| 2.1 | 1.1 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3 | 3.2 |
- All of Waterford United's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Galway United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Galway United have the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in First Division
- Waterford United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Waterford United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Waterford United have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in First Division
- Waterford United have the most scored goals (26) away in First Division
- Waterford United have the most scored goals in the second half (24) in First Division
- Waterford United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Waterford United is in the best form (6-0-0) in First Division
| 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 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 42 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 33 | 46 |
| 2 | Galway United | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 37 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 23 | 42 |
| 3 | Waterford United | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 41 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 11 | 23 | 38 |
| 4 | Longford Town | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 33 |
| 5 | Wexford Youths | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 27 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 12 | -6 | 24 |
| 6 | Treaty United | 20 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 22 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -9 | 24 |
| 7 | Bray Wanderers | 20 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 18 | 33 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -15 | 18 |
| 8 | Cobh Ramblers | 19 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 21 | 48 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 24 | -27 | 9 |
| 9 | Athlone Town | 19 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 21 | 48 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 26 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 22 | -27 | 5 |
