Galway United vs Wexford Youths: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Republic of Ireland First Division
Date: Fri 03.May
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Eamonn Deacy Park (4284 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the First Division, Galway United holding 10th place and Wexford Youths lying 9th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Galway United form and stats

Galway United, who have the fewest points (0) at home in First Division, are yet to produce one single point here at Eamonn Deacy Park, to the disappointment of their supporters. All 5 matches have been lost. The home stadium (Eamonn Deacy Park) is supposed to be a fortress, but for Galway United it's been a house of straw as the last five games here have all been lost. Can they turn things around?

In their previous game, the manager A. Murphy led his Galway United to a defeat in the First Division match away at Shelbourne. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Eamonn Deacy Park. In the game before, an away victory match versus Athlone Town with a 4-0 scoreline.

Galway United aren't scoring a lot here at Eamonn Deacy Park with only 3 goals from 5 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 8 goals have been conceded.

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Wexford Youths form and stats

As the visiting team Wexford Youths, who have the fewest points (1) away in First Division, have produced an overall stat of 0-1-4 so far.

The supporters enjoyed Wexford Youths's previous game versus Athlone Town, a First Division 2-0 win played at home. A loss against Cabinteely was the result prior to that, in a home game.

Wexford Youths have scored 5 goals on their travels this season, 5 away games. Wexford Youths can't defend away. 16 goals have been scored by the opposition in 5 matches, an average of more than three per game. You might want to look at the total goal statistics, which can be found on the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Wexford Youths - Galway United 0-4, played this season. Galway United-Wexford Youths H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Galway United 4 wins, Wexford Youths 1 win, 2 draws.

Galway United missing players

Wexford Youths missing players

Galway United Wexford Youths
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs low Away Total
9 5 1 Played 2 5 10
2 0 0 Won 0 0 2
0 0 0 Drew 0 1 1
7 5 1 Lost 2 4 7
11 3 1 Scored 3 5 10
12 8 2 Conceded 10 16 24
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 100% 100%
56% 40% 100% Over 1.5 100% 100% 100%
56% 40% 100% Over 2.5 100% 80% 60%
33% 20% 0% Over 3.5 100% 40% 30%
11% 20% 0% Over 4.5 100% 40% 20%
22% 40% 100% BTTS 100% 80% 50%
22% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 20%
56% 60% 0% Failed To Score 0% 20% 30%
 
4.2 2.8 5 Corners For (avg) 2.5 3.4 2.9
5.4 4.6 3 Corners Against (avg) 7 6.4 6.3
1.3 1.6 1 Yellow Cards (avg) 3 2.4 2.3
2 0 0 Red Cards 1 2 4
Key stats this season:
  • Neither of the teams have played a single 0-0 game.
  • Wexford Youths is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.
  • Galway United has failed to keep a clean sheet in 5 matches.

Galway United
01-04-19 LC Waterford United 2 - 1 Galway United
05-04-19 FD Galway United 0 - 1 Limerick
12-04-19 FD Galway United 1 - 2 Cobh Ramblers
19-04-19 FD Athlone Town 0 - 4 Galway United
26-04-19 FD Shelbourne 3 - 0 Galway United
03-05-19 FD Galway United 18:45 Wexford Youths
17-05-19 FD Galway United 18:45 Longford Town
20-05-19 FD Bray Wanderers 18:45 Galway United
24-05-19 FD Drogheda United 18:45 Galway United
31-05-19 FD Galway United 18:45 Cabinteely
Wexford Youths
29-03-19 FD Drogheda United 2 - 1 Wexford Youths
05-04-19 FD Wexford Youths 1 - 2 Longford Town
12-04-19 FD Limerick 1 - 1 Wexford Youths
19-04-19 FD Wexford Youths 0 - 2 Cabinteely
26-04-19 FD Wexford Youths 2 - 0 Athlone Town
03-05-19 FD Galway United 18:45 Wexford Youths
10-05-19 FD Wexford Youths 18:45 Cobh Ramblers
17-05-19 FD Wexford Youths 18:45 Shelbourne
24-05-19 FD Bray Wanderers 18:45 Wexford Youths
31-05-19 FD Wexford Youths 18:45 Drogheda United

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Cabinteely 10 6 2 2 17 12 5 2 1 2 6 8 5 4 1 0 11 4 5 20
2 Shelbourne 10 6 1 3 17 9 5 4 0 1 11 3 5 2 1 2 6 6 8 19
3 Longford Town 8 5 3 0 11 2 3 3 0 0 7 0 5 2 3 0 4 2 9 18
4 Bray Wanderers 10 5 1 4 11 8 5 3 1 1 7 3 5 2 0 3 4 5 3 16
5 Limerick 9 4 3 2 9 7 5 2 3 0 6 2 4 2 0 2 3 5 2 15
6 Drogheda United 9 4 2 3 14 14 4 2 1 1 7 5 5 2 1 2 7 9 0 14
7 Cobh Ramblers 9 3 1 5 11 13 5 2 1 2 8 4 4 1 0 3 3 9 -2 10
8 Athlone Town 10 3 0 7 11 21 5 1 0 4 7 14 5 2 0 3 4 7 -10 9
9 Wexford Youths 10 2 1 7 10 24 5 2 0 3 5 8 5 0 1 4 5 16 -14 7
10 Galway United 9 2 0 7 11 12 5 0 0 5 3 8 4 2 0 2 8 4 -1 6