Galway United are stalking the top positions while Wexford Youths are more involved in escaping relegation. May the best team win!
- Galway United have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in First Division
- Wexford Youths have the most conceded goals (52) in First Division
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Galway United form and stats
6 victories, 4 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Galway United have to build on here at Eamonn Deacy Park in the First Division.
Galway are returning here after visiting Cobh Ramblers in a First Division game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. R. Keating scored the goal(s).
Previous to that game, a home match hosting UCD in a game that was won 4-1.Galway have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Eamonn Deacy Park with 19 goals in 12 league matches. From these home matches, Galway have conceded only 11 goals.
Wexford Youths form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Wexford Youths so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-10 (win-draw-lose).
Wexford Youths are travelling again after losing away to Cork City in their previous match (0-4). Wexford lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.
That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus UCD.The home team is given a winning chance of about 80 percent by the betting public. This does not leave much hope for the visitors, but some teams enjoy the outsider role and perform well in it. Looking at similar away games for Wexford we find nine games. Results are one Wexford Youths win, zero draws and eight defeats.
The visitors have scored 9 goals from 13 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. The Wexford manager I. Ryan has some worries about the defense as 28 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
This isn't the first time these sides meet this season, as the history books show this recent match: Wexford Youths - Galway 1-3. Stats for the previous ten meetings featuring these two sides are: six wins for Galway, four draws and zero wins for Wexford Youths. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.Top Goalscorers
  R. Keating 9 goals | P. Cunningham 7 goals | W. Waweru 7 goals |
Galway United missing players
Wexford Youths missing players
| Galway United | Wexford Youths | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 25 |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 10 | 17 |
| 36 | 19 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 9 | 24 |
| 21 | 11 | 3 | Conceded | C | 7 | 28 | 52 |
| 88% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 62% | 67% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 77% | 76% |
| 46% | 50% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 54% | 64% |
| 33% | 33% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 38% | 36% |
| 8% | 17% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 15% | 16% |
| 42% | 58% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 31% | 48% |
| 50% | 42% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 15% | 12% |
| 21% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 54% | 44% |
| 6.7 | 6.9 | 9.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| 4.5 | 4.2 | 2.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 4.7 | 6 |
| 2.1 | 2.3 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 10.8 | 10.7 | 11.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.3 | 9.2 | 8.3 |
| 5.2 | 5.7 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 3.4 | 3.2 |
| 28% | 28% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 20% | 30% |
- Galway United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Galway United have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Wexford Youths have scored away.
- Galway United have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9) in First Division
- Galway United have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in First Division
- Wexford Youths have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Wexford Youths have the fewest points (7) away in First Division
- Wexford Youths have the most conceded goals (28) away in First Division
- Wexford Youths have the most conceded goals (52) in First Division
- Wexford Youths have the most conceded goals in the first half (24) in First Division
- Wexford Youths have the most dropped points from leading position (16) in First Division
- Wexford Youths have the the worst goal difference (-19) away in First Division
- Wexford Youths have the the worst goal difference (-28) in First Division
- Wexford Youths haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 48 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 26 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 28 | 56 |
| 2 | Galway United | 24 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 36 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 45 |
| 3 | UCD | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 51 | 36 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 15 | 39 |
| 4 | Treaty United | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 32 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 38 |
| 5 | Bray Wanderers | 24 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 33 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 37 |
| 6 | Athlone Town | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 30 | 40 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 21 | -10 | 32 |
| 7 | Cork City | 25 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 34 | 27 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 30 |
| 8 | Cabinteely | 25 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 24 | 44 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 22 | -20 | 22 |
| 9 | Cobh Ramblers | 25 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 21 | 45 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 25 | -24 | 22 |
| 10 | Wexford Youths | 25 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 24 | 52 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 28 | -28 | 18 |