This is shaping up to be another engrossing run-in at Waterford Regional Sports Centre in the First Division. Waterford United is in 5th place and receive Galway United in 4th spot. Read all about the fixture here!
Waterford United and Galway United 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.
Waterford United form and stats
The first First Division game here at Waterford Regional Sports Centre resulted in a draw. Last season Waterford United's home game statistics were 10 victories, 1 draw and 5 defeats from 16 games.
Waterford drew their last game, also a home match. Longford Town (placed 6th) was the opponent, 1-1 the score.
In the preceding match a 3-0 victory visiting Wexford Youths.It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Waterford United at home in the league. 1 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Galway United form and stats
A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the First Division, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 9 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats from 16 matches.
Impressive finishing from Slevin secured the home win 1-0 against Treaty United in their previous game.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Finn Harps at their stadium, the result 2-1.Galway United are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. From a total of 4 matches.
{2 goals} so far away for Galway United, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the previous ten meetings): Waterford United won five games, two matches ended with a tie and Galway United got three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five.
Top Goalscorers
  W. Aouachria 3 goals |  V. Borden 2 goals |  R. Slevin 1 goals |
Waterford United missing players
Galway United missing players
| Waterford United | Galway United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 9.5 | 12 | 12 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 2 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 4 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.5 | 9 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 18 | 15 |
| 5 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 12 | 10 |
| 40% | 33% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 17% | 15% |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Waterford United | Last season | Galway United | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 35 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 35 | ||
| 22 | 10 | Won | W | 9 | 18 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 10 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | ||
| 80 | 33 | Scored | S | 32 | 61 | ||
| 38 | 21 | Conceded | C | 16 | 34 | ||
| 97% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 88% | 91% | ||
| 83% | 76% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 76% | 77% | ||
| 74% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 59% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 35% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 41% | 29% | ||
| 23% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 12% | 9% | ||
| 57% | 65% | BTTS | BTTS | 59% | 51% | ||
| 34% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 35% | 40% | ||
| 11% | 6% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 17% | ||
| 4.9 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 5.3 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 4.3 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.6 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 10.6 | 9.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 9.3 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4.1 | ||
| 48% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 42% | ||
| 7.5 | 6.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.1 | 6.6 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 2.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Athlone Town | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Cobh Ramblers | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Bray Wanderers | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Galway United | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Waterford United | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | Longford Town | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 7 | Treaty United | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 8 | Finn Harps | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 9 | Wexford Youths | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 0 |
| 10 | Kerry | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -4 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 32 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 63 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 27 | 9 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 13 | 41 | 68 |
| 2 | Waterford United | 32 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 70 | 34 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 40 | 16 | 36 | 64 |
| 3 | Galway United | 32 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 56 | 29 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 14 | 27 | 60 |
| 4 | Longford Town | 32 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 49 | 41 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 26 | 8 | 52 |
| 5 | Treaty United | 32 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 37 | 43 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 25 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 18 | -6 | 44 |
| 6 | Wexford Youths | 32 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 45 | 47 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 29 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 18 | -2 | 41 |
| 7 | Bray Wanderers | 32 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 30 | 62 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 39 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 23 | -32 | 27 |
| 8 | Athlone Town | 32 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 44 | 75 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 27 | 35 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 17 | 40 | -31 | 24 |
| 9 | Cobh Ramblers | 32 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 37 | 78 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 17 | 42 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 36 | -41 | 17 |
