First Division: A pair of contenders who have played nicely up to now. Get smart on Waterford United - Galway United with this broad guide!
- Waterford United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Galway United have the most scored goals in the second half (29) in First Division
This should be an interesting fixture with lots of action and energy as both participants are well refreshed since they last saw competitive action. Let's get started!
Waterford United form and stats
When playing at home in the First Division, Waterford United have managed 6 wins, 1 draw and suffered 4 defeats from 11 games.
A strong away win for Waterford United against Treaty United the last match, as Sobowale and Power were on target.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Waterford United handle that role? We have found 4 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
Goals, goals, goals? Nobody knows about this one, but we do know that 9 of the 11 most recent league matches with this team has contained at least three goals.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Waterford as they are travelling to their away game against Cork City in the First Division. That match is three days after this one.
A decent goal production from Waterford United in their home games so far, with 17 goals from 11 league matches. Waterford United's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 12 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Galway United form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 9 wins, 1 draw and only 2 losses in the First Division.
Galway's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Wexford Youths that finished 2-2. Which player has bagged at least one goal three matches in a row for the away team? The answer is Manley and that is impressive!
hometeam won 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, 0 draws and 1 defeat. From a total of 4 matches.
Look out: 10 of the latest 13 league matches involving this side have seen only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting terms).
The Galway United manager Caulfield has got the team scoring on the road, with 27 away goals in 12 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (10 so far).
Head 2 Head
This duo met each other earlier on this campaign: Galway United - Waterford United 1-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Waterford three wins, two draws and Galway United three victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Walsh 13 goals |  P. Patterson 12 goals | D. Hurley 6 goals |
Waterford United missing players
Galway United missing players
| Waterford United | Galway United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 12 | 24 |
| 14 | 6 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 9 | 16 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 50 | 17 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 27 | 46 |
| 25 | 12 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 10 | 17 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 92% | 92% |
| 78% | 64% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 75% | 71% |
| 65% | 55% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 54% |
| 39% | 27% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 22% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 52% | 55% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 42% |
| 35% | 36% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 42% | 50% |
| 13% | 9% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 17% | 17% |
| 5 | 5 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 4.3 | 4.9 |
| 3.9 | 4.2 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 5.2 | 4.5 |
| 2.3 | 2.4 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 11.3 | 9.6 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.5 | 10 | 8.7 |
| 4.9 | 4 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.9 | 4.3 |
| 45% | 39% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 46% | 45% |
| 6.6 | 6.3 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19.5 | 9.2 | 6.5 |
| 3.2 | 3.5 | 8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 3.9 | 2.7 |
- Galway United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Galway United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Galway United have the most scored goals in the second half (29) in First Division
- Waterford 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 | 23 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 52 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 6 | 41 | 56 |
| 2 | Galway United | 24 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 46 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 10 | 29 | 53 |
| 3 | Waterford United | 23 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 50 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 33 | 13 | 25 | 44 |
| 4 | Longford Town | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 32 | 29 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 39 |
| 5 | Treaty United | 24 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 30 | 33 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 12 | -3 | 33 |
| 6 | Wexford Youths | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 35 | 38 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 15 | -3 | 31 |
| 7 | Bray Wanderers | 24 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 42 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 14 | -20 | 21 |
| 8 | Cobh Ramblers | 24 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 24 | 61 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 32 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 29 | -37 | 12 |
| 9 | Athlone Town | 24 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 28 | 63 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 31 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 32 | -35 | 8 |
