📊 Form Guide

Sligo Rovers

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Sligo Rovers will be looking for an improved result here following the 1-0 Premier Division defeat in their last game at the hands of Drogheda United.

In that game, Sligo Rovers had 64% possession and 15 shots on goal with 4 on target. Drogheda United got 16 shots at goal with 3 on target. Douglas James-Taylor (3') was the scorer for Drogheda United.

An interesting feature of more recent Sligo Rovers games is the number of nil scores.

From their previous 6 clashes leading up to this one, in 5 of them a wager on both teams scoring would've been a loser.

Galway United

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Galway United head into the clash after a 3-1 Premier Division win as they beat St. Patrick's Athletic in their last fixture.

In that game, Galway United had 34% possession and 15 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. For Galway United, goals were scored by Ed McCarthy (2'), David Hurley (11') and Rob Slevin (35'). At the other end, St. Patrick's Athletic had 22 attempts at goal with 11 of them on target. Simon Power (33') was the scorer for St. Patrick's Athletic.

It has become apparent that Galway United have been starved of goals over their last 6 encounters, contributing the unsatisfactory return of just 4. In those matches, Tribesman have also seen the collective goal aggregate of opposing teams equal 6. Still, it remains to be seen if such a trend might persist in this match or not.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Galway United:

• are unbeaten in their last 2 league matches away from home.
• have not won away from home in their last 5 league matches.

👥 Head to head

A look at their past head to head meetings stretching back to 22/04/2024 shows that Sligo Rovers have won 2 of these games and Galway United 1, with the number of drawn results standing at 3.

10 goals were shared by the two clubs in these games, with 6 for The Bit o' Red and 4 coming from Tribesman. That’s an average goals per game of 1.67.

The previous league game featuring the two was Premier Division match day 16 on 16/05/2025 when it ended Galway United 0-1 Sligo Rovers.

On that occasion, Galway United had 48% possession and 16 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target.

Sligo Rovers had 11 attempts at goal with 4 on target. Reece Hutchinson (68') scored.

The match was refereed by Damien MacGraith.

📋 Team News: Sligo Rovers

Looking at personnel, there is just a single fitness concern for the Sligo Rovers gaffer John Russell to be concerned about thanks to an almost full-strength set of players. Ollie Denham (unknown injury) will miss out.

It’s our opinion that The Bit o' Red will possibly employ a 4-2-3-1 system and select Sam Sargeant, Conor Reynolds, Gareth McElroy, John Mahon, Reece Hutchinson, Jad Hakiki, Jake Doyle-Hayes, William Fitzgerald, Owen Elding, Stephen Mallon and Wilson Waweru.

🗞️ Team News: Galway United

There’s a good chance that Tribesman seem most likely to play in a 3-5-2 formation, going with Evan Watts, Cian Byrne, Rob Slevin, Garry Buckley, Jeannot Esua, Ed McCarthy, David Hurley, Vincent Borden, Greg Cunningham, Patrick Hickey and Moses Dyer.

💡 Prediction

Our feeling is that Galway United and Sligo Rovers should both get enough opportunities to score, although it’s hard to separate the two.

It appears that a draw might be on the cards. We’re therefore seeing a tight encounter, finishing with a 1-1 score draw at the end of this one.

Peter Guest, 18:01 23/06/2025