Galway United vs Shamrock Rovers
Result, Stats, Lineups & H2H

Premier Division

2026

Galway United

Keohane2'

Bolger42'

-FT

Oct 16, 2026

Eamonn Deacy Park

Match Timeline

Man of the Match

Aaron Bolger

Galway United

Goals

8.5

89'Substitution

Dylan Connolly· In

Stephen Walsh· Out

Galway United

89'Yellow Card

Tunmise Sobowale

Shamrock Rovers

82'Substitution

Matty Wolfe· In

Ed McCarthy· Out

Galway United

77'Substitution

Danny Grant· In

Dan Cleary· Out

Shamrock Rovers

68'Yellow Card

John McGovern

Shamrock Rovers

66'Substitution

Will Fitzgerald· In

John O'Sullivan· Out

Shamrock Rovers

46'Substitution

Jonathan Afolabi· In

Jake Mulraney· Out

Shamrock Rovers

46'Substitution

Adam Brennan· In

Matthew Healy· Out

Shamrock Rovers

Goal!

2-0

Aaron Bolger

42'·Galway United

⚽

15'Yellow Card

Matthew Healy

Shamrock Rovers

Goal!

1-0

Jimmy Keohane

2'·Galway United

⚽

Statistics of the Game

Galway United

Shamrock Rovers

18%Ball Possession82%

6Shots Total19

4Shots On Target5

2Corners9

4Fouls9

0Yellow Cards3

1Offsides1

5Saves2

166Passes766

2Shots Off Target7

70Attacks151

25Dangerous Attacks59

3Shots Inside Box14

3Shots Outside Box5

2Goals0

9Free Kicks4

0Shots Blocked7

2Substitutions4

9Tackles13

86Accurate Passes667

12Total Crosses34

4Accurate Crosses4

23Interceptions7

38Duels Won27

1Big Chances Created2

0Big Chances Missed2

Galway United

Manager: John Caulfield

Starting XI

Hugo Cunha

7.9

Connor Barratt

6.8

Anthony O'Connor

7.7

Gianfranco Facchineri

7.3

7.3

8.5

6.8

7.2

6.8

6.7

6.4

Substitutes

6.4

Junior Thiam

James Morahan

Vincent Angelini

Conor Whittaker

Shamrock Rovers

Manager: Stephen Bradley

Starting XI

6.4

6.7

7.4

7.1

6.6

6.7

7.1

6.8

6.4

6.8

6.8

Substitutes

Luke O'Regan

6.9

6.5

6.7

6.4

Player Stats

Player	Rating	Min	Goals	Shots	Passes	Tackles	Duels
Aaron Bolger MF	8.5	90'	1	3/4	19(68%)	3	9/9
Hugo Cunha GK	7.9	90'	0	-	28(33%)	-	1/1
Anthony O'Connor DF	7.7	90'	0	-	12(67%)	1	2/3
Jimmy Keohane MF	7.3	90'	1	1/1	14(87%)	-	3/6
Gianfranco Facchineri DF	7.3	90'	0	-	13(38%)	2	4/6
David Hurley MF	7.2	90'	0	-	16(75%)	-	4/5
Lee Devitt MF	6.8	90'	0	-	12(33%)	2	2/3
Ed McCarthy MF	6.8	82'	0	0/1	14(36%)	-	1/1
Connor Barratt DF	6.8	90'	0	-	17(53%)	-	1/4
Kris Twardek FW	6.7	90'	0	-	6(50%)	1	5/13
Stephen Walsh FW	6.4	89'	0	0/1	14(43%)	-	3/9
Matty Wolfe MF	6.4	8'	0	-	1	-	2/3
Dylan Connolly FW	-	1'	0	-	-	-	1/2

Galway United vs Shamrock Rovers H2H, Form & Key Stats

Galway United's first win over Shamrock Rovers in 12 meetings on record.(No earlier win in 12 meetings on record since 2021-07-23 (4D 8L); all competitions.)

Current streaks (all competitions)

Team	Games	Run	Unbeaten	Winless	Scored in	Conceded in	Last-5 pts	Last-5 goals
Galway United	15	L1	0	3	0	9	4/15	6-8
Shamrock Rovers	15	W3	3	0	3	4	10/15	8-6

Galway United — last 5 games

L2-3 vs Bohemians2026-09-11
W3-1 @ Sligo Rovers2026-09-14
L0-1 @ Derry City2026-09-18
D1-1 vs Shelbourne2026-09-25
L0-2 vs Derry City2026-10-10

Shamrock Rovers — last 5 games

D0-0 vs Shelbourne2026-09-04
L0-2 @ St Patrick's2026-09-11
W3-2 vs Waterford United2026-09-18
W3-1 vs Drogheda United2026-10-08
W2-1 vs Bohemians2026-10-12

Goal markets & scoring rates

Team	Games	Avg goals	Over 1.5	Over 2.5	Over 3.5	BTTS	Clean sheets	Failed to score
Galway United	15	2.53	80%	47%	27%	60%	20%	33%
Shamrock Rovers	15	3.73	87%	73%	60%	73%	13%	27%

Venue split (Home vs Away)

Team	Where	Pld	W	D	L	Goals	PPG	Over 2.5	Clean sheets
Galway United	Home	9	2	5	2	12-10	1.22	33%	33%
Shamrock Rovers	Away	6	0	2	4	6-15	0.33	50%	17%

1st half vs 2nd half scoring

Team	Games	1H goals	2H goals	2H share	1H Over 0.5	HT W-D-L
Galway United	15	11-9	9-9	45%	73%	6-6-3
Shamrock Rovers	15	15-14	16-11	52%	73%	6-5-4

Head-to-head, computed

Meetings on record: 12
Period covered: 2021-07-23 – 2026-06-26
Galway United wins: 0
Draws: 4
Shamrock Rovers wins: 8
Avg goals per meeting: 1.83
Over 2.5 goals: 25%
Both teams scored: 42%
Home side won: 33%share of all meetings won by whichever team hosted
Last 5 meetings: 0W 1D 4L (Galway United view)
Avg goals, last 5 vs all-time: 2.2 vs 1.83

Most recent meetings (5 of 12)

Date	Home	Score	Away
2026-06-26	Shamrock Rovers	3-1	Galway United
2026-05-08	Galway United	1-3	Shamrock Rovers
2026-03-20	Shamrock Rovers	2-0	Galway United
2025-10-29	Shamrock Rovers	1-0	Galway United
2025-08-10	Galway United	0-0	Shamrock Rovers

Standings before kickoff (rebuilt from 162 earlier results)

Team	Pos	Pld	Pts	GD	Form	Form rank	Form vs pos
Galway United	7	32	38	-6	DLWLD	8	-1
Shamrock Rovers	1	33	65	21	DLWWW	3	-2

Table context

Points gap: 27 ptsGalway United 38 · Shamrock Rovers 65
Positions: #7 vs #1
Goals per game: 1.31/1.5 vs 1.64/1scored/conceded per game · league average 1.4

How we calculate this

Premier Division Standings

Premier Division · 2026

Full standings

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	PTS	Form
1	Shamrock RoversA	36	20	8	8	+21	68	WLWDD
2	Bohemians	36	19	8	9	+19	65	WWWWD
3	St Patrick's	36	17	9	10	+24	60	WWLWD
4	Shelbourne	36	12	13	11	+2	49	LWDDD
5	Derry City	36	11	15	10	+3	48	LWLDW
6	Dundalk	36	11	12	13	-4	45	DLDDD
7	Waterford United	36	10	13	13	-7	43	LLDLD
8	Galway UnitedH	36	10	12	14	-7	42	DWDLL
9	Drogheda United	36	10	10	16	-13	40	LLDWW
10	Sligo Rovers	36	5	10	21	-38	25	WLDLL

Statistical Comparison

Premier Division

Galway United36 matches

Shamrock Rovers

36 matches

#8Position#1

42Points68

10Wins20

12Draws8

14Losses8

46Goals59

1.28Goals per game1.64

53Goals conceded38

1.47Goals per game conceded1.06

Galway United vs Shamrock Rovers — Statistical Win Probability, Goal Markets & xG Projection

Poisson goal model computed from recent form (36 vs 36 matches) & H2H history

1X2 Statistical Win ProbabilityGalway United 31% · X · Draw 27% · Shamrock Rovers 42%

1 · Home Win

31%

X · Draw

27%

2 · Away Win

42%

Projected Goals (xG Model)

1.17 vs 1.41

Projected Total: 2.57

Over 1.5 Goals

73%

Over 2.5 Goals

47%

Over 3.5 Goals

26%

Both Teams to Score (BTTS)

52%

Clean Sheet Prob. (H / A)

25% / 31%

Galway United / Shamrock Rovers

Most Likely Scorelines (Poisson):

1 - 1(12.5%)0 - 1(10.7%)1 - 0(8.9%)

Recent matches

Oct 10

0-2

vs Derry City

Home

Sep 18

0-1

@ Derry City

Away

All Galway United fixtures & results

Previous Meetings

Last 12 matches

Won 0%

(0/12)

Draw 33%

(4/12)

Won 67%

(8/12)

Goals

5-17

Total matches

Recent matches (5/12)

Premier Division•Jun 26, 2026

Shamrock Rovers

3-1

Galway United

Premier Division•May 8, 2026

Galway United

1-3

Shamrock Rovers

Premier Division•Mar 20, 2026

Shamrock Rovers

2-0

Galway United

Premier Division•Oct 29, 2025

Shamrock Rovers

1-0

Galway United

Premier Division•Aug 10, 2025

Galway United

0-0

Shamrock Rovers

Galway United vs Shamrock Rovers — Head to Head

Last 12 matches

Galway United wins

Draws

Shamrock Rovers wins

Goals Scored

5 - 17

Jun 26, 2026 • Premier Division

Shamrock Rovers

3-1

Galway United

May 8, 2026 • Premier Division

Galway United

1-3

Shamrock Rovers

Mar 20, 2026 • Premier Division

Shamrock Rovers

2-0

Galway United

Matchday 34 — Premier Division

Match summary

Galway United beat Shamrock Rovers 2-0 in the Premier Division, Regular Season.

Before kickoff, Shamrock Rovers (1st, 65 pts) were 27 points ahead of Galway United (7th, 38 pts). Across 12 previous meetings on record, Galway United won 0 and Shamrock Rovers won 8, with 4 draws (1.83 goals per game).

Galway United won with 18% of the possession. Jimmy Keohane (2') and Aaron Bolger (42') scored the goals for Galway United.

More details:

Galway United — live results and schedule Shamrock Rovers — live results and schedule

Match Timeline

Match Statistics

Statistics of the Game

Team Lineups

Starting XI

Substitutes

Starting XI

Substitutes

Player Stats

Galway United vs Shamrock Rovers H2H, Form & Key Stats

Premier Division Standings

Statistical Comparison

Statistical Comparison

Galway United vs Shamrock Rovers — Statistical Win Probability, Goal Markets & xG Projection

Recent matches

Previous Meetings

Recent matches (5/12)

Galway United vs Shamrock Rovers — Head to Head

Last 12 matches

Matchday 34 — Premier Division

Match summary