About Match
On paper the standings are lopsided — Shamrock Rovers 1st with 56 points, Galway United 7th with 34, 22 apart. Against a league average of 1.38 goals per team per game, Galway United run at 1.29 scored and 1.5 conceded, Shamrock Rovers at 1.59 and 0.93. If Galway United win, their total rises to 37 and up to 5th, assuming the rest of the results stand.
Galway United have not lost in 9 games.
GioScore's database holds 12 meetings between the two: 0 for Galway United, 8 for Shamrock Rovers and 4 drawn, at 1.83 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 33% of the wins in this matchup. These meetings skew tight — only 25% saw more than two goals.
Eamonn Deacy Park in Galway stages the fixture, a ground that holds 5,000.