Galway United - Sligo Rovers

Logo Galway United
Galway United
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League of Ireland Premier Division Season 2026 - Round 24
3 - 2
Finished
Logo Sligo Rovers
Sligo Rovers
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Result

Ball possession

47%
53%

Timeline

28'
Sebastian Quirk
Player unknown
1-0
34'
46'
Archie Meekison (out)
Jamie McGonigle (in)
Edward McCarthy
50'
53'
Sebastian Quirk
53'
Sebastian Quirk
61'
Ryan O'Kane (out)
Ciaron Harkin (in)
61'
Sean Stewart (out)
Oliver Denham (in)
67'
Carl McHugh
Gianfranco Facchineri (out)
Leigh Kavanagh (in)
67'
Edward McCarthy (out)
(in)
68'
Matthew Wolfe
2-0
72'
Aaron Bolger (out)
Axel Piesold (in)
77'
Connor Barratt (out)
Conor McCormack (in)
78'
81'
2-1
Cian Kavanagh
86'
2-2
Cian Kavanagh
90'
Ciaron Harkin
Matthew Wolfe
3-2
90'

Odds

1X2 10Bet 1xBet 888Sport Bet365 Betano Betfair BetVictor Dafabet Marathonbet Pinnacle SBO Superbet Unibet William Hill
1 Galway United 1.69 1.72 1.70 1.67 1.70 1.70 1.70 1.68 1.69 1.74 1.72 1.68 1.75 1.70
X Draw 3.80 3.86 3.75 3.70 3.80 3.90 3.70 3.90 3.92 4.05 3.56 3.80 3.65 3.75
2 Sligo Rovers 4.65 4.41 4.33 4.33 4.40 4.33 4.33 4.60 4.45 4.55 4.09 4.45 4.25 4.33

Previous confrontations (H2H)

3 Galway United
5 Draw
6 Sligo Rovers
50% Over 2.5 goals
43% Both teams scored
2.5 Goals per match
Logo Galway United 3 | Logo Sligo Rovers 7 Clean sheets
🔥 Galway United won the last 2 head-to-head meetings
Biggest win: Sligo Rovers 6-0 Galway United (2026)
Goals scored all matches
Logo Galway United
1.00
Logo Sligo Rovers
1.50
Goals in home matches
Logo Galway United
0.60
Logo Sligo Rovers
1.89
Goals in away matches
Logo Galway United
1.22
Logo Sligo Rovers
0.80
Above is calculated based on the below matches

Stats

Galway United
Sligo Rovers
9
Shots on goal
5
5
Shots off goal
2
21
Total shots
11
7
Blocked shots
4
16
Shots inside box
8
5
Shots outside box
3
11
Fouls
13
1
Offsides
5
1
Yellow cards
4
3
Goalkeeper saved
6
346
Total passes
413
252
Passes success
297
73%
Passes %
72%
2.28
Expected goals (xG)
1.67
-0.42
Goals prevented
-0.42

Stadion

Stadion name

Eamonn Deacy Park

Capacity

4284

Address

Dyke Road
Galway

table 2026

Premier Division
Team Pts
Shamrock Rovers Shamrock Rovers 51
St Patrick's Athl. St Patrick's Athl. 44
Bohemians Bohemians 43
Dundalk Dundalk 37
Shelbourne Shelbourne 34
Derry City Derry City 30
Galway United Galway United 28
Drogheda United Drogheda United 27
Waterford Waterford 25
Sligo Rovers Sligo Rovers 22
Complete table

Line-ups

Logo Galway United Galway United — Formation: 4-4-2
Coach: John Caulfield
16
Hugo Alberto Pires da Cunha
3
Connor Barratt
15
Ola Wasiri Williams
5
Killian Brouder
12
Gianfranco Facchineri
4
Jimmy Keohane
10
David Hurley
8
Aaron Bolger
24
Edward McCarthy
7
Stephen Walsh
23
9
7
William Fitzgerald
10
Archie Meekison
28
Ryan O'Kane
4
Sebastian Quirk
16
Carl McHugh
3
Sean Stewart
17
52
Gareth McElroy
33
Jeannot Esua
29
Sam Sargeant
Sligo Rovers — Formation: 4-2-3-1 Logo Sligo Rovers
Coach: John Russell

Substitutes

Substitutes Galway United

Name Age Position
Leigh Kavanagh - Defender
Al Amin Kazeem - Defender
Conor McCormack 36 Midfielder
Dylan Connolly 31 Midfielder
Matthew Wolfe - Midfielder
Axel Piesold 21 Midfielder
Francely Lomboto 26 Attacker

Substitutes Sligo Rovers

Name Age Position
Liam Hughes 24 Goalkeeper
Oliver Denham 24 Defender
Ciaron Harkin 30 Midfielder
Alex Nolan 23 Midfielder
James McManus 21 Midfielder
Jamie McGonigle 30 Attacker
Cian Kavanagh 23 Attacker

Player stats

# Name FN rating Min Pos G A Sh SoT Pas KP Pas+ Tkl Blk Int Du Du+ Dri Dri+ Foul Foul+ 🟨 🟥 Off Sav GC Pen+ Pen- PenSv
11 Logo Sligo Rovers Cian Kavanagh (sub) 9.2 45 Attacker 2 0 3 3 7 - 6 - - - 6 4 1 1 1 - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
14 Logo Galway United Matthew Wolfe (sub) 8.7 22 Midfielder 2 0 2 2 8 - 5 - - - 4 2 1 1 2 - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
23 Logo Galway United Frantz Pierrot 8.3 68 Attacker 1 0 4 2 13 1 11 - - 1 6 2 1 - 1 1 0 0 1 - 0 0 0 -
4 Logo Galway United Jimmy Keohane ©️ 8.2 90 Midfielder - 1 1 - 25 2 21 2 - - 10 5 1 - - 1 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
10 Logo Galway United David Hurley 7.9 90 Midfielder - 1 - - 53 3 43 1 - 2 11 6 2 1 - 2 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
29 Logo Sligo Rovers Sam Sargeant 7.7 90 Goalkeeper - 0 - - 43 - 20 - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - 6 3 0 0 0
12 Logo Galway United Gianfranco Facchineri 7.3 67 Defender - 0 - - 26 2 22 - 1 1 3 2 1 - - 2 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
3 Logo Galway United Connor Barratt 7.2 78 Defender - 0 - - 17 2 10 3 - 2 8 3 - - 2 - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
8 Logo Galway United Aaron Bolger 7.2 77 Midfielder - 1 1 1 33 1 25 - - 1 8 6 - - 2 1 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
33 Logo Sligo Rovers Jeannot Esua 7.2 90 Defender - 0 - - 30 1 24 3 3 - 15 9 3 1 1 1 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
16 Logo Galway United Hugo Alberto Pires da Cunha 6.9 90 Goalkeeper - 0 - - 27 1 12 - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - 3 2 0 0 0
7 Logo Sligo Rovers William Fitzgerald ©️ 6.9 90 Midfielder - 0 - - 31 2 25 3 - - 9 5 1 - - 1 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
5 Logo Galway United Killian Brouder 6.7 90 Defender - 0 - - 48 - 33 1 1 - 5 2 1 1 - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
3 Logo Sligo Rovers Sean Stewart 6.7 61 Defender - 0 - - 53 1 47 - - 1 5 2 1 1 1 - 0 0 1 - 0 0 0 -
16 Logo Sligo Rovers Carl McHugh 6.7 90 Midfielder - 0 1 - 55 1 42 3 1 1 15 7 - - 1 1 1 0 1 - 0 0 0 -
18 Logo Sligo Rovers Jamie McGonigle (sub) 6.6 45 Attacker - 2 - - 20 2 12 - - - 5 1 1 1 2 - 0 0 1 - 0 0 0 -
24 Logo Galway United Edward McCarthy 6.5 68 Midfielder - 0 - - 14 2 11 - - - 5 - - - 1 - 1 0 - - 0 0 0 -
19 Logo Galway United Leigh Kavanagh (sub) 6.5 23 Defender - 0 - - 8 - 6 1 2 1 3 2 - - - 1 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
6 Logo Galway United Axel Piesold (sub) 6.5 13 Midfielder - 0 - - 9 - 9 - - - 1 1 - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
28 Logo Sligo Rovers Ryan O'Kane 6.5 61 Midfielder - 0 1 1 5 - 4 - - - 1 - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
10 Logo Sligo Rovers Archie Meekison 6.5 45 Midfielder - 0 - - 20 - 15 - - - 8 3 - - 1 2 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
6 Logo Sligo Rovers Ciaron Harkin (sub) 6.5 29 Midfielder - 0 - - 24 - 17 2 - - 6 3 - - 1 1 1 0 - - 0 0 0 -
15 Logo Galway United Ola Wasiri Williams 6.3 90 Defender - 0 1 1 37 - 23 1 - 1 13 9 1 1 2 2 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
22 Logo Galway United Conor McCormack (sub) 6.3 12 Midfielder - 0 - - 9 - 8 - - - 1 1 - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
15 Logo Sligo Rovers Oliver Denham (sub) 6.3 29 Defender - 0 - - 10 - 4 1 - - 2 2 - - - 1 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
52 Logo Sligo Rovers Gareth McElroy 6.0 90 Defender - 0 - - 31 - 23 1 1 2 8 4 - - 1 - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
4 Logo Sligo Rovers Sebastian Quirk 5.6 53 Midfielder - 0 2 1 13 - 12 - - - 7 3 - - 2 3 2 1 - - 0 0 0 -
7 Logo Galway United Stephen Walsh 5.3 90 Attacker - 0 5 3 15 1 9 1 - - 27 10 1 - 1 2 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
30 Logo Galway United Al Amin Kazeem (sub) - - Defender - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
21 Logo Galway United Dylan Connolly (sub) - - Attacker - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
9 Logo Galway United Francely Lomboto (sub) - - Attacker - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
1 Logo Sligo Rovers Liam Hughes (sub) - - Goalkeeper - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
19 Logo Sligo Rovers Alex Nolan (sub) - - Midfielder - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
14 Logo Sligo Rovers James McManus (sub) - - Midfielder - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -