Galway United vs St Patrick's Athl. Prediction & Betting Tips

Form Guide

St Pat's have picked up ten wins from their last twenty matches across competitions, with five draws and five losses, scoring 29 and conceding 18 in that spell. That's a tidy recent record by any measure.

Galway United: 20 completed matches; St Patrick's Athl.: 20 completed matches.

Galway United

20 matches

Win

35% 7 / 20

Draw

35% 7 / 20

Loss

30% 6 / 20

Scored

30

Conceded

27

Difference

+3

St Patrick's Athl.

20 matches

Win

50% 10 / 20

Draw

25% 5 / 20

Loss

25% 5 / 20

Scored

29

Conceded

18

Difference

+11

Galway's last twenty games look quite different: seven wins, six draws and seven losses, with 30 scored but 29 conceded. It's a far more even, could-go-either-way sample than St Pat's have shown.

St Pat's have the healthier recent record of the two sides.

Comparative Team Statistics: Galway United vs St Patrick's Athl.

Head-to-Head

St Pat's have had the better of this fixture lately, including that 3-0 home win back in July. Going back through the meetings here to 2022, St Pat's have won the majority, with Galway's victories mostly coming from older friendly matches.

There's still been the odd share of the points along the way, including a 2-2 draw in May, so Galway have shown they can hold their own on occasion.

Recent head-to-head form leans St Pat's way, though the odd draw shows Galway can compete.

League Table Picture

St Pat's currently sit top of the Premier Division with 59 points from 32 games, built on 17 wins and just seven defeats. Galway are down in seventh with 37 points from 31 games, having won only nine.

St Pat's goal difference is also far healthier, at plus 27 compared with Galway's minus six, which underlines the gap between where these two sides currently stand.

The table gap mirrors what the recent form and head-to-head figures both suggest.

Players to Watch

St Pat's have two players well into double figures for goals this season in R. Edmondson and A. Keena, both on ten, with K. Leavy adding six more. Galway's clearest attacking threat looks to be K. Twardek, who has eight goals and six assists, with D. Hurley also busy creating chances.

Galway United:

Best scorers:

K. Twardek - 8

Penalty cards:

D. Hurley x 7

S. Walsh x 6

St Patrick's Athl.:

Best scorers:

R. Edmondson - 10

A. Keena - 10

K. Leavy - 6

Penalty cards:

S. Hoare x 1 x 6

J. Lennon x 7

On the discipline side, D. Hurley for Galway and J. Lennon for St Pat's have both picked up seven yellow cards this season, so referees may need to watch both sides closely.