Galway United vs Dundalk betting tip 2024 - Picks and Predictions for the Premier Division match on October 04th, 2024

Galway United will be playing against Dundalk in a Premier Division football match scheduled to take place on Friday, October 04th, 2024, at 18:45h (UTC), in Republic of Ireland, check the Galway United vs Dundalk betting tip 2024 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Galway United vs Dundalk will occur

The game takes place in the small Eamonn Deacy Park stadium, in the city of Galway, with a capacity for 5000 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

Where to follow the live game

At Betarena, you can follow the match live with access to all the information to help with your sports betting, including statistics, events and odds.

Introduction to the Galway United vs Dundalk betting tip 2024

The Premier Division has had fewer goals than the previous season. Last season the tournament had an average of 2.61 goals scored per match, while now the competition has an average of 2.3 goals per match played.

Galway United last match

Galway United comes from a win in the last match played. On that occasion the opponent was Waterford United, in a match valid for Premier Division, and the match ended 1-2.

A very even game was expected, with odds for the home win at 2.15.

Dundalk last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a defeat in the previous event. In a dispute valid for Premier Division, Dundalk faced the Bohemians team, and the score ended with a 0-2 for their rivals.

The odds for the defeat of the home team before the match were 2.10, so it was expected to be a fairly even match.

Galway United vs Dundalk h2h

The last preceding match between these two teams was from 02-08-2024. The match was valid for the 2024 season of the Premier Division, and it ended with a 0-2 win for Galway United.

Galway United

Premier Division leaderboard now

Considering the home team Galway United, standing in 4th place with 49 points in the Premier Division competition in Republic of Ireland. Their performance statistics have been such as 13 wins, 9 losses and, 10 draws.

In the 33rd round, the team has the same points compared to Shamrock Rovers who occupies position 3.

Galway United analysis

After 32 matches, Galway United shows a positive goal difference: in fact, the team has scored 28 goals and conceded 23.

The performances of Galway United in recent matches suggest that they are having difficulty scoring goals, with a low number of goals and a high number of matches where they failed to score. This indicates that their attacking play is not creating enough quality chances and needs improvement.

The average number of shots towards goal for Galway United is not among the best, with only 3.5 a match. This is a good indicator that the team does not have a very good scoring average, and does not engage the opposing goalkeepers too much.

Galway United has a ball possession average of 38.65% in the league. Therefore, they are not the team that proposes the game, which can be a problem for this match. Therefore, fans hope the team to have more possession in this Galway United vs Dundalk 2024 match and, especially, to convert it into goals.

Playing in their home base prove wise for this team, as their record of 7 wins, 4 losses, and 5 draws shows. Playing as the visiting team, meanwhile has given them 6 games won.

Best goalscorer from Galway United

Until this stage of the season, in terms of individual exhibitions, the highlight is Stephen Walsh. The Attacker has scored 8 times in this competition and helped Galway United avoiding adverse outcomes on several occasions.

Dundalk

Premier Division leaderboard now

With 24 points won, Dundalk is in 10th place on the leaderboard, which leaves the team in the Relegation zone. The team's campaign so far is 5 wins against 18 losses, plus 9 draws.

In the 33rd round, the team suffers a small disadvantage of 8 points compared to Drogheda United team who occupies position 9.

Dundalk analysis

Dundalk counted 22 goals scored and 46 conceded at the end of Premier Division day number 32.

Recent performances have highlighted that Dundalk is having trouble generating goals, with a low number of goals for and a high number of failed to score matches. This suggests that the team is struggling to create quality chances and convert them into goals, indicating the need for improvement in their attacking play.

The team has a relatively low scoring streak, the average goals scored does not exceed 0.69 per game, and this may mean that the result of the next away match may not be positive.

Best goalscorer from Dundalk

In the individual highlights of the team in the offensive sector, the focus falls on Jamie Gullan so far in the competition. With 6 goals with his signature, the Attacker has helped his team Dundalk to achieve victorious results this season.

It should also be noted that 1 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

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Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Galway United is Stephen Walsh, who has already scored 8 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Dundalk is Jamie Gullan, he has scored in 6 opportunities.

Most goals are scored between 75-90 as some study shows, which makes this a good time to bet for those following the live game.

The option of betting under 2.5 goals is also compelling since Dundalk has an average of 0.81 goals per game as a visitor and often not suffers goals playing away from home, making this a market to explore.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 1.75.

In this game, our system found another interesting opportunity for a successful bet. Both teams score and usually suffer the first goal between the 30-40 minute. With this convergence, it is typically a value market!

Corners Top Betting Tips

To obtain good betting results, remembering that there is an average of 4.61 corners per game when the corners numbers of both teams are combined.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 4.44 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

On the Galway United side, we know that it is a more aggressive team having received the red card 3 times this season, very different from Dundalk who only saw the red card twice. Both the red and yellow cards market can be a good bet.

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