Galway United vs Sligo Rovers betting tip 2024 - Picks and Predictions for the Premier Division match on October 25th, 2024

Galway United and Sligo Rovers will face each other in a Premier Division game in Republic of Ireland on Friday, October 25th, 2024, at 18:45h (UTC), check the Galway United vs Sligo Rovers betting tip 2024 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Galway United vs Sligo Rovers will occur

The game will be played 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

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Introduction to the Galway United vs Sligo Rovers 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 2.29 goals per match played.

Galway United last match

In the last match they played, Galway United collected a defeat. The opposing team was St Patrick's, and the match - which ended with the result of 2-1 - was valid for Premier Division.

The odds for the defeat of the home team before the match were 1.95, so it was expected to be a fairly even match.

Sligo Rovers last match

Sligo Rovers appears in the same condition as the rival. The team also arrives from a defeat for this match. In a Premier Division game, the team faced Bohemians, and the score ended with a 0-2.

A defeat of the home team had odds of 2.40, which makes it clear that a close match was expected.

Galway United vs Sligo Rovers h2h

The last face-to-face between these two clubs was on 27-07-2024 in a Premier Division match of the 2024 season. On that occasion, the match ended with a 2-0 win for Sligo Rovers.

The Galway United team in their last five matches has produced solid performances, while Sligo Rovers has been more irregular.

Galway United

Premier Division leaderboard now

Considering the home team Galway United, standing in 5th place with 50 points in the Premier Division competition in Republic of Ireland. Their performance statistics have been such as 13 wins, 10 losses and, 11 draws.

Which means that the team, with an advantage of 2 points, in the 35th round is followed by the Sligo Rovers team in 6th place.

Galway United analysis

After 34 matches, Galway United shows a positive goal difference: in fact, the team has scored 30 goals and conceded 26.

Galway United, with a ball possession of 38.82% per game on average, is not the team that imposes its game, and rather prefers a tactic devoted to waiting and counterattacks. However, in the match against Sligo Rovers of 2024 they will have to do something more, try to maintain possession of the ball and attack the opponent's goal with more continuity.

Having won 6 games away from home compared to matches played at home which gave them a record of 7 wins, 4 losses, and 6 draws prove the team is stronger when paying in their own yard.

Best goalscorer from Galway United

At the individual level in the team's offensive line, we have to highlight Stephen Walsh. With 8 goals on his own, the Attacker has been instrumental in helping the Galway United team achieving several victories this season.

Sligo Rovers

Premier Division leaderboard now

Sligo Rovers arrives in this game with 48 points, and in 6th place in the Premier Division, having won 13 games in total and lost 12 times, making a total of 9 draws.

Galway United ranks just above, occupying 5th place in the 35th round, the team suffers a small disadvantage of 2 points.

Sligo Rovers analysis

Sligo Rovers shows a negative ratio between goals made and conceded, with 38 made and 47 conceded after 34 rounds of the league.

Recent performances have highlighted that Sligo Rovers 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.

With an average of 3.56 shots on goal per match, Sligo Rovers certainly cannot call itself a fearsome, or particularly prolific, attack, and this is another very good indicator to take into account in evaluations.

Sligo Rovers is a more offensive team than Galway United, having 3164 attacks vs. 3068 from Galway United, having scored 38 times, in comparison, Galway United converted into goal 30 times.

Best goalscorer from Sligo Rovers

In this season, the individual highlight is Ellis Chapman that has dominated the offensive side. The Midfielder has already scored 9 times this season, becoming crucial in the positive results that Sligo Rovers achieved in several matches.

It should also be noted that 2 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

Bet suggestions for this game:

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 Sligo Rovers is Ellis Chapman, he has scored in 9 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 Sligo Rovers has an average of 1.12 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 1.85.

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

By combining the number of corners of both teams, we can see an average of 4.6 corners per game, also a market to explore to obtain good results in sports betting.

Cards Top Betting Tips

These teams together have a combined average of 4.56 yellow cards per match. Therefore, it might be a good option to bet on the 'Over 4.5 cards' option in this duel.

In games like these, the players are usually nervous and sometimes even aggressive due to the tension that this rivalry involves. Therefore, a good option is to bet that the match will have an above average number of cards or that at least one red card will be shown.

On the Sligo Rovers side, we know that it is a more aggressive team having received the red card 5 time this season, very different from Galway United who only saw the red card 3 times. Both the red and yellow cards market can be a good bet.

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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