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Soccer Match Preview: Sligo Rovers vs Galway United (Data-Driven Analysis)

Match Background: A tight clash between two sides struggling for consistency in the League of Ireland

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Match overview

Matches played

Table position

Home/away W

Home/away D

Home/away L

PPG

1.13

1.33

Last 6 PPG

1.38

Home/away PPG

0.75

2.98

xG overall

3.02

2.86

Home/away xG overall

3.00

1.11

xG for per game

1.35

1.87

xG against per game

1.67

1.20

Home/away xG for per game

1.09

1.66

Home/away xG against per game

1.91

Last X

Home wins

(39%)

Draws

(39%)

Away wins

(22%)

2026/02/27

1:0

2025/09/22

0:1

2025/06/23

2:1

2025/05/16

0:1

2025/04/12

1:2

2024/10/25

2:2

League table

#	Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG^Δ6	oPPG	xG^Δ	xGA^Δ
1	Shamrock Rovers	19	11	4	4	30	17	14	37	2.00^0.05	1.26	30.74^-0.74	23.99^6.99
2	St Patrick's Athl.	18	9	5	4	31	16	14	32	1.50^-0.28	1.28	34.35^-3.35	22.56^6.56
3	Bohemians	19	8	7	4	28	20	10	31	1.83^0.20	1.29	34.34^-6.34	22.17^2.17
4	Dundalk	18	6	8	4	29	27	3	26	0.83^-0.61	1.31	33.89^-4.89	28.80^1.80
5	Shelbourne	18	6	7	5	26	25	1	25	2.00^0.61	1.32	29.83^-3.83	25.18^0.18
6	Derry City	19	4	10	5	21	21	-1	22	0.83^-0.33	1.34	31.15^-10.15	24.98^3.98
7	Galway United	17	5	5	7	25	28	-3	20	1.00^-0.18	1.34	24.40^0.60	31.05^3.05
8	Drogheda United	18	5	5	8	22	29	-7	20	1.17^0.06	1.35	21.35^0.65	31.83^2.83
9	Sligo Rovers	18	5	4	9	14	24	-12	19	1.33^0.27	1.36	21.47^-7.47	35.91^11.91
10	Waterford	18	1	7	10	18	37	-19	10	0.83^0.27	1.41	24.53^-6.53	39.56^2.56
#	Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG^Δ6	oPPG	xG^Δ	xGA^Δ

Team stats


	(Avg)
8	Played	8
0.88	Avg goals for/against	0.88
1.13	Avg goals against/for	1.38
2	Avg total goals (GF+GA) (2.13)	2.25
50%	Scoring rate	100%
63%	Conceding rate	63%
38%	Clean sheet/Failed to score	0%
50%	Failed to score/Clean sheet	38%
38%	Scored in both halves (25.5%)	13%
38%	Scored first	38%
38%	Leading/Losing at half-time (31.5%)	25%
25%	Losing/Leading at half-time (25.0%)	25%
3.5	Avg corners for/against	4.75
6.25	Avg corners against/for	6.38
9.75	Avg total corners (F+A) (10.44)	11.13
3.63	Avg total cards (F+A) (3.69)	3.75
88%	GF+GA over 0.5 (94.0%)	100%
75%	GF+GA over 1.5 (75.0%)	75%
25%	GF+GA over 2.5 (25.0%)	25%
13%	GF+GA over 3.5 (13.0%)	13%
0%	GF+GA over 4.5 (6.5%)	13%
0%	GF+GA over 5.5 (0.0%)	0%
25%	Both teams scored (44.0%)	63%
75%	GF+GA over 0.5 at HT (62.5%)	50%
25%	GF+GA over 1.5 at HT (19.0%)	13%
0%	GF+GA over 2.5 at HT (6.5%)	13%
75%	Over 7.5 total corners (81.5%)	88%
50%	Over 8.5 total corners (69.0%)	88%
50%	Over 9.5 total corners (56.5%)	63%
50%	Over 10.5 total corners (50.0%)	50%
38%	Over 11.5 total corners (38.0%)	38%
25%	Over 12.5 total corners (25.0%)	25%
13%	Over 13.5 total corners (19.0%)	25%

Streaks


Home (Overall)		Away (Overall)
0 (0)	Consecutive wins	0 (0)
1 (2)	Consecutive draws	2 (0)
0 (0)	Consecutive defeats	0 (1)
1 (3)	No win	3 (5)
0 (0)	No draw	0 (1)
4 (2)	No defeat	2 (0)
4(2)	1 goal scored or more	5(9)
2(2)	1 goal conceded or more	9(14)
0(0)	No goal scored	0(0)
0(0)	No goal conceded	0(0)
1(2)	Match total goals over 2.5	1(3)
0(0)	Match total goals under 2.5	0(0)
0(1)	2 goals scored or more	1(2)
1(0)	2 goals conceded or more	0(1)

Opening goals



3/8 (38%)	Scored first, home/away	3/8 (38%)
5/16 (31%)	Scored first, overall	6/15 (40%)