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Derry City vs Galway United — Premier Division 2025

Derry City
Derry City
Preview
18:45
Galway United
Galway United
9/18/2026Premier DivisionPremier Division · Round 32The Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium
Big match
48%
Derry City
model favours
48%26%25%

Galway United score first in only 21% of matches

brightest fact of this match

1–0
likely score
55%
under 2.5 goals
49%
both teams score

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 31+ matches

Derry City48%
×Draw26%
Galway United25%
✓ Correct in 49 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
Model
48.6%
Always home
43.8%

The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 48.6% correct across 15,072 matches, vs 43.8% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50.1% correct · Away picks 45.3% correct

Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

Expected goals in this match

What is xG?

Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.

The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.

Derry City
1.49
Galway United
1.00

Derry City creates 49% more chances

Season form · 32 home / 31 away

creates per match

Derry City
1.66
Galway United
0.94

allows per match

Derry City
1.06
Galway United
1.32

finishing

Derry City+0.00on par
Galway United+0.00on par

Total goals

55%Under
  • Under55
  • Over45

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

51%No
  • No51
  • Yes49

Close call

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Derry City ↓

Galway United →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–08%
0–18%
0–24%
0–31%
0–40%
1
1–012%
1–112%
1–26%
1–32%
1–41%
2
2–09%
2–19%
2–25%
2–32%
2–40%
3
3–05%
3–15%
3–22%
3–31%
3–40%
4
4–02%
4–12%
4–21%
4–30%
4–40%

Most likely 1–0 (12%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
92%8%1.5
71%29%2.5
45%55%3.5
24%76%4.5
11%89%

Double chance

Derry City or draw
75%
Derry City or Galway United
74%
Draw or Galway United
52%

Winning margin

Derry City wins by 2+
24%
Galway United wins by 2+
9%

Team goals

Derry City 1+ goals
77%
Derry City 2+ goals
44%
Derry City 3+ goals
19%
Galway United 1+ goals
63%
Galway United 2+ goals
26%
Galway United 3+ goals
8%

Draw no bet

Derry City (draw refunded)
66%
Galway United (draw refunded)
34%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
37%
Both score & under 3
12%

Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.

How is this calculated?

Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.

1

Recent form of each side

Derry City at home — creates 1.66, concedes 1.06 · 32 matches

Galway United away — creates 0.94, concedes 1.32 · 31 matches

⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.

2

Expected goals for this match

Derry City attack 1.66 + Galway United defence 1.32 → ÷2 → 1.49

Galway United attack 0.94 + Derry City defence 1.06 → ÷2 → 1.00

Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.

3

Chance of every scoreline

From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.

4

The answer to "why 48%?"

Derry City scores more
48%
level
26%
Galway United scores more
25%

Derry City at 48% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.

What the model can't see

It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:

  • injuries & suspensions
  • the matchday lineup
  • motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
  • weather & pitch condition
  • in-game coaching decisions

So 48% does not mean "Derry City will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."

Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.

Match Insights

  • Galway United win just 8% of their away games
  • Derry City have scored in 8 games running
  • Both teams score in 71% of Derry City’s matches
  • Even after scoring first, Derry City win only 50%
  • Both teams scored in 7 of the last 7 meetings
  • Style contrast — Derry City play Defensively solid, Galway United Direct / counter-attacking

Based on historical data — not a prediction.

Style Matchup

Contrasting styles
Derry City
Defensively solid
Galway United
Direct / counter-attacking
54%PossessionBiggest gap37%
73%Pass accuracy58%
12.3Shots12.3
1.29xG1.73
Pass acc.ShotsxGBox shareShot acc.Defense
Derry CityGalway United

Head-to-head

7 previous meetings

2
Derry City
3
Draws
2
Galway United
Avg goals: 2.9BTTS: 100%
1–21–11–22–11–1

Playing styles from match stats. Historical H2H record. Not a prediction.

Form
City
LLLWD
United
WLLWL

Probable lineups not yet announced

Starting lineups are usually confirmed ~1 hour before kickoff

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Derry City host Galway United at The Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium.

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