Considering that both Shelbourne and Galway have been excellent defensively this season, it is fair to expect that Friday's clash could be low scoring. However, given the hosts' title ambitions and their strong 2024 campaign so far, they should come into the game as favourites. Read more.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Shelbourne win with a probability of 41.88%. A draw had a probability of 29.5% and a win for Galway United had a probability of 28.58%.

The most likely scoreline for a Shelbourne win was 1-0 with a probability of 14.38%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (8.52%) and 2-1 (7.87%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (13.29%), while for a Galway United win it was 0-1 (11.22%). The actual scoreline of 2-0 was predicted with an 8.5% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Shelbourne would win this match.

Result
Shelbourne	Draw	Galway United
41.88% ( -0.02)	29.54% ( 0.02)	28.58% ( 0.01)

Both teams to score 41.85% (

-0.03)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

35.26% (

-0.03)

64.74% (

0.04)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

16.29% (

-0.02)

83.71% (

0.03)

Shelbourne Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

69.4% (

-0.02)

30.6% (

0.03)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

33.17% (

-0.03)

66.83% (

0.04)

Galway United Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

60.31% (

-0.02)

39.69% (

0.02)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

23.63% (

-0.02)

76.37% (

0.02)

Score Analysis

Shelbourne 41.87%

Galway United 28.58%

Draw 29.54%

Shelbourne	Draw	Galway United
1-0 @ 14.38% ( 0.01) 2-0 @ 8.52% ( -0) 2-1 @ 7.87% ( -0.01) 3-0 @ 3.36% ( -0) 3-1 @ 3.11% ( -0) 3-2 @ 1.44% ( -0) 4-0 @ 1% ( -0) 4-1 @ 0.92% ( -0) Other @ 1.29% Total : 41.87%	1-1 @ 13.29% ( 0.01) 0-0 @ 12.14% ( 0.02) 2-2 @ 3.64% ( -0) Other @ 0.47% Total : 29.54%	0-1 @ 11.22% ( 0.01) 1-2 @ 6.14% ( -0) 0-2 @ 5.18% ( 0) 1-3 @ 1.89% ( -0) 0-3 @ 1.6% 2-3 @ 1.12% ( -0) Other @ 1.43% Total : 28.58%