Drogheda United 1-2 Galway United — Result, Statistics & Match Review — Ireland - FAI Cup, 4 Sep 2026

📅04/09/2026 · 🕒21:45 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 1-0 2nd Score 2-0
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Authentic Intelligence™ · Probability per market
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
35%
2.05
Draw
31%
3.28
Away
34%
3.15
Under/Over 2.5
Under Pick
57%
1.8
Over
43%
1.91
Both Teams to Score
Yes
50%
1.76
No
50%
1.95
Total Goals
0-1
32%
3.01
2-3
46%
1.75
4-5
19%
3.62
6+
3%
15.2
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
19%
1/2
2%
1/X
5%
X/1
14%
X/2
14%
X/X
21%
2/1
2%
2/2
18%
2/X
5%
STRENGTH — pattern support: Good → Great · fuller bar = deeper record. Informational.
Our Pick = the most likely outcome.
SIGNALS Team Signals — the why behind the numbers
iddaakolik predictions — not real match figures
HOME Drogheda United The Market 49%
Head to Head
AWAY Galway United The Market 32%
Bad Team Performanceagainst Market Expectation Average
1.40 xG Scorediddaakolik model prediction 1.16
1.26 xG Concedediddaakolik model prediction 1.36
Bad Attack Strength Average
Average Defense Strength Great
49% Ball Possession 51%
12 Total Shots 11
4 Shots on Target 4
5 Corners 4
275 · 72% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 327 · 77%
Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area
Crosses
Yellow Cards
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Drogheda United
2W-2D-2L
AWAY Galway United
1.00 Avg Goals (FT) 1.00
0.91 xG 1.71
50% Ball Possession 50%
11 Total Shots 14
4 Shots on Target 4
4 Corners 6
170 Passes 189
57% Pass Accuracy 60%
20 Box Touches 23
18 Crosses 28
2 Yellow Cards 2
07.08.2026 Galway United Galway United 0-0 HT 0-0 Drogheda United Drogheda United İRL
06.04.2026 Drogheda United Drogheda United 2-3 HT 2-1 Galway United Galway United İRL
06.02.2026 Galway United Galway United 0-1 HT 0-0 Drogheda United Drogheda United İRL
24.10.2025 Galway United Galway United 1-1 HT 0-0 Drogheda United Drogheda United İRL
04.07.2025 Drogheda United Drogheda United 1-0 HT 0-0 Galway United Galway United İRL
25.04.2025 Galway United Galway United 2-1 HT 0-1 Drogheda United Drogheda United İRL
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Drogheda United
1 - 2
AWAY Galway United
11 Total Shots 4
3 Shots on Target 2
6 Corners 2
1 Yellow Cards 1
REVIEW Drogheda United vs Galway United
IDDAAKOLIK POST-MATCH REVIEW

Galway United edged past Drogheda United 2-1 away from home. Level at 1-1 at half-time, the winner was decided in the second half.

From a near-even 35% / 31% / 34% read, it was Galway United who turned the coin-flip their way. The goals read — under 2.5 goals (57%) — went the other way, though.

The match data tells the story: shots finished 11-4.

Coming into the game, across their last 6 meetings in our records, honours were even at 2 apiece, 2 drawn. Scoring in those meetings ran 1.00 a game for Drogheda United against 1.00 for Galway United.

Drogheda United vs Galway United Result & Final Score

Drogheda United 1 - 2 Galway United in the Ireland - FAI Cup on 04/09/2026. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

Drogheda United vs Galway United Prediction vs Result

Before kick-off our model rated a Drogheda United win the most likely single outcome at about 35%, with the full match-result split Drogheda United 35%, draw 31%, Galway United 34%. The final score 1-2 went against our main leads this time — single matches are noisy by nature; our accuracy is measured across thousands of predictions, not one result.

✗ Match Result (Drogheda United) ✗ Under 2.5
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