Drogheda United 2-3 Galway United — Result, Statistics & Match Review — Ireland - Premier League, 6 Apr 2026

📅06/04/2026 · 🕒19:00 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 1-0 2nd Score 0-0
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Probability per market · Global + League + Team blend
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
47%
2.19
Draw
27%
2.94
Away
26%
3.15
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
59%
1.54
Over 2.5
41%
2.33
Both Teams to Score
Yes
45%
2.03
No
55%
1.7
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
39%
2.25
2-3 Goals
37%
1.71
4-5 Goals
18%
4.75
6+ Goals
6%
28.0
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
21%
3.25
1/2
4%
34.0
1/X
7%
13.45
X/1
19%
4.78
X/2
10%
6.53
X/X
16%
3.67
2/1
7%
32.0
2/2
12%
5.26
2/X
4%
14.15
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
47%
Home Win
42%
+5.2pp
27%
Draw
30%
-3.2pp
26%
Away Win
28%
-2.0pp
59%
Under 2.5
61%
-2.2pp
41%
Over 2.5
39%
+2.2pp
45%
BTTS Yes
45%
-0.1pp
55%
BTTS No
55%
+0.1pp
gold — our model green — our served pick grey — EU market (margin removed: each group sums to 100%)
Edge (pp): green = we see more probability than the market · gold = essentially even (±0.5pp) · red = we see less. The Decision above outranks any single row: the engine backs well-supported edges, not merely big ones.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Drogheda United EU Bookmakers 46%
Head to Head
AWAY Galway United EU Bookmakers 32%
+11% / +25% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations +0% / +0%
1.43/0.71 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 1.16/1.17
+85% / +76% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) -13% / +33%
51% Ball Possession 49%
11 Total Shots 10
5 Shots on Target 4
4 Corners 3
295 · 75% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 294 · 77%
22.9 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 19.1
17.2 Crosses 20.5
2.1 Yellow Cards 2.2
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Drogheda United
2W-3D-1L
AWAY Galway United
0.83 Avg Goals (FT) 0.67
0.79 xG 1.48
47% Ball Possession 53%
10 Total Shots 13
3 Shots on Target 3
4 Corners 6
150 Passes 189
54% Pass Accuracy 60%
20 Box Touches 23
18 Crosses 27
2 Yellow Cards 2
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
28.02.2025 Drogheda United Drogheda United 1-1 HT 1-0 Galway United Galway United İRL
23.09.2024 Drogheda United Drogheda United 0-0 HT 0-0 Galway United Galway United İRL
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Drogheda United
2-3
AWAY Galway United
1.64 xG 0.95
58% Ball Possession 42%
16 Total Shots 11
8 Shots on Target 6
6 Corners 3
266 Passes 180
65% Pass Accuracy 62%
18 Box Touches 17
22 Crosses 18
0 Yellow Cards 5
POST-MATCH Drogheda United vs Galway United
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Galway United edged past Drogheda United 3-2 away from home. It was 2-1 at half-time, meaning the result turned around in the second half. 5 goals made it one of the day's more open games.

Our pre-match lean was Drogheda United at 47%, but a lead that slim is closer to a coin-flip than a call — and it fell the other way. The goals read — under 2.5 goals (59%), no to both teams scoring (55%) — went the other way, though.

On the day, Drogheda United had 58% of the ball to Galway United's 42%, shots finished 16-11, expected goals 1.64 to 0.95 — on chances, Drogheda United could feel hard done by.

Coming into the game, across their last 6 meetings in our records, Drogheda United had the better of it with 2 wins, 3 drawn. Those games averaged 0.83 goals for Drogheda United and 0.67 for Galway United.

What was the final score of Drogheda United vs Galway United?

Drogheda United 2-3 Galway United in the Ireland - Premier League on 06/04/2026. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Drogheda United vs Galway United?

Before kick-off our model rated a Drogheda United win the most likely single outcome at about 47%, with the full match-result split Drogheda United 47%, draw 27%, Galway United 26%. The final score 2-3 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 ✗ BTTS No
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