Galway United 1-2 Derry City — Result, Statistics & Match Review — Ireland - Premier League, 22 Aug 2025

📅22/08/2025 · 🕒21:45 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 0-1 2nd Score 1-0
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
33%
2.67
Draw
24%
3.04
Away
43%
2.51
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
58%
1.52
Over 2.5
42%
2.38
Both Teams to Score
Yes
44%
2.03
No
56%
1.7
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
35%
2.18
2-3 Goals
38%
1.71
4-5 Goals
19%
4.88
6+ Goals
8%
30.0
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
13%
4.27
1/2
7%
34.5
1/X
6%
14.35
X/1
12%
5.49
X/2
14%
5.13
X/X
13%
3.72
2/1
7%
34.5
2/2
22%
3.85
2/X
6%
14.25
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
33%
Home Win
34%
-1.2pp
24%
Draw
30%
-5.2pp
43%
Away Win
36%
+6.4pp
58%
Under 2.5
62%
-3.9pp
42%
Over 2.5
38%
+3.9pp
44%
BTTS Yes
45%
-1.7pp
56%
BTTS No
55%
+1.7pp
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 Galway United EU Bookmakers 37%
Head to Head
AWAY Derry City EU Bookmakers 40%
-4% / -2% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations +4% / -5%
1.36/1.16 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 1.03/0.96
+5% / -3% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) +7% / +1%
47% Ball Possession 53%
11 Total Shots 12
3 Shots on Target 4
4 Corners 6
239 · 71% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 323 · 77%
23.5 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 16.0
20.1 Crosses 17.1
3.1 Yellow Cards 2.4
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Galway United
1W-3D-2L
AWAY Derry City
0.83 Avg Goals (FT) 1.17
0.79 xG 1.62
36% Ball Possession 64%
8 Total Shots 16
2 Shots on Target 4
2 Corners 5
158 Passes 364
59% Pass Accuracy 77%
15 Box Touches 23
10 Crosses 21
4 Yellow Cards 3
13.06.2025 Derry City Derry City 1-1 HT 1-1 Galway United Galway United İRL
18.04.2025 Galway United Galway United 2-3 HT 1-1 Derry City Derry City İRL
07.03.2025 Derry City Derry City 1-1 HT 0-1 Galway United Galway United İRL
30.08.2024 Galway United Galway United 1-0 HT 0-0 Derry City Derry City İRL
07.06.2024 Derry City Derry City 2-0 HT 0-0 Galway United Galway United İRL
03.05.2024 Galway United Galway United 0-0 HT 0-0 Derry City Derry City İRL
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Galway United
1-2
AWAY Derry City
2.15 xG 2.25
36% Ball Possession 64%
19 Total Shots 13
4 Shots on Target 6
6 Corners 5
163 Passes 382
62% Pass Accuracy 77%
39 Box Touches 20
22 Crosses 15
2 Yellow Cards 3
POST-MATCH Galway United vs Derry City
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Derry City squeezed past Galway United 2-1 away from home. The game was level at 1-1 at the break, so the decisive goals came after it.

As our pre-match numbers suggested, our model had Derry City as the likeliest winner at 43%, and the 2-1 landed on that lead. The goals read — under 2.5 goals (58%), no to both teams scoring (56%) — went the other way, though.

On the day, Galway United had 36% of the ball to Derry City's 64%, shots finished 19-13, expected goals 2.15 to 2.25.

Coming into the game, across their last 6 meetings in our records, Derry City led the recent series with 2 wins, 3 drawn. Those games averaged 0.83 goals for Galway United and 1.17 for Derry City.

What was the final score of Galway United vs Derry City?

Galway United 1-2 Derry City in the Ireland - Premier League on 22/08/2025. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Galway United vs Derry City?

Before kick-off our model rated an Derry City win the most likely single outcome at about 43%, with the full match-result split Galway United 33%, draw 24%, Derry City 43%. The final score 1-2 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Derry City) — while Under 2.5, BTTS No went the other way.

✓ Match Result (Derry City) ✗ Under 2.5 ✗ BTTS No
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