Shamrock Rovers vs Galway United - prediction, team news, lineups

Keen to support their cushion astatine the apical of the Irish Premier Division, Shamrock Rovers volition invited Galway United to Tallaght Stadium connected Friday.

The Hoops are hoping to get backmost to winning ways aft their gully past clip out, portion the Tribesmen are aiming to physique connected their victory.

Match preview

Stephen Bradley's Rovers lifted a 22nd top-flight rubric successful 2025, and portion they person a steadfast pb this clip around, it would beryllium just to accidental they person been little than unchangeable successful caller weeks.

The Hoops were held to a 1-1 stalemate by mid-table Derry City connected Monday, requiring a precocious equaliser from Aaron Greene to locomotion distant with a point.

That gully means that Bradley's broadside person present won conscionable 3 of their past 7 outings, losing 3 times successful a lacklustre spell that began with a 1-0 decision against Dundalk connected May 15.

However, portion specified a tally is mediocre by Rovers' lofty standards, they stay astatine the apical of the tree, wherever their tally of 44 points has them six wide of second-placed St Patrick's Athletic.

Hoping to find their feet with a triumph connected Friday, the Hoops volition instrumentality bosom from the information that they person triumphed successful each but 3 of their games successful Tallaght this term, drafting doubly and losing lone erstwhile crossed 11 clashes.

Meanwhile, John Caulfield's Galway are looking to region themselves from the relegation portion this week, though it volition instrumentality an upset for them to locomotion distant with thing from their travel to the capital.

The Tribesmen presently beryllium seventh successful the array with 24 points, conscionable 5 supra ninth-placed Sligo Rovers, who inhabit the relegation playoff spot.

Last clip out, Caulfield's men ran retired 2-1 winners against Derry City acknowledgment to goals either broadside of fractional clip from striker Stephen Walsh.

That triumph was Galway's archetypal since a important 4-1 triumph implicit Sligo connected May 16, with the squad having concerningly mislaid 2 of their 3 outings successful between.

The Tribesmen are the underdogs successful this clash, and it remains to beryllium seen whether they person turned a country aft their triumph against the Candystripes, but aft watching their nine spell connected a tally of 4 distant games without decision anterior to Friday's contest, the travelling supporters volition beryllium cautiously hopeful.

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Team News

Rovers volition beryllium without a fig of forwards this week, including Rory Gaffney, who is recovering from an ankle injury, arsenic good arsenic chap strikers Maleace Asamoah and Daniel Mandroiu, who are doubts owed to respective musculus and genu problems.

The Hoops are besides down versatile right-winger Daniel Grant and 17-year-old attacking midfielder Victor Ozhianvuna, some of whom are sidelined with musculus injuries.

In their absence, different 17-year-old - Michael Noonan - should pb the line, supported from retired wide by Dylan Watts and Graham Burke.

As for Galway, they are missing a striker themselves, with Dara McGuinness expected to beryllium retired again having past featured backmost successful February.

However, veteran Stephen Walsh should beryllium connected manus to stat up top, aided by Jimmy Keohane and Edward McCarthy, arsenic good as David Hurley from a fig 10 position.

Shamrock Rovers imaginable starting lineup:

McGinty; Sobowale, Grace, O'Sullivan; Mulraney, Healy, Byrne, Brennan; Watts, Noonan, Burke

Galway United imaginable starting lineup:

Watts; Brouder, Facchineri, Devitt; Wolfe, Bolger, McCormack; Hurley; Keohane, Walsh, McCarthy

We say: Shamrock Rovers 2-1 Galway United

Rovers person been acold from their champion successful caller weeks, but they should inactive person much than capable to instrumentality each 3 points against Galway.

That being said, the visitors' distant signifier suggests that they could beryllium stubborn absorption for the Premier Division champions, adjacent if they spell connected to lose.

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