Galway United 1–1 Shelbourne
Galway United
1–1HT 0–0
Shelbourne
Galway United played Shelbourne in the Premier Division on 28 August 2026 at Eamonn Deacy Park. The match finished 1–1.
Goals and cards
- 60'Aaron Bolger — Yellow card
- 62'Kerr McInroy — Yellow card
- 77'Kristopher Twardek — Yellow card
- 79'Anthony O'Connor — Yellow card
- 80'Daniel Kelly (Penalty missed)
- 80'J. Norris
- 86'Ademipo Odubeko — Yellow card
- 87'James Norris — Yellow card
- 90'J. Keohane (assist by W. Williams)
- 90+2'Sean Moore — Yellow card
Line-ups
Galway United 3-5-2
- H. Cunha
- W. Williams
- A. O'Connor
- L. Kavanagh
- J. Keohane
- A. Bolger
- L. Devitt
- D. Hurley
- E. McCarthy
- S. Walsh
- K. Twardek
- SUBSTITUTES
- V. Angelini
- C. Barratt
- A. Kazeem
- J. Morahan
- J. Thiam
- M. Bates
- F. Lomboto
- F. Pierrot
- D. Connolly
- COACHES: John Caulfield
Shelbourne 4-2-3-1
- E. Beach
- S. Gannon
- O. Casey
- K. Ledwidge
- J. Norris
- J. Lunney
- K. McInroy
- M. Mbeng
- E. Caffrey
- D. Kelly
- S. Boyd
- SUBSTITUTES
- M. Johnson
- J. Roche
- A. Coote
- J. Henry-Francis
- S. Moore
- D. Ring
- M. Odubeko
- W. Jarvis
- J. Wuna
- COACHES: Lorcan Fitzgerald
Match statistics
| Galway United | Shelbourne | |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | Shots on goal | 6 |
| 5 | Shots off goal | 9 |
| 13 | Total shots | 17 |
| 3 | Blocked shots | 2 |
| 5 | Shots inside box | 14 |
| 8 | Shots outside box | 3 |
| 12 | Fouls | 12 |
| 4 | Corners | 3 |
| 0 | Offsides | 3 |
| 45% | Possession | 55% |
| 3 | Yellow cards | 4 |
| 5 | Saves | 4 |
| 348 | Total passes | 433 |
| 244 | Accurate passes | 331 |
| 70% | Pass accuracy | 76% |
| 0.54 | Expected Goals (xG) | 1.80 |
| -0.03 | goals_prevented | -0.03 |