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Sligo Rovers

1 — 3 Sep 15, 2026 · 12:15 AM IST

Galway United FC

Premier Division · Round 30

Venue The Showgrounds, Sligo

Referee Robert Harvey

Attendance 1,738

Player of the Match Jimmy Keohane 9.0 90' played

Match Events

8' Home ⚽ Cian Kavanagh — 1-0

18' Away ⚽ Jimmy Keohane — 1-1

33' Home Carl McHugh

39' Away ⚽ Stephen Walsh — 1-2

HT

50' Away ↔ Francely Lomboto → Stephen Walsh

50' Away ↔ Frantz Pierrot → Connor Barratt

54' Home ↔ Kaiyne Woolery → Reuben Gillespie

70' Home ↔ Luke Pearce → Aidan Gabbidon

76' Away ↔ Dylan Connolly → Kristopher Twardek

80' Home Luke Pearce

84' Away Jimmy Keohane

86' Away ⚽ Jimmy Keohane — 1-3

87' Home Gareth McElroy

90 + 2' Away ↔ Junior Thiam → David Hurley

FT

Match Stats

63 37

Ball possession

0.97 2.42

Expected goals (xG)

20 13

Total shots

4 5

Shots on target

33 18

Touches in opposition box

0 3

Big chances

0 0

Big chances missed

336 (80%) 149 (58%)

Accurate passes

3 1

Yellow cards

8 4

Corners

Lineups

Sligo Rovers (4-2-3-1)

Coach: Darren Purse

Starting XI

1 Liam Hughes 5.5

51 Aidan Gabbidon 7.2

52 Gareth McElroy 7.5

16 Carl McHugh 7.8

3 Sean Stewart 7.1

6 Luke Young 7.1

50 Reuben Gillespie 5.8

10 Archie Meekison 7.3

14 James McManus 7.3

7 Jack Shorrock 7

11 Cian Kavanagh 7.6

Substitutes

41 Kaiyne Woolery 6.2

9 Luke Pearce 6.3

29 Sam Sargeant

23 Kyle McDonagh

15 Oliver Denham

61 Conor Cannon

24 Jamie O'Donnell

49 Jamie O'Malley

77 Kevin Zefi

Galway United FC (3-1-4-2)

Coach: John Caulfield

Starting XI

16 Hugo Cunha 7.3

15 Wasiri Williams 7.4

2 Anthony O'Connor 7.4

12 Gianfranco Facchineri 7

20 Lee Devitt 7

3 Connor Barratt 6.4

10 David Hurley 7.9

8 Aaron Bolger 6.4

4 Jimmy Keohane 9

11 Kristopher Twardek 8.2

7 Stephen Walsh 7.3

Substitutes

9 Francely Lomboto 6.5

23 Frantz Pierrot 6.8

21 Dylan Connolly 6.6

17 Junior Thiam

32 Vincent Angelini

30 Al-Amin Kazeem

28 James Morahan

54 Connor Whittaker

24 Edward McCarthy