Derry City vs Galway United Predictions

• Derry are unbeaten in five at home (W3, D2).
• Derry sit eight points above the visitors, albeit having played three more games.
• Galway lost 2-1 at struggling St Pats in their last road game.

Title the target for Derry

Derry will be looking to at least keep pace with current leaders Shelbourne when they entertain Galway on Friday.

Shelbourne are also in action as they host relegation-threatened Dundalk, and Derry go into the game in second spot and two points off the lead.

Galway have been good on their travels, losing just two of their nine trips, but they did slump to a 2-1 loss at struggling St Patrick’s in their last trip.

Derry are on a five-game unbeaten run at home (W3, D2) and they boast the best home record in the division with 23 points from 11 games, winning seven of those.

A home win looks the best option for our main bet here and a 2–0 win for Derry is the correct score prediction. City come into this game after back-to-back clean sheets and their last four wins have all come to nil, and they average exactly two goals per-game at home.

Derry forward Patrick Hoban ended a six-game run without a goal against Waterford last time out and he can follow that up with another effort against Galway. Hoban has 10 goals in 18 league games this term and had put in a few solid displays without scoring prior to the game against Waterford, so he looks a contender for an anytime effort here.