Galway United return to action this Friday night, when they face St. Patrick's Athletic at Eamonn Deacy Park, in the SSE Airtricity Men's Premier Division.

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St. Patrick's Athletic

St Pat's come into this game in impressive form and they sit top of the Men's Premier Division table.

The Saints come into this game following a 3-1 victory over Bohemian FC last Friday.

Stephen Kenny remains in charge of St. Patrick's Athletic for the 2026 season. They have retained the majority of their squad from last year with Kian Leavy being a key man for the Dublin side.

The Inchicore outfit side had an underwhelming year in 2025 and they will look to improve on their 5th placed finish in the league.

One of their key players from last season, Mason Melia, has left the club to join Tottenham Hotspur in England.

Kenny's charges defeated United earlier this season at Richmond Park, following a tight and tense affair.

‍Galway United

United come into this game following a 1-1 draw against Waterford FC, last Friday night.

Killian Brouder opened the scoring in the game, on his 201st appearance for the club. However, despite Galway's dominance for the majority of the contest, Waterford levelled matters in the 96th minute, through Dean McMenamy.

John Caulfield's site currently sit 6th in the table, and have performed well in the majority of their games to date this season.

Galway United squad: Evan Watts, Hugo Pires Da Cunha, Killian Brouder, Junior Thiam, Axel Pieshold, David Hurley, Aaron Bolger, Jimmy Keohane, Conor McCormack, Ed McCarthy, Dara McGuinness, Stephen Walsh, Cillian Tollett, James Morahan, Wasiri Williams, Kris Twardek, Lee Devitt, Matty Wolfe, Gianfranco Facchineri, Al-Amin Kazeem, Francely Lomboto, Arthur Parker, Hugo Pires Da Cunha, Nicholas Fleuriau Chateau, Frantz Pierrot.

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Manager's thoughts

Following last Friday's draw in Waterford, Caulfield admitted that this Friday's fixture will be a tough game for his side.

"We have the league leaders, St. Pat's coming to play us next week. It's a big game. They are in fine form and are top of the table. If we perform like tonight we can give them a game."

The former Avondale United manager also said he hopes there will be a large home support there in Eamonn Deacy Park on Friday.

"It's our first home game in three weeks, so it's big. It's important we have a big home support there, to try and help us get over the line."

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‍Galway United v St. Patrick's Athletic

SSE Airtricity Men’s Premier Division

Venue: Eamonn Deacy Park

Date: Friday, May 1st 2026

Kick-off: 7:45pm.

Tickets

Tickets for the game can be purchased here - Tickets

LOI TV

The game will also be streamed on LOI TV, for those that can’t make it to Eamonn Deacy Park.

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