Cobh Ramblers vs Galway United
St Colman's Park
Saturday, May 1st. Kick-off: 7.00pm
Galway United travel south to face Cobh Ramblers at St Colman's Park on Saturday with kick-off at 7.00pm.
United grabbed a late Padraic Cunningham equaliser against UCD last week to draw 2-2 at Eamonn Deacy Park. Cobh Ramblers have started the campaign with one win, two draws and one loss. In their most recent contest, Stuart Ashton's side drew 1-1 with Bray Wanderers at St Coleman's Park.
The Rams currently sit in sixth place going into Saturday's game.
United manager John Caulfield has emphasised once again that there are no easy games in the First Division; however he is determined for his side to push on from last week's positive performance.
"Cobh is always a tough place to go," Caulfield told the club's media
team.
"They are on a great run of form and Stuart Ashton is an experienced
manager. We know what a good side Cobh are and they are a
well-established team in the First Division.
"They would have been disappointed to not make the playoffs last season.
They have been very strong for the last number of years and have been highly competitive. They will expect to do the same this year as the club have huge ambitions to get out of this division.
"As I keep saying, every week is a tough challenge. We have to be ready for each game. Last week's performance against UCD was our best performance of the season so far. The team showed great togetherness and great character to come back from being down in the last two games.
We have been conceding a few sloppy goals so we have been working on that in training. Obviously, we want to be winning matches."
Galway United 2021 Squad
Kevin Horgan, Conor Kearns, Michael Garrihy, Conor O’Keeffe, Stephen
Walsh, Gary Boylan, Killian Brouder, Maurice Nugent, Christopher Horgan, Shane Duggan, David Hurley, Shane Doherty, Stephen Christopher, Mikie Rowe, Carlton Ubaezuonu, Caoilfhionn O’Dea, Mikey Place, Conor McCormack, Ronan Manning, Ruairi Keating, Padraic Cunningham, Wilson Waweru, Francely Lomboto, Colin Kelly.
TEAM NEWS
Francely Lomboto (long-term injury) and Conor O'Keeffe will miss
Saturday’s game.
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Gavin Colfer
Assistant 1: Ricky Crean
Assistant 2: Eoin Harte
Fourth Official: Jason Mannix
LAST MEETING (First Division)
25 September 2020 | Galway United 0-1 Cobh Ramblers
Cobh goalscorer: Ian Turner
