Galway United's recent run of 7 games unbeaten in the Airtricity league came to an end in Tallaght Stadium last night as goals in either half from Gary Shaw and Brandon Miele gave Shamrock Rovers a deserved 2-0 victory. The result leaves Galway United just outside the relegation zone on goal difference but in an extremely tight lower half of the table, the bottom 5 clubs are all on 14 points with 3 sides going down this season. After the game Galway United manager Shane Keegan told Oisin Langan it looked like fatigue was a factor in his side's defeat...
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Galway United: Conor Winn; Cormac Raftery, Samuel Oji, Kilian Cantwell, Colm Horgan; Jake Keegan, Paul Sinnott, David O’Leary, Gary Shanahan (Conor Melody, 74); Conor Barry (Tomi Saarelma, 60); Enda Curran (Andy O’Connell, 69).
Subs not used: Ger Hanley, Aran McConnell.
Shamrock Rovers: Barry Murphy; Simon Madden, Maxime Blanchard, Conor Kenna, David O’Connor; Gavin Brennan, Patrick Cregg, Ryan Brennan (Stephen McPhail, 80), Brandon Miele (Damien Duff, 80); Michael Drennan, Danny North (Gareth McCaffrey, 86).
Subs not used: Craig Hyland, Dave Webster, Dylan Kavanagh, Gary McCabe.
Referee: Anthony Buttimer (Cork).