Galway UnitedW21 Aug · Away Dundalk · 2:1D28 Aug · Home Shelbourne · 1:1W4 Sep · Away Drogheda United · 2:1L11 Sep · Home Bohemians · 2:3W14 Sep · Away Sligo Rovers · 3:1L18 Sep · Away Derry City · 0:1
1:1
Finished
Kick-off was
BST
Bray WanderersD14 Aug · Away Galway United · 1:1L22 Aug · Away Longford Town · 2:4L28 Aug · Away Athlone Town · 1:2D4 Sep · Home Cork City · 1:1W11 Sep · Away Kerry FC · 1:0W18 Sep · Home Treaty United · 2:0
In the FAI Cup game on 14 August 2026, Galway United beat Bray Wanderers 1:1. Match numbers: shots on target 3:2, corners 10:7.
Match report
Galway United and Bray Wanderers played out a 1-1 draw in the FAI Cup Round of 16 before the hosts won 5-4 on penalties after extra time. The match at the Galway ground went to the spot-kick stage when D. Hurley's 86th-minute equaliser cancelled out T. Sammy's earlier strike. By then the game had settled into something neither side wanted to lose.
S Sammy opened the scoring in the 80th minute, but Bray responded almost immediately. Hurley found the net six minutes later, and the match swung into extra time. The visitors had been on a good run but couldn't close the game out here.
Galway dominated possession at 55 per cent and registered 201 attacks compared to Bray's 146. Yet the visitors managed more shots on target with nine attempts against six from the hosts. That's the sort of unevenness that makes football unpredictable—many chances, few finishes.
The penalty shootout itself told a different story. Both sides traded goals from the spot: Pierrot, Keohane, Fagbemi, Devitt, Oluwabiyi and Connolly all converted for their respective teams. Ferizaj stood out as the only miss, and that single failure separated two sides who had given everything.
Galway United move forward in the cup while Bray Wanderers' recent form—five wins in their last ten across all competitions—comes to an end. The hosts had been solid at home this season, and this result keeps that momentum going.
Prepared from match data
Key numbers
Possession, %55.00–45
Shots on target3–2
Shots off target3–7
Attacks201–146
HT🟨16' J. B. Sesay — Yellow card⇄63' K. Tucker — Substitution⇄63' J. B. Sesay — Substitution⇄64' K. Twardek — Substitution⇄64' S. Walsh — Substitution⇄64' E. McCarthy — Substitution🟨73' D. Hurley — Yellow card⇄74' E. Mustali — Substitution⇄75' I. Achara — Substitution⇄78' F. Lomboto — Substitution⚽80' T. Sammy — Goal⇄83' A. O'Connor — Substitution⚽86' D. Hurley — Goal🟨92' J. Duggan — Yellow card🟨93' C. Barratt — Yellow card⇄93' G. Facchineri — Substitution⇄100' A. Kizenga — Substitution⇄110' B. McCormack — Substitution
D14 Aug · Away Galway United · 1:1L22 Aug · Away Longford Town · 2:4L28 Aug · Away Athlone Town · 1:2D4 Sep · Home Cork City · 1:1W11 Sep · Away Kerry FC · 1:0W18 Sep · Home Treaty United · 2:0
