Football preview: Cobh Wanderers odds-on when Blarney Utd visit

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Competition: Ireland Republic Munster Senior League
Competition: Fri 12.May
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Oldchurch Park

Only three points will please the Cobh Wanderers regulars in this Oldchurch Park duel with Blarney Utd, as they have a healthy lead on them in the Munster Senior League standings.

Insights:
  • Cobh Wanderers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Blarney Utd have the most conceded goals in the first half (5) in Munster Senior League

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Cobh Wanderers form and stats

Cobh Wanderers have performed here at Oldchurch Park this season with 6 wins from 8 Munster Senior League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 0 games and lost 2. Wanderers has won so many consecutive home games (five in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Oldchurch Park. We remember; it was Avondale United.

Cobh Wanderers's last game was hosting Blarney Utd (placed 9th) and winning 3-1. At last, a league victory after three games without one.

Before that, Wanderers played out a draw 2-2 when visiting Castleview.

Some stats: A review of the 10 most recent league games shows that 8 of them had at least one goal from each side.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (18 in 8 games), Cobh Wanderers's attacking play is working. Cobh Wanderers's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Blarney Utd form and stats

Blarney Utd have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Munster Senior League, after 2-3-4 (9 played).

Blarney Utd play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-3 to Cobh Wanderers (placed 3rd).

Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus UCC.

Goal hungry football fans should note that 9 of this club's 10 most recent league matches have ended with three or more goals.

The visiting Blarney have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 12 goals from 9 games. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Blarney Utd has visited these top teams two times, and 2 of 2 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

Wanderers - Blarney Utd 3-1 was the scoreline in these squads' previous H2H fixture, played this season. Head-to-head totals (for the preceeding two meetings): Cobh Wanderers won two games, zero matches ended in a draw and Blarney Utd got zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / zero.

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Cobh Wanderers Blarney Utd
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
16 8 3 Played P 2 9 17
9 6 3 Won W 1 2 3
2 0 0 Drew D 0 3 4
5 2 0 Lost L 1 4 10
31 18 10 Scored S 3 12 25
23 10 2 Conceded C 6 18 41
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
88% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 78% 88%
69% 88% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 56% 76%
44% 50% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 44% 59%
19% 12% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 22% 29%
62% 62% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 67% 71%
19% 25% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 12%
19% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 22% 18%
 
2.7 8 9 Corners for (avg) C F 0 1.3 2.5
1.7 5 6 Corners against (avg) C A 0 2.3 5
0.2 0.5 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0.7 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
5.2 15.5 19 Shots (avg) S ( 0 4.3 6.5
1.7 5 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2.3 2.8
100% 60% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 114% 71%
 
3.5 10.5 8 Shots against (avg) S A 0 4 8.2
1.5 4.5 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 1.3 3.8
Key stats in Munster Senior League this season:
  • All of Cobh Wanderers's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Blarney Utd have the most conceded goals in the first half (5) in Munster Senior League
  • Blarney Utd have the most conceded goals in the second half (6) in Munster Senior League
  • Blarney Utd have the most scored goals in the second half (5) in Munster Senior League
  • Blarney Utd have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Blarney Utd haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Cobh Wanderers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Cobh Wanderers have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Cobh Wanderers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Rockmount 16 13 2 1 38 11 8 7 1 0 19 6 8 6 1 1 19 5 27 41
2 Ringmahon Rangers 17 11 4 2 40 20 8 3 3 2 19 12 9 8 1 0 21 8 20 37
3 Cobh Wanderers 16 9 2 5 31 23 8 6 0 2 18 10 8 3 2 3 13 13 8 29
4 College Corinthians 17 7 3 7 28 29 8 4 1 3 10 11 9 3 2 4 18 18 -1 24
5 Midleton 15 6 5 4 23 21 9 3 4 2 11 8 6 3 1 2 12 13 2 23
6 Avondale United 17 7 1 9 25 27 9 2 0 7 10 17 8 5 1 2 15 10 -2 22
7 UCC 16 5 4 7 28 26 7 2 2 3 12 12 9 3 2 4 16 14 2 19
8 Carrigaline United 15 6 1 8 25 30 8 5 0 3 16 17 7 1 1 5 9 13 -5 19
9 Blarney Utd 17 3 4 10 25 41 8 1 1 6 13 23 9 2 3 4 12 18 -16 13
10 Castleview 16 0 2 14 14 49 8 0 2 6 10 23 8 0 0 8 4 26 -35 2