Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Cobh Ramblers & Cork City face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FAI Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Cobh Ramblers nor Cork City as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Cobh Ramblers form and stats
Last season, Ramblers's FAI Cup journey ended in the 2nd round.The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the First Division this season. Cobh Ramblers have only managed 2 wins, 1 draw and 9 losses from their games here at St. Coleman's Park.
The home followers saw a 0-0 draw against Cork City in the FAI Cup last time out and are hoping for a victory here.
The home team are doomed in this game if you believe the odds offered on Cork City to win. Let's see if Cobh Ramblers are capable of creating a surprise here by looking at their earlier home games as massive outsiders: 5 games found revealing 0 Cobh Ramblers wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats.
Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as Cobh Ramblers have allowed the opposition to score 32 goals here at St. Coleman's Park.
Cork City form and stats
Last season their FAI Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round.The away performances of Cork City have been very solid so far with 10 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats in the First Division. The question is whether this happy travelling can continue.
Cork City have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper. It's been 209 minutes since they last conceded in First Division.
It's another away match for the visitors, as they travelled to Cobh Ramblers in their previous outing. The FAI Cup battle ended 0-0.
Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Wexford Youths.With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Cork are regular goalscorers on their travels. Cork City are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 6 times in 12 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Cobh Ramblers victory, one draw and eight Cork City wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Keating 8 goals |  C. Murphy 6 goals | B. Coffey 6 goals |
Cobh Ramblers missing players
Cork City missing players
| Cobh Ramblers | Cork City | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Won | W | 10 | 17 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 17 | 9 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | ||
| 28 | 12 | Scored | S | 26 | 46 | ||
| 59 | 32 | Conceded | C | 6 | 12 | ||
| 92% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 84% | ||
| 80% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 64% | ||
| 64% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 44% | ||
| 56% | 62% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 24% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 16% | ||
| 44% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 62% | 60% | ||
| 52% | 62% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 24% | ||
| 3.5 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 6.5 | ||
| 4.8 | 2.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.6 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 7.2 | 8.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 11 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.9 | ||
| 31% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 36% | ||
| 10 | 9.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.4 | 7.3 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cork City | 22 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 46 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 6 | 36 | 53 |
| 2 | Galway United | 23 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 44 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 10 | 29 | 52 |
| 3 | Waterford United | 22 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 48 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 31 | 12 | 24 | 41 |
| 4 | Longford Town | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 1 | 36 |
| 5 | Treaty United | 23 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 29 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 12 | -2 | 33 |
| 6 | Wexford Youths | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 33 | 36 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 13 | -3 | 30 |
| 7 | Bray Wanderers | 24 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 42 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 14 | -20 | 21 |
| 8 | Cobh Ramblers | 23 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 24 | 59 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 32 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 27 | -35 | 12 |
| 9 | Athlone Town | 23 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 27 | 57 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 31 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 26 | -30 | 8 |
