Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Shamrock Rovers & Cork City face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FAI Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Europa League match only four days ago. This match was also played here at Tallaght Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Cork City have had more rest.
Shamrock Rovers form and stats
The story so far in the Premier Division for Shamrock Rovers at their home stadium (Tallaght Stadium) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. The Shamrock Rovers fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Tallaght Stadium and will expect new points from this game. Shamrock Rovers has played eleven games in a row here without a defeat. Shamrock haven’t lost a league-game in 13 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Dundalk, 342 days ago.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 188 minutes without scoring a league goal. R. Lopes was the last player to find the net. The Shamrock goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 234 minutes without conceding a goal in the Premier Division.
Shamrock drew their last game, also a home match. Ilves (after extra-time, 12-11 on penalties) was the opponent, 2-2 the score. Before that, Shamrock drew at home versus Shelbourne.
Shamrock Rovers are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (12 goals in 4 games). From these home matches, Shamrock Rovers have conceded only 3 goals.
Cork City form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Longford Town in order to reach 2nd Round of FAI Cup. Cork City was sent out of FAI Cup in the 2nd round last season.The visitors are W0-D1-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Premier Division.
Cork are travelling again after losing away to Derry City in their previous match (1-3). Prior to that match, a home win 3-0 against Sligo Rovers in the Premier Division.
With the home team given a winning probability of about 80% by the bookmakers, any positive result for the visitors would be a surprise. Checking earlier matches with similar odds with Cork as the away team, we found three results. Statistics from these were zero away wins, zero draws and three defeats. The outsiders lost two of these games by at least two goals.
Goals are few and far between in Cork City's away league games. Only 1 goal from 5 travels. The opposition has been scoring high and low on Cork City's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 13 goals in 5 travels.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Shamrock victories, three draws and one Cork City win. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Burke 5 goals |  J. Byrne 4 goals |  R. Lopes 2 goals |
Shamrock Rovers missing players
Cork City missing players
| Shamrock Rovers | Cork City | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 8 | Won | W | 1 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 9 | 14 | ||
| 49 | 25 | Scored | S | 5 | 21 | ||
| 15 | 6 | Conceded | C | 26 | 38 | ||
| 80% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 64% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 52% | ||
| 52% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 40% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 28% | ||
| 60% | 64% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 52% | ||
| 6.6 | 7.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 3.6 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 5.3 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 278 | 141 | Total Shots | T S | 83 | 203 | ||
| 115 | 55 | Shots on Target | S O | 26 | 66 | ||
| 35% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 19% | 27% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Shamrock Rovers | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 23 |
| 2 | Bohemians | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 21 |
| 3 | Dundalk | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 14 |
| 4 | Sligo Rovers | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 12 |
| 5 | Derry City | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| 6 | St Patrick's | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 11 |
| 7 | Shelbourne | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 11 |
| 8 | Waterford United | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -3 | 11 |
| 9 | Finn Harps | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -9 | 7 |
| 10 | Cork City | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 13 | -10 | 7 |