Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Treaty United & Cork City face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FAI Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Both sides have had a decent time to rest since their last competitive action. Let's trust this will be an in-your-face game!
Treaty United form and stats
Treaty was eliminated in the semi-finals last season in the FAI Cup.Treaty United's struggle is real here at Markets Field with only 11 points collected from 11 First Division games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-2-6.
It's back home for Treaty United, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Kerry away with the result 3-2. Ludden, Curran and George found the net in that victory. The hosts have an in-form goalscorer in Curran, having scored in three matches in a row.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Bray Wanderers that ended 1-1.The Treaty fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 11 matches. Treaty United have conceded 20 from these games.
Cork City form and stats
Last season their FAI Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Cork City so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-8 (win-draw-lose).
Cork lost away at Sligo Rovers (0-3) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.
Before that, Cork City travelled to St Patrick's and returned home with a draw after the Premier Division game finished 1-1.The attacking power of Cork City when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 12 league matches away. The Cork manager Buckley has some worries about the defense as 28 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: three - one - four (Treaty United wins - draws - Cork City wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  E. Curran 10 goals |  R. Keating 8 goals | D. George 4 goals |
Treaty United missing players
Cork City missing players
| Treaty United | Cork City | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 11 | 8 | Lost | L | 8 | 13 | ||
| 32 | 13 | Scored | S | 10 | 28 | ||
| 46 | 26 | Conceded | C | 28 | 43 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 80% | ||
| 56% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 12% | ||
| 48% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 24% | ||
| 36% | 46% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 28% | ||
| 4.6 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.8 | 3.6 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.6 | 5.7 | ||
| 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.6 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 9.2 | 9.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 8.9 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3.2 | ||
| 30% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 35% | ||
| 10 | 11.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.6 | 12.5 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Galway United | 23 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 60 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 51 | 62 |
| 2 | Waterford United | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 62 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 6 | 43 | 46 |
| 3 | Cobh Ramblers | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 36 | 33 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 3 | 36 |
| 4 | Athlone Town | 23 | 10 | 2 | 11 | 39 | 35 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 4 | 32 |
| 5 | Bray Wanderers | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 28 | 36 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 20 | -8 | 30 |
| 6 | Wexford Youths | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 28 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 14 | -7 | 28 |
| 7 | Treaty United | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 28 | 37 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 17 | -9 | 27 |
| 8 | Longford Town | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -7 | 25 |
| 9 | Finn Harps | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 49 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 31 | -24 | 25 |
| 10 | Kerry | 23 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 63 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 30 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 33 | -46 | 6 |
| 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 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 47 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 25 | 47 |
| 2 | St Patrick's | 25 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 47 | 32 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 15 | 43 |
| 3 | Derry City | 25 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 33 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 43 |
| 4 | Bohemians | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 35 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 39 |
| 5 | Dundalk | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 38 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 39 |
| 6 | Shelbourne | 24 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 26 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 35 |
| 7 | Sligo Rovers | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 28 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 17 | -4 | 29 |
| 8 | Drogheda United | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 31 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 17 | -6 | 28 |
| 9 | Cork City | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 26 | 43 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 28 | -17 | 23 |
| 10 | UCD | 24 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 64 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 39 | -50 | 9 |
