Football betting preview: Bray Wanderers with moderate expectations before welcoming Cork City

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Competition: Republic of Ireland First Division
Competition: Fri 01.July
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Carlisle Grounds (3250 seats)

Both Bray Wanderers and Cork City are craving for points in this game, in spite of the away side holding a 28 point edge so far this season.

Insights:
  • Bray Wanderers have the fewest scored goals (18) in First Division
  • Cork City have the most scored goals (42) in First Division

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Bray Wanderers and Cork City.

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Bray Wanderers form and stats

With 1 First Division win, 4 draws and 5 defeats from their home games, Bray Wanderers are certainly not brimming with confidence.

Wanderers drew their last game, also a home match. Wexford Youths (placed 5th) was the opponent, 2-2 the score. Opportunity lost for Bray Wanderers in the Wexford Youths match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw.

Prior to that, an away loss at Waterford United.

Bray Wanderers are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (23 from 10 played). When Wanderers hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Cobh Ramblers and Athlone Town), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 3 of 3 times.

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Cork City form and stats

Rock solid. That's the only way to describe the travels of Cork City so far, with 8-2-0 (wins-draws-losses) so far. Those are First Division statistics. In general it has been a productive period now for Cork City as they haven't lost any of their last 17 games.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Cork City goalkeeper David Harrington is eager to challenge this, with his 185 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Two travels in a row for Cork, whose coach Healy could celebrate last time after the win against Treaty United. As mentioned above, Cork City was the only team on the pitch versus Treaty United in their previous game, winning 5-0. This could be a tougher task.

Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Cobh Ramblers.

Cork City have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 25 goals from 10 away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far).

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these two teams get together this campaign, as the records show this recent game: Cork City - Wanderers 0-0. Bray Wanderers-Cork City H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Bray Wanderers zero wins, Cork City six wins, four draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Cork CityR. Keating
R. Keating
7 goals
Cork CityB. Coffey
B. Coffey
6 goals
Bray WanderersD. Lynch
D. Lynch
5 goals

Bray Wanderers missing players

Cork City missing players

Bray Wanderers Cork City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
20 10 3 Played P 2 10 19
3 1 0 Won W 2 8 14
9 4 0 Drew D 0 2 4
8 5 3 Lost L 0 0 1
18 10 3 Scored S 5 25 42
33 23 12 Conceded C 3 5 9
85% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 89%
70% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 70% 68%
45% 70% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 60% 47%
30% 50% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 40% 32%
15% 30% 67% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 30% 26%
55% 60% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 40% 37%
25% 30% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 60% 58%
35% 30% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 10% 16%
 
4.7 5 3 Corners for (avg) C F 6 5.2 7
5.2 4.3 4 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.8 5
2 2.3 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.7 1.7
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
8.2 10.1 6.7 Shots (avg) S ( 14 10.5 11.6
3.4 3.9 2.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 5.4 5.1
27% 26% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 46% 44%
 
9.7 9.1 9 Shots against (avg) S A 12 9.6 7.3
4.3 4.7 5.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.4 2.8
Key stats in First Division this season:
  • Bray Wanderers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Bray Wanderers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Bray Wanderers have the fewest scored goals (18) in First Division
  • Bray Wanderers have the most matches under the total-line (11) in First Division
  • Cork City have not yet lost a game away.
  • Cork City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Cork City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Cork City have scored more than double the goals of Bray Wanderers.
  • Cork City have the fewest conceded goals (5) away in First Division
  • Cork City have the fewest conceded goals (9) in First Division
  • Cork City have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in First Division
  • Cork City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in First Division
  • Cork City have the most clean sheets (11) in First Division
  • Cork City have the most clean sheets (6) away in First Division
  • Cork City have the most points (26) away in First Division
  • Cork City have the most scored goals (42) in First Division
  • Cork City have the most scored goals in the first half (22) in First Division
  • Cork City have the the best goal difference (+20) away in First Division
  • Cork City have the the best goal difference (+33) in First Division
  • Cork City have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  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 19 14 4 1 42 9 9 6 2 1 17 4 10 8 2 0 25 5 33 46
2 Galway United 19 13 3 3 37 14 9 5 3 1 13 5 10 8 0 2 24 9 23 42
3 Waterford United 18 12 2 4 41 18 9 6 1 2 15 7 9 6 1 2 26 11 23 38
4 Longford Town 20 9 6 5 27 22 11 5 4 2 13 9 9 4 2 3 14 13 5 33
5 Wexford Youths 20 6 6 8 27 33 10 3 2 5 11 21 10 3 4 3 16 12 -6 24
6 Treaty United 20 5 9 6 22 31 10 4 3 3 14 19 10 1 6 3 8 12 -9 24
7 Bray Wanderers 20 3 9 8 18 33 10 1 4 5 10 23 10 2 5 3 8 10 -15 18
8 Cobh Ramblers 19 2 3 14 21 48 9 1 1 7 9 24 10 1 2 7 12 24 -27 9
9 Athlone Town 19 1 2 16 21 48 10 1 2 7 16 26 9 0 0 9 5 22 -27 5

Read more about First Division

The League of Ireland First Divsion, also known as the SSE Aitricity League First Division, is the second level division of football in the Republic of Ireland. It runs a summer league from February to October with ten teams. Each plays each other three times for a total of 27 fixtures to set the final league table.