Cork City have journeyed here for an interesting duel against the hosting Bray Wanderers. Read up on the fixture with this full First Division preview!
Bray Wanderers form and stats
In the previous season, Bray Wanderers's league statistics were 9 wins, 10 draws and 8 losses, providing 5th place in the First Division. From these 27 matches they scored 36 goals and let in 31. Playing as the home team in the last season Bray Wanderers delivered 5-4-4 (win-draw-lost) with 16 goals and 11 conceded.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Bray Wanderers handle that role? We have found five games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, zero draws and three defeats.
Bray Wanderers have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and four practice matches played. These training games have ended with 1 win, 0 draws and 3 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Bray Wanderers scored 3 goals and let in 5 goals during these four games.
Cork City form and stats
Let's have a look at how Cork City performed last season in the First Division: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 9 draws and 10 defeats. In total they scored 37 and conceded 28 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 6 and lost 5 with 9/11 goals scored/conceded.
We have checked recent matches where Cork have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those six games were two victories, one draw and three defeats.
It's a day of discovery for Cork City as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Cork City have played four with the results W1-D2-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games Cork City has scored 4 goals and conceded 3 times.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the preceeding ten meetings featuring these two squads are: zero wins for Bray Wanderers, three draws and seven wins for Cork City. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Bray Wanderers missing players
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| Bray Wanderers | Cork City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bray Wanderers | Last season | Cork City | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 13 | 27 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Drew | D | 6 | 9 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
| 37 | 16 | Scored | S | 9 | 37 | ||
| 33 | 13 | Conceded | C | 11 | 28 | ||
| 77% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 62% | 81% | ||
| 60% | 53% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 38% | 67% | ||
| 47% | 47% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 31% | 48% | ||
| 23% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 33% | ||
| 13% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 11% | ||
| 43% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 41% | ||
| 43% | 53% | Clean Sheets | C S | 46% | 37% | ||
| 37% | 47% | Failed to Score | F T | 62% | 41% | ||
| 5.1 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 5.6 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 4.7 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 9 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 10.9 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.3 | ||
| 36% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 19% | 32% | ||
| 8.9 | 7.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.8 | 8.3 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.4 | ||
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Shelbourne | 27 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 49 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 27 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 26 | 57 |
| 2 | Galway United | 27 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 39 | 25 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 51 |
| 3 | UCD | 27 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 55 | 38 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 22 | 17 | 46 |
| 4 | Treaty United | 27 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 36 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 42 |
| 5 | Bray Wanderers | 27 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 36 | 31 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 5 | 37 |
| 6 | Cork City | 27 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 37 | 28 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 33 |
| 7 | Athlone Town | 27 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 32 | 43 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 22 | -11 | 33 |
| 8 | Cobh Ramblers | 27 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 25 | 46 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 26 | -21 | 28 |
| 9 | Cabinteely | 27 | 8 | 1 | 18 | 26 | 47 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 17 | 23 | -21 | 25 |
| 10 | Wexford Youths | 27 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 29 | 56 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 30 | -27 | 21 |
