First Division match preview and statistics: Cork City fight Cobh Ramblers

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Competition: Republic of Ireland First Division
Competition: Fri 26.March
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Turner's Cross (7365 seats)

It's ground zero in First Division - the first game of the season. Read the full preview and see how Cork City and Cobh Ramblers did in their pre-season friendlies!

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Cork City form and stats

It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Cork City, who have participated in two training matches. Cork have won 1 of these, drawn 0 and were beaten in 1 game.

Disaster struck Cork City last season as they could not defend their status as a Premier Division team. With 11 defeats from 18 games, and only 2 wins, relegation could not be avoided. Cork City are hopeful of bouncing straight back up, but need to improve upon their home record from last season of W2 D2 L5.

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Cobh Ramblers form and stats

Let's have a look at how Cobh Ramblers performed last season in the First Division: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 3 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 22 and conceded 20 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 1 and lost 3 with 9/4 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last six meetings): Cork City won three games, two matches ended with a draw and Cobh Ramblers has one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / three

Cork City missing players

Cobh Ramblers missing players

Cork City Cobh Ramblers
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid 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%
Cork City Last season Cobh Ramblers
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
18 9   Played P   9 18
2 2   Won W   5 8
5 2   Drew D   1 3
11 5   Lost L   3 7
10 6   Scored S   9 22
30 10   Conceded C   4 20
89% 89%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 89%
67% 56%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   22% 56%
44% 33%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   22% 44%
11% 0%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   11% 28%
6% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 11%
33% 22%   BTTS BTTS   11% 28%
22% 33%   Clean Sheets C S   67% 50%
56% 56%   Failed to Score F T   33% 33%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
2.2 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   0.6 0.8
1 0   Red cards R C   0 2
 
6.8 7   Shots (avg) S (   4.4 4
2.7 2.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   1.9 1.8
20% 25%   Goal Efficiency G E   60% 71%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Athlone Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Bray Wanderers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Cabinteely 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Cobh Ramblers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Cork City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Galway United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Shelbourne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 UCD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Wexford Youths 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 Shamrock Rovers 18 15 3 0 44 7 9 7 2 0 25 4 9 8 1 0 19 3 37 48
2 Bohemians 18 12 1 5 23 12 9 6 0 3 13 7 9 6 1 2 10 5 11 37
3 Dundalk 18 7 5 6 25 23 9 3 4 2 10 11 9 4 1 4 15 12 2 26
4 Sligo Rovers 18 8 1 9 19 23 9 6 0 3 15 11 9 2 1 6 4 12 -4 25
5 Waterford United 18 7 3 8 17 22 9 4 1 4 9 9 9 3 2 4 8 13 -5 24
6 St Patrick's 18 5 6 7 14 17 9 3 3 3 7 6 9 2 3 4 7 11 -3 21
7 Derry City 18 5 5 8 18 18 9 4 2 3 12 8 9 1 3 5 6 10 0 20
8 Finn Harps 18 5 5 8 15 24 9 3 2 4 6 11 9 2 3 4 9 13 -9 20
9 Shelbourne 18 5 4 9 13 22 9 2 3 4 7 11 9 3 1 5 6 11 -9 19
10 Cork City 18 2 5 11 10 30 9 2 2 5 6 10 9 0 3 6 4 20 -20 11
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 Drogheda United 18 12 3 3 39 17 9 6 0 3 19 9 9 6 3 0 20 8 22 39
2 Bray Wanderers 18 12 2 4 30 13 9 6 1 2 14 3 9 6 1 2 16 10 17 38
3 UCD 18 9 3 6 44 29 9 5 1 3 21 12 9 4 2 3 23 17 15 30
4 Longford Town 18 9 2 7 26 23 9 4 1 4 14 15 9 5 1 3 12 8 3 29
5 Galway United 18 7 6 5 26 19 9 2 3 4 8 12 9 5 3 1 18 7 7 27
6 Cobh Ramblers 18 8 3 7 22 20 9 3 2 4 13 16 9 5 1 3 9 4 2 27
7 Cabinteely 18 8 2 8 22 33 9 3 1 5 8 17 9 5 1 3 14 16 -11 24
8 Shamrock Rovers II 18 4 3 11 21 28 9 2 2 5 11 16 9 2 1 6 10 12 -7 15
9 Wexford Youths 18 3 3 12 13 39 9 1 3 5 4 15 9 2 0 7 9 24 -26 13
10 Athlone Town 18 3 3 12 21 43 9 1 1 7 10 27 9 2 2 5 11 16 -22 12

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.