Cork City vs Galway United betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: Republic of Ireland First Division
Competition: Fri 25.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Turner's Cross (7365 seats)

Cork City host Galway United for another engrossing First Division fixture here at Turner's Cross.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Cork City form and stats

The season before, Cork City's league statistics were 8 wins, 9 draws and 10 losses, producing 6th spot in the Premier Division. Over these 27 matches they scored 37 goals and gave away 28. Playing as the home side in the last season Cork City delivered 6-3-5 (win-draw-lost) with 28 goals and 17 conceded.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Cork City have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found six matches with the results: Won one, drawn two and lost three.

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Galway United form and stats

Let's have a look at how Galway United performed last season in the First Division: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 15 victories, 6 draws and 6 defeats. In total they scored 39 and conceded 25 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 2 and lost 4 with 17/13 goals scored/conceded.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by Galway in our archives, and the results are: zero wins for Galway United, three draws and two defeats.

Head 2 Head

Data for the former ten meetings between these two teams are: six wins for Cork City, three draws and one win for Galway United. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

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Total First Half Second Half
Cork City Galway United
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
6 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
7 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
6 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
 
13 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
9 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
67% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
13 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
4 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Cork City Last season Galway United
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
27 14   Played P   14 29
8 6   Won W   7 15
9 3   Drew D   3 7
10 5   Lost L   4 7
37 28   Scored S   17 39
28 17   Conceded C   13 26
81% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   86% 86%
67% 93%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   57% 59%
48% 64%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   43% 45%
33% 50%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   29% 28%
11% 14%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 7%
41% 50%   BTTS BTTS   21% 38%
37% 29%   Clean Sheets C S   57% 48%
41% 21%   Failed to Score F T   36% 28%
 
5.6 5.3   Corners for (avg) C F   5.8 6.5
4.7 4.1   Corners against (avg) C A   4.5 4.3
2 2.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.7 2
2 1   Red cards R C   2 3
 
10.9 11.9   Shots (avg) S (   10.2 10.4
4.3 4.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.2 4.8
32% 41%   Goal Efficiency G E   25% 27%
 
8.3 7.9   Shots against (avg) S A   8.2 7
3.4 3.4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   2.2 2.4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cork City 1 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 6 0 6 3
2 Treaty United 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 1 4 3
3 Waterford United 1 1 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 2 3 3
4 Cobh Ramblers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Galway United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Longford Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Athlone Town 1 0 0 1 2 5 1 0 0 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
8 Wexford Youths 1 0 0 1 1 5 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 0
9 Bray Wanderers 1 0 0 1 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 -6 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 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

Table
  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 1 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 6 0 6 3
2 Treaty United 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 1 4 3
3 Waterford United 1 1 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 2 3 3
4 Cobh Ramblers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Galway United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Longford Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Athlone Town 1 0 0 1 2 5 1 0 0 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
8 Wexford Youths 1 0 0 1 1 5 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 0
9 Bray Wanderers 1 0 0 1 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 -6 0

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