The visiting Galway United team are probably odds-on favourites at Cork City, as the away team own a 21 point edge from their 26 league fixtures this season.
- Cork City have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9) in First Division
- Galway United is in the best form (5-1-0)
Both teams have had adequate rest since their last effort on the pitch. Let's agree to expect an animated match!
Cork City form and stats
5-3-5 (win-draw-lost) are the First Division numbers at home for Cork City so far this season.
Cork are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus UCD.
Ahead of that match, Cork City won a home game hosting Wexford Youths (4-0).A decent goal production from Cork in their home games so far, with 25 goals from 13 league matches. 17 goals have been conceded.
Galway United form and stats
As the visiting team in First Division matches, Galway United, who have the most clean sheets (12) in First Division, have produced an overall stat of 7-2-3 so far. The fact that Galway have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.
Galway won their last game, 1-0 versus Bray Wanderers played at home.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Wexford Youths.The visiting Galway have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 17 goals from 12 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Galway as they have only conceded 10 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Galway United - Cork 2-3 was the outcome when these contenders previously did battle, also in this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Cork victories, three draws and one Galway United win. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Murphy 11 goals |   R. Keating 9 goals | W. Waweru 8 goals |
Cork City missing players
Galway United missing players
| Cork City | Galway United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 12 | 26 |
| 7 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 5 | 7 | 15 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 34 | 25 | 2 | Scored | S | 12 | 17 | 39 |
| 28 | 17 | 6 | Conceded | C | 1 | 10 | 22 |
| 81% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 88% |
| 65% | 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 58% | 62% |
| 46% | 62% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 42% | 46% |
| 35% | 54% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 33% | 31% |
| 12% | 15% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 42% | 54% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 20% | 25% | 42% |
| 35% | 23% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 80% | 58% | 50% |
| 42% | 23% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 19% |
| 5.6 | 5.4 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.2 | 6.5 | 6.7 |
| 4.8 | 4.2 | 6.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 4.7 | 4.4 |
| 2 | 2.2 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 1.8 | 2.2 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 10.8 | 11.8 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.2 | 11 | 10.7 |
| 4.3 | 5 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7.5 | 4.7 | 5.1 |
| 30% | 38% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 27% | 28% |
- Cork City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Cork City have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9) in First Division
- Cork City haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Galway United have the fewest conceded goals (10) away in First Division
- Galway United have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9) in First Division
- Galway United have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in First Division
- Galway United have the most clean sheets (12) in First Division
- Galway United is in the best form (5-1-0)
| 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 | 26 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 48 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 26 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 26 | 56 |
| 2 | Galway United | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 39 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 17 | 51 |
| 3 | UCD | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 54 | 37 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 17 | 45 |
| 4 | Treaty United | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 34 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 39 |
| 5 | Bray Wanderers | 26 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 34 | 27 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 37 |
| 6 | Athlone Town | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 31 | 41 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 22 | -10 | 33 |
| 7 | Cork City | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 34 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 30 |
| 8 | Cabinteely | 26 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 26 | 45 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 17 | 23 | -19 | 25 |
| 9 | Cobh Ramblers | 26 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 23 | 45 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 25 | -22 | 25 |
| 10 | Wexford Youths | 26 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 25 | 54 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 30 | -29 | 18 |