Turner's Cross: Get ready for a football party when Cork City welcomes Shelbourne. Read all about the match here!
- Cork City is in the best form (3-3-0)
- Shelbourne have the fewest conceded goals (19) in First Division
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Cork City form and stats
The story so far in the First Division for Cork City at their home stadium (Turner's Cross) is 4 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Turner's Cross.
A nice win for Cork last time playing, versus Athlone Town. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-1 with D. McGlade, C. Murphy and B. Coffey scoring for the victors.
Before that, Cork drew at home versus St Patrick's (after extra-time, 1-4 on penalties).The Cork fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 21 goals in 11 league matches. Cork's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 15 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Shelbourne form and stats
Shelbourne have an excellent away record in the First Division so far with 6-3-1 from 10 games.
Y. En-Neyah, A. Gilchrist and R. Brennan (2) scored in Shelbourne's previous match, the home game against Wexford Youths that ended 4-0. As you can tell from the results above, Shelbourne was very dominant against Wexford Youths, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Y. En-Neyah, A. Gilchrist and R. Brennan (2) providing the goals.
Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Bray Wanderers.The travelling fans enjoy Shelbourne's attacking play in away games, having scored 18 goals in 10 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Shelbourne as they have only conceded 9 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
These competitors have battled earlier this season: Shelbourne - Cork 2-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Cork two wins, three draws and Shelbourne five victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Brennan 13 goals |   C. Murphy 10 goals |  M. O’Connor 6 goals |
Cork City missing players
Shelbourne missing players
| Cork City | Shelbourne | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 21 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | 21 | 2 | Scored | S | 5 | 18 | 42 |
| 25 | 15 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 90% |
| 71% | 91% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 70% | 71% |
| 52% | 64% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | 62% |
| 38% | 55% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 50% | 52% |
| 14% | 18% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 10% | 10% |
| 52% | 64% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 70% | 62% |
| 29% | 18% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 30% | 38% |
| 33% | 18% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 10% |
| 5.3 | 5.2 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 5.9 | 6.2 |
| 4.9 | 4 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 3.9 | 4.1 |
| 2 | 2.4 | 4.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10.5 | 11.7 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.5 | 11.9 | 11.7 |
| 4.2 | 5.3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.8 | 4.9 |
| 34% | 36% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 38% | 41% |
- Cork City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Cork City have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in First Division
- Cork City haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Cork City is in the best form (3-3-0)
- Shelbourne have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Shelbourne have the fewest conceded goals (19) in First Division
- Shelbourne have the fewest conceded goals (9) away in First Division
- Shelbourne have the fewest matches under the total-line (7) in First Division
- Shelbourne have the most matches over the total-line (13) in First Division
- Shelbourne have the most points (21) away in First Division
- Shelbourne have the most points from losing position (11) in First Division
- Shelbourne have the most scored goals in the first half (22) in First Division
- Shelbourne have the the best goal difference (+23) in First Division
- Shelbourne have the the best goal difference (+9) away in First Division
| 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 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 42 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 23 | 46 |
| 2 | Galway United | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 38 |
| 3 | UCD | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 44 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 16 | 36 |
| 4 | Treaty United | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 32 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 36 |
| 5 | Bray Wanderers | 21 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 31 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 33 |
| 6 | Cork City | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 30 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 25 |
| 7 | Athlone Town | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 26 | 36 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 20 | -10 | 25 |
| 8 | Cabinteely | 21 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 20 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 15 | -13 | 22 |
| 9 | Cobh Ramblers | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 38 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 21 | -21 | 19 |
| 10 | Wexford Youths | 21 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 46 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 24 | -29 | 9 |