After three games we know a little more about the qualities of Cork City and Shelbourne in this fresh First Division season. Read our match preview!
Cork City and Shelbourne should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Cork City form and stats
OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Cork City's two home games in the First Division so far this season, having collected 3 points here at Turner's Cross.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 195 minutes without scoring a league goal. C. Bargary was the last player to find the net.
Cork City has scored 2 goals so far and conceded 2 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Shelbourne form and stats
One match played away so far in the First Division for Shelbourne and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 3 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses from 9 games.
Ahead of that game was the 3-3 draw at home against Bray Wanderers.
It's early days yet, but Shelbourne has scored 0 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Cork won four games, three matches ended with a draw and Shelbourne has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / fourTop Goalscorers
  G. Poynton 2 goals |  C. Coleman 1 goals | C. Bargary 1 goals |
Cork City missing players
Shelbourne missing players
| Cork City | Shelbourne | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 100% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 3.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | 2.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 8 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 5 | 8 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 17% | 25% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| Cork City | Last season | Shelbourne | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 18 | 9 | Played | P | 9 | 18 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Scored | S | 6 | 13 | ||
| 30 | 10 | Conceded | C | 11 | 22 | ||
| 89% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 94% | ||
| 67% | 56% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 56% | 61% | ||
| 44% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 22% | 22% | ||
| 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 11% | 11% | ||
| 6% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 6% | ||
| 33% | 22% | BTTS | BTTS | 22% | 39% | ||
| 22% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 44% | 33% | ||
| 56% | 56% | Failed to Score | F T | 44% | 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 | 1.9 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 6.8 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.6 | 5.7 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.4 | 2.4 | ||
| 20% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 27% | ||
| 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 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Cabinteely | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | UCD | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 4 | Shelbourne | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Treaty United | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | Bray Wanderers | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Cork City | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 8 | Galway United | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 9 | Cobh Ramblers | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -5 | 1 |
| 10 | Wexford Youths | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 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 |