Buckle up for a show! The leading heroes are Cork City and Waterford United, 3 points is the target and 1 1/2 hours the playing time.
- Cork City have the fewest conceded goals (13) in First Division
- Waterford United have the most scored goals (33) away in First Division
It's no vacation for neither Cork nor Waterford United as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Cork City form and stats
The story so far in the First Division for Cork City at their home stadium (Turner's Cross) is 7 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats.
Cork City haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 211 minutes ago. Coffey scored that one.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Cork, who played 0-0 against Waterford United. That match was also played at this venue (Turner's Cross).
Preceding that match was a defeat to Treaty United (0-2).The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Cork City have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 8 games) they have won 1 time, drawn 2 and lost 5.
Cork City have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Turner's Cross with 23 goals in 13 league matches. From these home matches, Cork have conceded only 7 goals.
Waterford United form and stats
Waterford United's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Waterford United collect 26 points from their 13 away matches in the First Division. 8 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 3 defeats).
Waterford United has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Cork City for a 0-0 draw.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Galway United.Waterford United are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats. From a total of 8 matches.
Goal hungry football fans should note that 10 of this club's 13 most recent league games have ended with three goals or more.
Waterford create on average more than 2,5 goals per away game (in the league) all by themselves, having scored 33 goals in 13 travels.
Head 2 Head
Cork City have managed a streak of 5 consecutive games without defeat (2-3-0) when facing Waterford United.Cork City - Waterford United 0-0 was the end result in these teams' latest H2H fixture, earlier this season. Taylor (Waterford United) was shown a red card when these teams previously met this season.
Top Goalscorers
  P. Patterson 12 goals |  R. Keating 9 goals | B. Coffey 9 goals |
Cork City missing players
Waterford United missing players
| Cork City | Waterford United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 13 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 13 | 25 |
| 17 | 7 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 8 | 15 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 52 | 23 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 33 | 52 |
| 13 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 13 | 26 |
| 84% | 77% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 96% |
| 64% | 62% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 85% | 76% |
| 44% | 31% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 69% | 64% |
| 32% | 23% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 46% | 36% |
| 24% | 23% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 31% | 20% |
| 36% | 31% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 46% | 52% |
| 56% | 54% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 38% | 36% |
| 24% | 38% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 23% | 16% |
| 6.7 | 8 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.8 | 5 |
| 5.1 | 4.1 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.9 | 4.1 |
| 1.7 | 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4.5 | 2.3 | 2.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 11.9 | 13.4 | 19.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 11.9 | 11 |
| 5.2 | 4.9 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 5.2 | 4.7 |
| 40% | 36% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 49% | 44% |
| 7.4 | 5.5 | 6.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7 | 7.8 | 7.2 |
| 2.8 | 2.2 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.1 | 3.4 |
- Cork City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Cork City have the fewest conceded goals (13) in First Division
- Cork City have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in First Division
- Cork City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in First Division
- Cork City have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in First Division
- Cork City have the fewest matches over the total-line (9) in First Division
- Cork City have the most clean sheets (14) in First Division
- Cork City have the most scored goals (23) at home in First Division
- Cork City have the most scored goals in the first half (28) in First Division
- Cork City have the the best goal difference (+16) at home in First Division
- Cork City have the the best goal difference (+39) in First Division
- Waterford United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Waterford United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Waterford United have the most scored goals (33) 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 | Cork City | 25 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 52 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 6 | 39 | 57 |
| 2 | Galway United | 25 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 47 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 12 | 28 | 53 |
| 3 | Waterford United | 25 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 52 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 13 | 26 | 48 |
| 4 | Longford Town | 25 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 35 | 29 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 42 |
| 5 | Treaty United | 25 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 32 | 33 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 12 | -1 | 36 |
| 6 | Wexford Youths | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 37 | 40 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 15 | -3 | 32 |
| 7 | Bray Wanderers | 25 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 22 | 45 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 31 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 14 | -23 | 21 |
| 8 | Cobh Ramblers | 25 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 26 | 63 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 32 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 31 | -37 | 13 |
| 9 | Athlone Town | 24 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 28 | 63 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 31 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 32 | -35 | 8 |
