1st position in the First Division table for Cork City at present, a tip-top performance. The match-going followers pray for more points as 6th-placed Wexford Youths visit Turner's Cross.
- Cork City have the most scored goals (33) in First Division
- Wexford Youths have the most conceded goals in the first half (16) in First Division
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.
Cork City form and stats
16 points is a decent return from 7 First Division games here at Turner's Cross for Cork City. The data says 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. Cork City has a nice streak going on as they have played twelve consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Galway United defeat 83 days ago.
A good away victory last time out for Cork, who won 2-1 against Athlone Town (placed 9th). A late climax in the match against Athlone Town as the winning goal came four minutes into overtime; scored by Bolger.
Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Treaty United.Cork City are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 5 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 3, drew 2 and lost 0.
Goals decide football matches and Cork are scoring many of them at home; 15 on target from 7 league matches. Cork City have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 3 goals.
Wexford Youths form and stats
2-2-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Wexford Youths in their First Division matches away.
This fixture can not go any worse than the last one, the home defeat versus Galway United with 0-4 on the scoreboard. Wexford Youths lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.
Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Longford Town's place.We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Wexford Youths played away with similar odds. This revealed 10 games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 0 times, 1 were draw and the home team won as expected 9 times.
Wexford have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 7 league away games 10 goals have been scored. 9 goals have been conceded by Wexford Youths in these games.
Head 2 Head
The latest recorded meeting involving both these squads is the Wexford Youths - Cork City 0-1 played previously this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: eight - two - zero (Cork wins - draws - Wexford Youths wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Coffey 6 goals | R. Keating 6 goals |  C. Murphy 5 goals |
Cork City missing players
Wexford Youths missing players
| Cork City | Wexford Youths | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 33 | 15 | 7 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 18 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 9 | 28 |
| 86% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 93% |
| 71% | 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 87% |
| 57% | 43% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 71% | 67% |
| 36% | 29% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 27% |
| 29% | 29% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 20% |
| 36% | 29% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 71% | 60% |
| 57% | 57% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 13% |
| 21% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 33% |
| 7 | 8.9 | 8.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.6 |
| 5.1 | 4.1 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4 | 3.9 |
| 1.8 | 1.9 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.3 | 2.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11.8 | 13 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| 5.4 | 4.9 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
| 43% | 44% | 58% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 37% | 31% |
| 6.7 | 4 | 2.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6 | 8 | 8.5 |
| 2.8 | 2 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4 | 3.9 |
- Cork City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Cork City have the fewest conceded goals (3) at home in First Division
- Cork City have the fewest conceded goals (7) in First Division
- Cork City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (2) in First Division
- Cork City have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in First Division
- Cork City have the most clean sheets (8) in First Division
- Cork City have the most points (16) at home in First Division
- Cork City have the most scored goals (15) at home in First Division
- Cork City have the most scored goals (33) in First Division
- Cork City have the most scored goals in the first half (15) in First Division
- Cork City have the most scored goals in the second half (18) in First Division
- Cork City have the the best goal difference (+12) at home in First Division
- Cork City have the the best goal difference (+26) in First Division
- Cork City have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Cork City have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Wexford Youths have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Wexford Youths have the most conceded goals in the first half (16) in First Division
- Wexford Youths have the most matches over the total-line (7) in First Division
- Wexford Youths have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| 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 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 26 | 35 |
| 2 | Galway United | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 19 | 35 |
| 3 | Waterford United | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 12 | 26 |
| 4 | Longford Town | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 25 |
| 5 | Treaty United | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -1 | 18 |
| 6 | Wexford Youths | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | -10 | 15 |
| 7 | Bray Wanderers | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -13 | 13 |
| 8 | Cobh Ramblers | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -18 | 8 |
| 9 | Athlone Town | 14 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 33 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 14 | -20 | 2 |
