An important duel in the bottom section of the Premier Division, with both Cork City and Derry City experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 10th and the visitors in 7th place.
The visiting Derry City played their last game only two days ago, a Premier Division match. That game, against Shamrock Rovers, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Derry City.
It should be mentioned that Derry City play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Derry City on grass are 12 victories, 9 draws and 15 defeats from 36 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 43-56. You can compare this with overall results below.
Cork City form and stats
Cork City's struggle is real here at Turner's Cross with only 7 points collected from 8 Premier Division games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-1-5.
In their previous game, the manager N. Fenn led his Cork to a defeat in the Premier Division match away at Sligo Rovers. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Turner's Cross. In the match before that, Cork hosted Waterford United and drew the game 0-0.
Some supporters pointed their nail-bitten fingers at K. Elliot for missing a penalty kick versus Sligo Rovers in the 8th minute. It's possible that a goal in that situation would have changed the outcome.
Cork have scored 5 league goals here from 8 matches, not a lot. Cork's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Derry City form and stats
Derry City have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Premier Division, after 1-2-5 (8 played). Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Derry City's last three away games as they have all been lost.
Derry lost away at Shamrock Rovers (0-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Before that, Derry secured a home win against Shelbourne with the score 2-0.
The visitors have scored 5 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 9 goals have been conceded by Derry in these games. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Derry City - Cork City 3-1, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Cork three wins, three draws and Derry City four victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  W. Capango Figueira 4 goals | J. Akintunde 3 goals |  D. McGlade 2 goals |
Cork City missing players
Derry City missing players
| Cork City | Derry City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 17 |
| 29 | 9 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 9 | 17 |
| 88% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 88% | 88% |
| 65% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 62% | 76% |
| 47% | 38% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 29% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 29% | 12% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 38% | 41% |
| 24% | 38% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 25% | 35% |
| 59% | 62% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 35% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.2 | 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 118 | 58 | 20 | Total Shots | T S | 14 | 41 | 135 |
| 48 | 23 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 18 | 52 |
| 19% | 22% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 28% | 33% |
- Cork City has the fewest points (7) at home in Premier Division
- Cork City has the fewest scored goals (9) in Premier Division
- Cork City has the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in Premier Division
- Cork City has the most conceded goals (29) in Premier Division
- Cork City has the most conceded goals in the second half (17) in Premier Division
- Cork City has the the worst goal difference (-20) in Premier Division
- Cork City have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Cork City is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- Derry City has the most dropped points from leading position (11) in Premier 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 | Shamrock Rovers | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 44 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 34 | 45 |
| 2 | Bohemians | 17 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 34 |
| 3 | Dundalk | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 29 |
| 4 | Waterford United | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -4 | 24 |
| 5 | Sligo Rovers | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 12 | -6 | 22 |
| 6 | St Patrick's | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -2 | 21 |
| 7 | Derry City | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 19 |
| 8 | Shelbourne | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -7 | 19 |
| 9 | Finn Harps | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -10 | 17 |
| 10 | Cork City | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 20 | -20 | 10 |