The Cork City manager N. Fenn attacks this game with the team placed 10th so far. In the visitors dressing room Finn Harps and their manager O. Horgan are in 4th place before this match.
The hosts Cork City saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Premier Division. That game was an away game at Dundalk, so at least Cork City are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Cork City form and stats
The home fans saw their team lose the first Premier Division game of the season here at Turner's Cross. Last season these fans witnessed 4 wins, 7 draws and 7 losses from Cork City's 18 home games. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Cork City to get some points in this home game.
Stress levels are on the rise for Cork City's attacking players as they have now played 406 minutes without scoring in a league game. D. O'Connor was their last goal scorer.
The fans are hoping that Cork City will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the Premier Division game against Dundalk (placed 2nd). A defeat was the result before that one, 0-6 away at Shamrock Rovers.
Cork City has scored 0 goals so far and conceded 1 goal from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Finn Harps form and stats
One match played away so far in the Premier Division for Finn Harps and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 1 win, 4 draws and 13 losses from 18 games.
Finn Harps has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Derry City for a Premier Division game that ended a draw (1-1). That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Sligo Rovers.
It's early days yet, but Finn Harps has scored 1 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Cork City won seven games, three matches ended with a draw and Finn Harps has zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / sevenTop Goalscorers
 R. Connolly 1 goals |  K. O’Sullivan 1 goals |
Cork City missing players
Finn Harps missing players
| Cork City | Finn Harps | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 2 | 4 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5 | 4.5 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 5 | 5 | Total Shots | T S | 7 | 7 | 16 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 25% | 33% |
| Cork City | Last season | Finn Harps | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Won | W | 1 | 7 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 17 | 7 | Lost | L | 13 | 22 | ||
| 29 | 16 | Scored | S | 7 | 26 | ||
| 49 | 23 | Conceded | C | 40 | 64 | ||
| 86% | 78% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 89% | ||
| 64% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 61% | 61% | ||
| 31% | 28% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 47% | ||
| 17% | 22% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 25% | ||
| 11% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 14% | ||
| 39% | 44% | BTTS | BTTS | 22% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 39% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 28% | ||
| 47% | 39% | Failed to Score | F T | 72% | 56% | ||
| 3.8 | 4.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 3.2 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.4 | 5.5 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.4 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 5 | ||
| 324 | 173 | Total Shots | T S | 146 | 251 | ||
| 120 | 61 | Shots on Target | S O | 49 | 98 | ||
| 23% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 26% | ||
| 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 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 2 | Dundalk | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | Bohemians | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Finn Harps | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | St Patrick's | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Shelbourne | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Waterford United | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 3 |
| 8 | Derry City | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 9 | Sligo Rovers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 0 |
| 10 | Cork City | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | -10 | 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 | Dundalk | 36 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 73 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 43 | 8 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 10 | 55 | 86 |
| 2 | Shamrock Rovers | 36 | 23 | 6 | 7 | 62 | 21 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 7 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 14 | 41 | 75 |
| 3 | Bohemians | 36 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 47 | 28 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 34 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 19 | 60 |
| 4 | Derry City | 36 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 56 | 34 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 22 | 57 |
| 5 | St Patrick's | 36 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 29 | 35 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 19 | -6 | 52 |
| 6 | Waterford United | 36 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 46 | 53 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 26 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 27 | -7 | 43 |
| 7 | Sligo Rovers | 36 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 38 | 47 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 30 | -9 | 42 |
| 8 | Cork City | 36 | 9 | 10 | 17 | 29 | 49 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 26 | -20 | 37 |
| 9 | Finn Harps | 36 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 64 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 24 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 40 | -38 | 28 |
| 10 | UCD | 36 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 25 | 82 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 17 | 30 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 52 | -57 | 19 |