Cork City vs St Patrick's betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: Republic of Ireland Premier Division
Date: Fri 02.August
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Turner's Cross (7485 seats)

Season ticket holders at Turner's Cross haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Cork City languishing in the 8th position so far. The guesting St Patrick's will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Cork City and St Patrick's 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.

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Cork City form and stats

With 2 wins, 6 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, Cork City, who have the fewest points (12) at home in Premier Division, are certainly not brimming with confidence.

The points were shared in Cork City's previous game, also at home. Visiting Shamrock Rovers travelled back with a point after a 1-1 scoreline. A strong away win before that one, visiting Progres Niedercorn and winning 2-1.

This is expected to be a close game, with Cork City perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Cork City as a small favourite), we find two games. Cork City has won 0 of these, drawn 1 and lost 1.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Cork City here at Turner's Cross, with less than one goal per game on average (9 from 12 games). On the other hand, Cork City have conceded 14 goals.

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St Patrick's form and stats

Playing away, St Patrick's have won 4 games, drawn 4 and suffered 5 defeats so far this season. It's looking increasingly bleak for St Patrick's who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Waterford United was the last time a defeat was avoided. St Patrick's seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Premier Division home defeat versus Dundalk with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Prior to that match, the St Patrick's manager H. Kenny faced defeat when travelling to Bohemians and losing 0-3.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by St Patrick's in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for St Patrick's, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting St Patrick's as they have only managed to score 10 times from 13 away games. As opposed to that, St Patrick's have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was St Patrick's - Cork City 1-1, played this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Cork City won 5, St Patrick's won 2 and 3 draws. 3 games with over 2,5 goals, 7 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

M. Drennan
6 goals
C. McCarthy
3 goals
G. Morrissey
3 goals

Cork City missing players

St Patrick's missing players

Cork City St Patrick's
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs low Away Total
25 12 3 Played 5 13 27
6 2 0 Won 3 4 10
9 6 2 Drew 1 4 7
10 4 1 Lost 1 5 10
20 9 1 Scored 6 10 21
30 14 4 Conceded 4 13 26
84% 75% 33% Over 0.5 100% 100% 96%
68% 75% 33% Over 1.5 80% 62% 56%
20% 17% 33% Over 2.5 20% 15% 19%
12% 17% 33% Over 3.5 0% 0% 4%
8% 8% 33% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
40% 42% 33% BTTS 40% 38% 33%
32% 42% 67% Clean Sheets 40% 23% 33%
44% 42% 67% Failed To Score 20% 38% 37%
 
3.7 3.6 4.7 Corners For (avg) 8 5.5 4.8
4 4 4.3 Corners Against (avg) 4.6 4.6 4
2.4 2 1.3 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.6 1.8 2
3 1 1 Red Cards 0 2 4
Key stats this season:
  • St Patrick's haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

Cork City
All Champions League Premier Division Europa League League Cup Club Friendlies FAI Cup
All Home Away
05-07-19 PD Cork City 0 - 0 Bohemians
08-07-19 CF Cork City 0 - 2 Preston North End
11-07-19 EL Cork City 0 - 2 Progres Niedercorn
18-07-19 EL Progres Niedercorn 1 - 2 Cork City
28-07-19 PD Cork City 1 - 1 Shamrock Rovers
02-08-19 PD Cork City 19:00 St Patrick's
11-08-19 FAI Cabinteely - Cork City
16-08-19 PD Waterford United 18:45 Cork City
30-08-19 PD Cork City 18:45 Sligo Rovers
13-09-19 PD Derry City 18:45 Cork City
St Patrick's
All Premier Division Europa League League Cup Club Friendlies Leinster Senior Cup FAI Cup
All Home Away
11-07-19 EL St Patrick's 0 - 2 Norrköping
13-07-19 CF St Patrick's 0 - 4 Chelsea
18-07-19 EL Norrköping 2 - 1 St Patrick's
21-07-19 PD Bohemians 3 - 0 St Patrick's
27-07-19 PD St Patrick's 0 - 1 Dundalk
02-08-19 PD Cork City 19:00 St Patrick's
11-08-19 FAI St Patrick's - Bray Wanderers
16-08-19 PD St Patrick's 18:45 Sligo Rovers
30-08-19 PD Finn Harps 19:00 St Patrick's
13-09-19 PD St Patrick's 18:45 UCD

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Dundalk 25 18 5 2 47 13 12 10 2 0 26 6 13 8 3 2 21 7 34 59
2 Shamrock Rovers 26 16 4 6 43 16 13 8 3 2 25 6 13 8 1 4 18 10 27 52
3 Bohemians 27 13 7 7 31 19 13 7 3 3 18 10 14 6 4 4 13 9 12 46
4 Derry City 27 11 10 6 41 25 13 7 3 3 22 10 14 4 7 3 19 15 16 43
5 St Patrick's 27 10 7 10 21 26 14 6 3 5 11 13 13 4 4 5 10 13 -5 37
6 Sligo Rovers 27 7 11 9 26 34 14 4 7 3 15 12 13 3 4 6 11 22 -8 32
7 Waterford United 25 7 6 12 30 37 12 4 3 5 17 15 13 3 3 7 13 22 -7 27
8 Cork City 25 6 9 10 20 30 12 2 6 4 9 14 13 4 3 6 11 16 -10 27
9 Finn Harps 27 5 5 17 22 49 14 4 2 8 16 22 13 1 3 9 6 27 -27 20
10 UCD 26 5 2 19 17 49 14 5 1 8 14 17 12 0 1 11 3 32 -32 17

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