Premier Division: Derry City expected to win home game vs Cork City

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Competition: Republic of Ireland Premier Division
Competition: Fri 24.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: The Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium (7700 seats)

After the first round it's Derry City - Cork City 1-0 in points. Who will triumph in this second Premier Division match of the season?

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Derry City form and stats

The previous season, Derry City's league results were 18 wins, 12 draws and 6 losses, leading to 2nd place in the Premier Division. In these 36 matches they scored {53 goals} and conceded 27. Appearing as the host team in the last season Derry City managed 8-7-3 (win-draw-lost) with {28 goals} and 13 conceded.

Derry travelled for their previous game, a trip to St Patrick's that ended 1-1.

Preceding that result, a home win hosting Shamrock Rovers in the FAI President's Cup. Derry 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 2, drew 2 and lost 1.

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Cork City form and stats

Let's have a look at how Cork City performed last season in the First Division: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 20 victories, 8 draws and 4 defeats. In total they scored 63 and conceded {22 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 12 - drew 2 and lost 2 with 36/13 goals scored/conceded.

Cork City failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Bohemians (placed 1st) that ended with defeat 1-2.

Before that, Cork secured a home win against Bray Wanderers with the score 2-0.

You'll want to know how Cork City managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found 4 similar matches resulting in 1 away win, 0 draws and 3 home wins.

Head 2 Head

Derry have avoided a loss in the last 7 matches (5-2-0) against Cork City.

Top Goalscorers

Derry CityJ. McEneff
J. McEneff
1 goals
Cork CityR. Keating
R. Keating
1 goals

Derry City missing players

Cork City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Derry City Cork City
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 2
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 4
6 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 7
3 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 11
3 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 4
33% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 25%
 
9 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 10
2 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 4
Derry City Last season Cork City
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 18   Played P   16 32
18 8   Won W   12 20
12 7   Drew D   2 8
6 3   Lost L   2 4
53 28   Scored S   36 63
27 13   Conceded C   13 22
89% 83%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 84%
64% 67%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   75% 69%
42% 44%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   69% 50%
14% 11%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   38% 31%
6% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   25% 22%
50% 50%   BTTS BTTS   56% 44%
42% 44%   Clean Sheets C S   44% 50%
19% 22%   Failed to Score F T   6% 22%
 
5.9 6   Corners for (avg) C F   4.8 6.4
4 3.3   Corners against (avg) C A   6.5 5.3
1.4 1.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.6
2 1   Red cards R C   1 1
 
11.7 12.4   Shots (avg) S (   9.1 11.1
4.9 5.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.7 5
30% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   48% 40%
 
6 4.8   Shots against (avg) S A   8.6 7.2
2.5 2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.4 2.7

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bohemians 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
2 UCD 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
3 St Patrick's 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
4 Dundalk 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
5 Shamrock Rovers 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
6 Sligo Rovers 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Derry City 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
8 Shelbourne 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Drogheda United 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
10 Cork City 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 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 Shamrock Rovers 36 24 7 5 61 22 18 16 2 0 39 10 18 8 5 5 22 12 39 79
2 Derry City 36 18 12 6 53 27 18 8 7 3 28 13 18 10 5 3 25 14 26 66
3 Dundalk 36 18 12 6 53 30 18 12 5 1 35 13 18 6 7 5 18 17 23 66
4 St Patrick's 36 18 7 11 57 37 18 10 3 5 28 16 18 8 4 6 29 21 20 61
5 Sligo Rovers 36 13 10 13 47 44 18 8 5 5 24 20 18 5 5 8 23 24 3 49
6 Bohemians 36 12 10 14 45 46 18 7 5 6 25 23 18 5 5 8 20 23 -1 46
7 Shelbourne 36 10 11 15 40 49 18 5 6 7 23 25 18 5 5 8 17 24 -9 41
8 Drogheda United 36 9 11 16 34 58 18 7 6 5 20 21 18 2 5 11 14 37 -24 38
9 UCD 36 6 8 22 28 67 18 3 5 10 14 29 18 3 3 12 14 38 -39 26
10 Finn Harps 36 4 8 24 33 71 18 3 4 11 17 28 18 1 4 13 16 43 -38 20
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 Cork City 32 20 8 4 63 22 16 8 6 2 27 9 16 12 2 2 36 13 41 68
2 Waterford United 32 20 4 8 70 34 16 10 1 5 30 18 16 10 3 3 40 16 36 64
3 Galway United 32 17 9 6 56 29 16 8 5 3 26 15 16 9 4 3 30 14 27 60
4 Longford Town 32 14 10 8 49 41 16 7 5 4 19 15 16 7 5 4 30 26 8 52
5 Treaty United 32 11 11 10 37 43 16 7 4 5 22 25 16 4 7 5 15 18 -6 44
6 Wexford Youths 32 10 11 11 45 47 16 5 5 6 22 29 16 5 6 5 23 18 -2 41
7 Bray Wanderers 32 6 9 17 30 62 16 2 4 10 14 39 16 4 5 7 16 23 -32 27
8 Athlone Town 32 7 3 22 44 75 16 4 3 9 27 35 16 3 0 13 17 40 -31 24
9 Cobh Ramblers 32 4 5 23 37 78 16 2 2 12 17 42 16 2 3 11 20 36 -41 17

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bohemians 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
2 UCD 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
3 St Patrick's 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
4 Dundalk 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
5 Shamrock Rovers 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
6 Sligo Rovers 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Derry City 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
8 Shelbourne 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Drogheda United 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
10 Cork City 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0

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The League of Ireland Premier Division, also known as the SSE Aitricity League Premier Division, is the highest level of football in the Republic of Ireland. It also has teams from Northern Ireland participating. The season runs from February to October with ten teams playing 36 matches each.