Dundalk vs Cork City: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Republic of Ireland Premier Division
Date: Fri 06.September
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Oriel Park (6000 seats)

The league table in Premier Division tells a story about these teams so far, with Dundalk leading Cork City by 38 points. Match preview to follow:

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

This stadium uses artificial turf, unlike Cork City's home stadium. The visitors last six games on artificial turf have ended in 1 win, 1 draw and 4 losses.

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Dundalk form and stats

Home games in the Premier Division have been a walk in the park for Dundalk so far, with 38 points won from 14 matches; 12 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of five straight victories regardless of arena. Dundalk are on a three game winning streak in their home games.

Happy days for Dundalk in their previous game, a Premier Division match away at UCD that ended with a 5-0 victory. Previous to that game, a home match hosting UCD in a game that was won 3-0.

Dundalk can score goals in their home matches. After 14 league matches they have found the net 34 times. Dundalk have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 6 goals.

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Cork City form and stats

As the visiting team in Premier Division matches, Cork City have produced an overall stat of 5-3-6 so far.

The manager F. Kelleher was unhappy after their last game, a Premier Division match played at their home ground Oriel Park. Cork City suffered a 2-4 loss to Sligo Rovers. It was a FAI Cup defeat before that one as the away game against Galway United wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

The visitors have scored 13 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Cork City have seen the ball go into their own net 17 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Cork City - Dundalk 0-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 6 - 2 - 2 (Dundalk wins - draws - Cork City wins). As for goals, 3 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 7 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

P. Hoban
13 goals / 1 assists
M. Duffy
10 goals
J. Mountney
6 goals

Dundalk missing players

Cork City missing players

Dundalk Cork City
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs top Away Total
28 14 6 Played 2 14 28
21 12 6 Won 1 5 7
5 2 0 Drew 0 3 9
2 0 0 Lost 1 6 12
60 34 20 Scored 1 13 24
13 6 1 Conceded 2 17 36
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 93% 86%
75% 79% 100% Over 1.5 50% 64% 68%
57% 71% 100% Over 2.5 0% 29% 25%
25% 29% 33% Over 3.5 0% 7% 14%
7% 7% 17% Over 4.5 0% 7% 11%
32% 36% 17% BTTS 0% 43% 43%
64% 64% 83% Clean Sheets 50% 21% 29%
7% 0% 0% Failed To Score 50% 43% 43%
 
7 8.3 8.5 Corners For (avg) 2 3.7 3.8
3.1 2.8 3.3 Corners Against (avg) 3.5 4.1 4.1
1.5 1.5 1.5 Yellow Cards (avg) 3 2.8 2.3
2 1 0 Red Cards 0 2 3
Key stats this season:
  • Cork City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Dundalk have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Dundalk have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Dundalk have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Dundalk have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Dundalk have scored more than double the goals of Cork City.
  • Dundalk have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Dundalk haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

Dundalk
All Champions League Premier Division Europa League League Cup Club Friendlies Leinster Senior Cup FAI Cup
All Home Away
16-08-19 PD Dundalk 5 - 0 Finn Harps
19-08-19 LC Dundalk 6 - 1 Bohemians
23-08-19 FAI Derry City 2 - 2 Dundalk
26-08-19 PD Dundalk 3 - 0 UCD
30-08-19 PD UCD 0 - 5 Dundalk
02-09-19 PD Sligo Rovers 18:45 Dundalk
06-09-19 PD Dundalk 18:45 Cork City
09-09-19 FAI Waterford United 18:45 Dundalk
13-09-19 PD Dundalk 18:45 Shamrock Rovers
14-09-19 LC Derry City 19:00 Dundalk
Cork City
All Champions League Premier Division Europa League League Cup Club Friendlies FAI Cup
All Home Away
02-08-19 PD Cork City 0 - 1 St Patrick's
09-08-19 FAI Cabinteely 1 - 1 Cork City
16-08-19 PD Waterford United 1 - 2 Cork City
23-08-19 FAI Galway United 1 - 0 Cork City
30-08-19 PD Cork City 2 - 4 Sligo Rovers
02-09-19 PD Cork City 18:45 Waterford United
06-09-19 PD Dundalk 18:45 Cork City
13-09-19 PD Derry City 18:45 Cork City
20-09-19 PD Cork City 18:45 Finn Harps
04-10-19 PD Bohemians 18:45 Cork City

  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 28 21 5 2 60 13 14 12 2 0 34 6 14 9 3 2 26 7 47 68
2 Shamrock Rovers 30 20 4 6 53 18 15 10 3 2 28 7 15 10 1 4 25 11 35 64
3 Bohemians 30 14 7 9 41 24 14 8 3 3 28 11 16 6 4 6 13 13 17 49
4 Derry City 30 12 11 7 45 29 14 7 3 4 22 12 16 5 8 3 23 17 16 47
5 St Patrick's 29 12 7 10 24 27 15 7 3 5 13 14 14 5 4 5 11 13 -3 43
6 Sligo Rovers 29 8 11 10 31 38 14 4 7 3 15 12 15 4 4 7 16 26 -7 35
7 Cork City 28 7 9 12 24 36 14 2 6 6 11 19 14 5 3 6 13 17 -12 30
8 Waterford United 29 7 7 15 34 47 15 4 4 7 20 23 14 3 3 8 14 24 -13 28
9 Finn Harps 29 6 5 18 23 54 15 5 2 8 17 22 14 1 3 10 6 32 -31 23
10 UCD 30 5 2 23 21 70 16 5 1 10 17 25 14 0 1 13 4 45 -49 17

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