The Premier Division league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. Dundalk and Cork City are placed 2nd and 10th respectively.
It's no vacation for neither Dundalk nor Cork City as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
This pitch has artifical turf, which is not Cork City's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on artifical turf Cork City have performed like this: Played eight matches resulting in 1 win, 1 draw and 6 defeats with the goal stats 4-11 (scored/conceded).
Dundalk form and stats
Dundalk have only played one Premier Division game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 16 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats from 18 matches.
Dundalk enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Shelbourne's place. The match ended 2-1. Ahead of that match, Dundalk won a home game hosting Derry City (1-0).
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Dundalk as they are travelling to their away game against Shamrock Rovers in the Premier Division. That match is four days after this one.
Early season league goal statistics from Dundalk's 1 home game: 1 goal, 0 conceded.
Cork City form and stats
Cork City have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Premier Division were 5 victories, 3 draws and 10 defeats from 18 fixtures.
The attacking players of Cork City have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 316 minutes.
Cork City play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-6 to Shamrock Rovers (placed 1st). Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Shelbourne.
As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Shamrock Rovers was particularly ugly (0-6). The humiliation is still top of mind.
After this away game Cork City return home for a Premier Division game against Finn Harps. That game is only four sleeps after this.
It's early days yet, but Cork City has scored 0 and conceded 6 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: seven - one - two (Dundalk wins - draws - Cork City wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Boyle 1 goals |  D. Massey 1 goals |  P. Hoban 1 goals |
Dundalk missing players
Cork City missing players
| Dundalk | Cork City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | 15 | 15 | Total Shots | T S | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 11 | 7 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 27% | 14% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Dundalk | Last season | Cork City | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 27 | 16 | Won | W | 5 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 10 | 17 | ||
| 73 | 43 | Scored | S | 13 | 29 | ||
| 18 | 8 | Conceded | C | 26 | 49 | ||
| 97% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 86% | ||
| 69% | 72% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 61% | 64% | ||
| 53% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 31% | ||
| 25% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 11% | 17% | ||
| 8% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 6% | 11% | ||
| 31% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 39% | ||
| 64% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 56% | 47% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 423 | 244 | Total Shots | T S | 151 | 324 | ||
| 174 | 100 | Shots on Target | S O | 59 | 120 | ||
| 37% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 23% | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 |
| 2 | Dundalk | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Finn Harps | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Bohemians | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 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 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 |
| 10 | Cork City | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | -7 | 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 |