Football betting preview: St Patrick's vs Cork City

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Competition: Republic of Ireland Premier Division
Date: Fri 31.May
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)

With their 4 point advantage in the league table, St Patrick's fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Cork City.

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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St Patrick's form and stats

The story so far for St Patrick's at their home stadium is 5 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

The fans are hoping that St Patrick's will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Premier Division game against Dundalk. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Derry City in a game that was won 1-0.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for St Patrick's here, with less than one goal per game on average (9 from 10 games). From these home matches, St Patrick's have conceded only 9 goals.

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Cork City form and stats

Playing away, Cork City have won 4 games, drawn 0 and suffered 6 defeats so far this season.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Cork City, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-2 versus Shamrock Rovers. Ahead of that match was the victory versus UCD at their stadium, the result 1-0.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Cork City as they have only managed to score 9 times from 10 away games. As opposed to that, Cork City have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Cork City - St Patrick's 1-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): St Patrick's won 2 games, 2 matches ended with a draw and Cork City has 6 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 4 / 6

Top Goalscorers

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

St Patrick's missing players

Cork City missing players

St Patrick's Cork City
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
19 10 3 Played 2 10 19
7 5 1 Won 1 4 6
5 2 1 Drew 0 0 4
7 3 1 Lost 1 6 9
15 9 2 Scored 2 9 16
17 9 3 Conceded 3 14 23
95% 90% 67% Over 0.5 100% 100% 89%
53% 50% 67% Over 1.5 100% 60% 68%
16% 30% 33% Over 2.5 50% 30% 21%
5% 10% 0% Over 3.5 0% 10% 11%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 10% 5%
32% 30% 0% BTTS 50% 30% 32%
37% 50% 67% Clean Sheets 0% 20% 32%
37% 30% 67% Failed To Score 50% 50% 47%
 
4.3 4.1 6.7 Corners For (avg) 6 4.4 4.2
4.2 3.5 3.3 Corners Against (avg) 4.5 3.9 4
2 2 0.3 Yellow Cards (avg) 6.5 3 2.5
3 1 0 Red Cards 1 2 2
Key stats this season:
  • Cork City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Cork City haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • St Patrick's have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

St Patrick's
All Premier Division League Cup Club Friendlies Leinster Senior Cup FAI Cup
All Home Away
03-05-19 PD St Patrick's 0 - 3 Waterford United
10-05-19 PD Derry City 1 - 1 St Patrick's
17-05-19 PD St Patrick's 1 - 1 Bohemians
21-05-19 PD St Patrick's 1 - 0 Derry City
24-05-19 PD Dundalk 1 - 0 St Patrick's
31-05-19 PD St Patrick's 18:45 Cork City
08-06-19 PD Sligo Rovers 18:45 St Patrick's
14-06-19 PD St Patrick's 18:45 Finn Harps
28-06-19 PD UCD 18:45 St Patrick's
01-07-19 PD St Patrick's 18:45 Shamrock Rovers
Cork City
All Champions League Premier Division Europa League League Cup Club Friendlies FAI Cup
All Home Away
03-05-19 PD Bohemians 0 - 1 Cork City
10-05-19 PD Cork City 2 - 0 UCD
17-05-19 PD Cork City 0 - 2 Dundalk
20-05-19 PD UCD 0 - 1 Cork City
24-05-19 PD Shamrock Rovers 2 - 0 Cork City
27-05-19 LC Bohemians 18:45 Cork City
31-05-19 PD St Patrick's 18:45 Cork City
09-06-19 PD Cork City 18:00 Waterford United
14-06-19 PD Sligo Rovers 18:45 Cork City
28-06-19 PD Cork City 18:45 Derry 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 19 13 4 2 33 11 10 8 2 0 19 6 9 5 2 2 14 5 22 43
2 Shamrock Rovers 19 14 1 4 30 10 9 7 1 1 16 3 10 7 0 3 14 7 20 43
3 Bohemians 19 9 4 6 18 12 9 4 2 3 8 6 10 5 2 3 10 6 6 31
4 Derry City 19 8 6 5 28 19 9 5 1 3 15 8 10 3 5 2 13 11 9 30
5 St Patrick's 19 7 5 7 15 17 10 5 2 3 9 9 9 2 3 4 6 8 -2 26
6 Sligo Rovers 18 6 6 6 18 21 9 3 3 3 7 8 9 3 3 3 11 13 -3 24
7 Waterford United 18 6 5 7 26 26 9 4 3 2 15 10 9 2 2 5 11 16 0 23
8 Cork City 19 6 4 9 16 23 9 2 4 3 7 9 10 4 0 6 9 14 -7 22
9 UCD 19 3 1 15 13 34 10 3 1 6 11 14 9 0 0 9 2 20 -21 10
10 Finn Harps 19 2 4 13 15 39 10 2 1 7 13 19 9 0 3 6 2 20 -24 10

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