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Cork City vs Dundalk Prediction & Betting tips
Although the national team of Ireland will have to face Wales on Friday for their heavy World Cup qualifying match, the Premier League, the highest Irish football league, will be the sixth day of the season. There is also the duel between Cork City and Dundalk and thus the pairing between no less than the vice-champion and cup-winner against the reigning champion!
Cork City :
The club Cork City has started sensationally in the new season in Ireland. In the first mandatory game of the new season on 17.02.2017 the Irish Cup winner won the Supercup against the champion and coming opponent Dundalk confidently 3-0. In the series there were five wins in the league. With the maximum yield of fifteen points and a goal ratio of 13: 3, Cork City is of course ranked first! In the final season, seven points were missing in the final round and Cork City had to settle for the runner-up. Even in the two seasons before, Cork City always landed second only behind Dundalk. With that, Cork City have been able to win the runner-up Hattrick last season – a title that can not really be reckoned with. In this season, the championship is now set to go, and with a victory on Saturday, the first real brand of fragrance could be set. In the home stadium, Cork City has also won its last nine games throughout the season. Last season, Cork City also won two of the three Ligaspiele against Dundalk. Having won the Supercup in this season, as well as winning the National Cup final at the end of the season, Cork City have won five of the last six direct duels.
Dundalk :
The Irish club FC Dundalk should have gained recognition beyond its own borders at the latest since last year. As the champion of Ireland, Dundalk was able to compete in the qualification for the Champions League, where they switched to FH Hafnarfjördur from Iceland and then BATE Borissow from Belarus. It was not until the finals that Legia woke up after Dundalk lost the first leg at home and lost 1: 1 in Warsaw. This meant that the Poles moved into the Champions League, while for Dundalk still the Europa League remained. There, however, Dundalk could only win one of six group games, namely the one against Maccabi Tel Aviv. With another point in Alkmaar, Dundalk finished with a 1-1-4 score and 5: 8 goals last.
But: Dundalk, together with group-winner Zenit St. Petersburg, actually had the best defense – despite four defeats. Now Dundalk have been the champion again last season and are allowed to take part in the Champions League qualification next year. National is about defending the master title. And Dundalk is not so bad in the new season. There was the mentioned defeat in the Supercup, but otherwise the club could win four of the five Ligapiele so far. Only with Derry City, which currently stands with four victories from four games and a catch-up game in the backhand to second place, there was a defeat. But already with a victory on Saturday at Cork City Dundalk could take over the table lead again. And this will also be the master’s goal.
Cork City vs Dundalk head to head
17.02.17 SC Dundalk Cork City 0 : 3
06.11.16 FAI Cork City Dundalk 1 : 0
(0 : 0)
11.10.16 PD Dundalk Cork City 2 : 1
03.06.16 PD Cork City Dundalk 1 : 0
18.03.16 PD Dundalk Cork City 0 : 1