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Cork City vs Shamrock Rovers Prediction & Betting tips
Cork City and Shamrock Rovers meet at Turner’s Cross, in a match for the 25 th round of the Premier League. In the last direct confrontation for this edition of the league, on 04-30-2018, Shamrock Rovers won at home (3-0). In this stadium, the history of direct confrontations is favorable to the home team, which records 6 wins and 1 draw in the last 7 matches. In fact, the last time these two teams played a match in this stadium was on 03-12-2018, in a match for the Premier League which ended in a 1-0 win for Cork City. The only goal of the match was scored by K. Sadlier (37 ‘). Despite being a match between 2nd and 4th of the table, it is actually a match between the 2nd classified in home games and the 9th as a visitor.
Cork City:
After 18 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses, the home team is currently in the 2 nd position, with 56 points won. In the last match, they have lost in an away match against Dundalk by (2-1), after in the previous match they have won (1-0) at home, against Bohemians. This is a team little affected by the home factor, that is, usually conquer as many points at home as outside. In his last games he scored 23 goals and suffered 3 at home, against 23 scored and 13 suffered as a visitor. The team comes to this match after a home loss to Portsmouth by (1-4).
In this competition, he won the last 11 home matches. In the matches played in their stadium there are some frequent results: at halftime 0-0 (5 in 11 matches) and at the end of the match 1-0 (5 in 11 matches). Their attack has scored regularly, since they have scored goals in 9 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their home matches for this competition there is a tendency for few goals, since 5 of the last 11 matches they played ended in Under 1,5 goals. This is a team that usually scores many times first: it opened the scoring in 18 of its last 24 matches for the Premier League, of these 18 it reached the halftime lead in 12 and managed to maintain the advantage until the end of the 90 ‘in 17 In 24 matches in the competition, they suffered the first goal 5 times and only managed 1 comeback.
Cork City comes into this game with a defeat on the last day against Dundalk, 2-1, putting an end to the excellent series of seven wins in a row in the Irish championship: the only goal of the team was scored by O ‘ Hanlon. The performance of Cork in its stadium is phenomenal, the best in this condition, since it added 11 victories in 11 games played. In addition, the two sectors have acted in the best way, as the locals scored on average 2.09 goals and suffered 0.27 goals per game. On an individual level we highlight 2 players, Sadlier and Cummins, as they are the best scorers in Cork City, with 12 goals scored. For this game the local coach has all his players.
Shamrock Rovers:
The away team is currently in the 4 th position of the league, with 36 points won, after 10 wins, 6 draws and 8 losses. In the penultimate match, they won in an away match against Limerick, by (0-2). In the last match, they won in a home match against Derry City, by (2-0). This is a stronger team in his stadium, where he has won 27 points, against only 9 in his away matches. In the last 10 away league matches Shamrock Rovers has a record of 2 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses, so they have won 9 points out of 30 possible. In their away league matches the most frequent result at half-time was the 0-0 (7 out of 13 matches). Their attack has scored regularly, since they have scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their home matches there is a tendency for few goals, since 8 of the last 11 matches for this competition have ended with Under 2,5 goals. In 24 matches in this tournament, he suffered the first goal 6 times and never got the comeback.
The Shamrock left for this game with a home win over Derry, 2-0, totaling an excellent series of three consecutive wins in this competition: the goals were scored by Carr and Coustrain. At this moment the great objective the visitors are in the conquest of the 3rd position of the Irish championship. One of the great problems of the Shamrock away from home is the offensive sector, since it scored on average only 0.64 goals per game, but even so the defensive line has compensated with great solidity. It is important to note that forward Graham Burke is the best finisher of this team, with 13 goals scored. There are no absences of weight for this game.
Cork City vs Shamrock Rovers head to head matches
30.04.18 PD Shamrock Rovers Cork City 3 : 0
12.03.18 PD Cork City Shamrock Rovers 1 : 0
01.09.17 PD Shamrock Rovers Cork City 3 : 1
07.08.17 LC Shamrock Rovers Cork City 1 : 0 (0 : 0)
26.05.17 PD Cork City Shamrock Rovers 4 : 1