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Cork City FC v Derry City : Premier Division match betting preview, prediction and odds

Turner's Cross, Cork

Tim Walter's Cork City FC side enjoy home advantage in the Premier Division on Friday evening, as Huseyin Eroglu's Derry City visit the Turner's Cross. All of the key statistics for the encounter, including head to heads (H2Hs), predictions and odds across 17 of the biggest betting markets are included in this preview. It's all designed to help you make a smart bet.

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Cork City FC's next match is v St Patrick's at 19:45 on Friday 16th May
Derry City's next match is v Drogheda at 19:45 on Friday 16th May
The last Irish Premier Division meeting between Cork and Derry was on Friday 9th May 2025
Irish Premier Division
May 9th 2025
Cork 1
2 Derry
 
D. Daniels 62'24' L. Boyce
81' K. Holt
 
COR
DER
Shots On
4
4
Shots Off
3
3
Corners
5
12
Possession
49%
51%
Fouls
16
12
Yellow/red cards
4/0
4/0
 
CorkDerry
 
T. Troost
H. Nevin
C. Lyons
F. Anderson (K. Nelson 46')
M. Kiernan (S. Maguire 90')
M. Mbeng
D. Crowley (G. Bolger 67')
S. Murray
C. O'Sullivan
E. McLaughlin (R. Shipston 67')
D. Danielsfootball icon (H. Skieters 71')
B. Maher
(R. Benson 53') R. Boyce
S. Todd
M. Connolly
football iconK. Holt
H. Cann
(C. Harkin 84') C. Winchester
A. O'Reilly
(P. McMullan 65') G. Whyte
M. Duffy
(D. Mullen 65') football iconL. Boyce

Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

We don't think there's a clear favourite to claim victory here, but what is clear is that the odds suggest it'll have 3 goals or less. Our statistical analysis is inline with them too. Cork and Derry have served up a lot of under 3.5 goal games lately, and key performance statistics point towards an extension of that record. We're confidently predicting under 3.5 goals on Friday evening, and the bookmakers have it priced at 1.29.

In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 39% chance of Derry coming away with a win.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Cork
34%
17/4
21%
-
Draw
28%
9/4
7%
-
Derry
39%
8/11
4%
-
Draw 1-1
13%
11/2
7%
-
Derry 1-0
11%
4/1
23%
-
Cork 1-0
10%
9/1
17%
-
Draw 0-0
9%
11/2
32%
-
Derry 2-1
8%
17/2
12%
-
Cork 2-1
8%
18/1
27%
-
Derry 2-0
7%
6/1
13%
-
Cork 2-0
6%
22/1
10%
-
Draw 2-2
5%
22/1
35%
-
Derry 3-1
3%
18/1
27%
-
Derry 3-0
3%
12/1
13%
-
Cork 3-1
3%
50/1
24%
-
Cork 3-0
2%
50/1-
Derry 3-2
2%
40/1
41%
-
Cork 3-2
2%
50/1
24%
-
Over 2.5 Goals
43%
17/10
30%
-
Under 2.5 Goals
57%
4/9
18%
-
Home 1st Goal
46%
12/5
18%
-
Away 1st Goal
48%
1/2
2%
-
No 1st Goal
5%
11/2
32%
-
BTTS - Yes
49%
11/8
22%
-
BTTS - No
51%
8/15
15%
-
BTTS - Home Win
14%
12/1
44%
-
BTTS - Draw
19%
9/2
10%
-
BTTS - Away Win
16%
4/1
25%
-
Home/draw
62%
21/20
5%
-
Away/draw
66%
1/6
3%
-
Home/away
72%
1/3
3%
-
Over 1.5 Goals
69%
8/15
15%
-
Under 1.5 Goals
31%
11/8
26%
-
Over 3.5 Goals
22%
9/2
57%
-
Under 3.5 Goals
78%
1/7
12%
-
Over 4.5 Goals
10%
12/1
86%
-
Under 4.5 Goals
90%
1/25
5%
-
Over 5.5 Goals
4%
28/1
53%
-
Under 5.5 Goals
96%
1/150
1%
-
Over 0.5 Goals
91%
1/10
4%
-
Under 0.5 Goals
9%
6/1
26%
-
Home DNB
53%
11/4
15%
-
Away DNB
58%
1/4
6%
-
Cork win to nil
20%
6/1-
Derry win to nil
22%
6/4
17%
-
Cork / Cork
8%
17/2
27%
-
Cork / Derry
3%
28/1
26%
-
Cork / Draw
4%
16/1
13%
-
Draw / Cork
8%
9/1
11%
-
Draw / Derry
21%
10/3
9%
-
Draw / Draw
19%
10/3
21%
-
Derry / Cork
2%
40/1
21%
-
Derry / Derry
30%
7/4
5%
-
Derry / Draw
5%
14/1-
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Win / draw / win Premier Division table

Cork have played 14 matches so far this season and are in 9th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

12 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 6 games, drawn 4 and won 2. Cork have conceded 21 goals, scored 14, failed to score in 2 matches and kept no clean sheets.

Home league performance

Cork have played 7 games at home, winning 2, drawing 4 and losing 1 fixture. They have scored 9 goals, conceded 9 goals, kept 0 clean sheets and failed to score 1 time in home league games.

Derry lay in 3rd place on 23 points in the Premier Division league table having played 14 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 12 games against teams below them in the table, winning 7, drawing 1 and losing 4 games. They have scored 17 goals and kept 5 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Derry have conceded 13 goals and have failed to score in 1 match.

Away league performance

Derry have played 6 away games, winning 2, drawing 1 and losing 3 games. They have scored an average of 1 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.5 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Cork
Derry
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Shamrock151026 
d
 
1-1A
l
 
4-1A
Sep 19
Jun 20
May 23
d
 
0-00-0
Oct 24
Aug 1
2
Derry A15326 
l
 
1-2A
l
 
2-1F
Nov 1
Aug 8
-
-
-
-
3
Drogheda15524 
d
 
1-1F
l
 
3-2F
Jun 23
Oct 17
l
 
1-3F
May 16
Jun 27
Sep 26
4
Bohemians15124 
w
 
2-1A
l
 
1-0A
Jun 13
Aug 22
w
 
1-0F
May 30
Jul 25
Sep 12
5
St Patrick's15622 
l
 
0-2A
May 16
Jun 27
Sep 12
w
 
1-0F
l
 
2-0A
Aug 29
Jun 23
6
Shelbourne15222 
May 30
d
 
1-1F
Oct 3
Jul 4
w
 
2-0F
l
 
3-1A
Sep 19
Jun 20
7
Waterford15-821 
w
 
2-1A
l
 
2-1F
Aug 29
Jul 11
l
 
1-2A
l
 
2-1A
Jul 4
Oct 17
8
Galway15020 
d
 
2-2F
May 23
Aug 1
Sep 26
d
 
1-1A
w
 
2-3F
Jun 13
Aug 22
9
Cork H15-812 
-
-
-
-
w
 
2-1A
w
 
1-2F
Aug 8
Nov 1
10
Sligo15-119 
d
 
1-1A
d
 
1-1F
Jul 25
Oct 25
w
 
3-0F
w
 
0-1F
Oct 3
Jul 12
Win / draw / win form
Cork 9TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
22
Conceded
24
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
6
Draw
7
Lost
7
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Cork1 - 1Shamrock
Cork2 - 1Waterford
Cork0 - 2St Patrick's
Cork1 - 1Drogheda
Cork1 - 1Sligo
Cork2 - 1Bohemians
Cork2 - 2Galway
Cork0 - 0Shamrock
Cork0 - 1Derry
Cork0 - 1St Patrick's
Cork3 - 0Sligo
Cork1 - 1UC Dublin
Cork0 - 2Shelbourne
Cork1 - 1Drogheda
Cork1 - 2Dundalk
Cork2 - 1Bohemians
Cork1 - 0Shamrock
Cork1 - 0Sligo
Cork2 - 3St Patrick's
Cork1 - 3Derry
Goals: Scored
18
Conceded
34
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
W
3
Draw
7
Lost
10
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ACork2 - 3Drogheda
HCork1 - 1Shamrock
ACork1 - 1Sligo
HCork2 - 1Waterford
ACork0 - 1Bohemians
ACork1 - 4Shamrock
HCork0 - 2St Patrick's
ACork1 - 2Derry
HCork1 - 1Drogheda
ACork1 - 1Shelbourne
HCork1 - 1Sligo
ACork1 - 2Waterford
HCork2 - 1Bohemians
HCork2 - 2Galway
ACork0 - 4Bohemians
HCork0 - 0Shamrock
HCork0 - 1Derry
ACork2 - 0UC Dublin
HCork0 - 1St Patrick's
ACork0 - 5Dundalk
Derry 2ND
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
18
Conceded
19
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
Won
7
Draw
5
Lost
8
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Waterford2 - 1Derry
Galway2 - 3Derry
Shamrock0 - 0Derry
Sligo0 - 1Derry
St Patrick's2 - 0Derry
Shelbourne3 - 1Derry
St Patrick's1 - 0Derry
Dundalk0 - 2Derry
Drogheda2 - 1Derry
Galway1 - 0Derry
Waterford0 - 1Derry
Shelbourne0 - 0Derry
Sligo2 - 1Derry
Bohemians1 - 2Derry
Dundalk0 - 0Derry
Shamrock1 - 0Derry
St Patrick's0 - 1Derry
Galway0 - 0Derry
Waterford0 - 2Derry
Drogheda2 - 2Derry
Goals: Scored
23
Conceded
22
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
8
D
4
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HDerry1 - 0St Patrick's
HDerry2 - 0Shelbourne
ADerry1 - 2Waterford
HDerry3 - 0Sligo
ADerry3 - 2Galway
HDerry1 - 3Drogheda
HDerry2 - 1Cork
ADerry0 - 0Shamrock
ADerry1 - 0Sligo
HDerry1 - 1Galway
ADerry0 - 2St Patrick's
HDerry1 - 2Waterford
HDerry1 - 0Bohemians
ADerry1 - 3Shelbourne
HDerry0 - 1Shelbourne
ADerry0 - 1St Patrick's
ADerry2 - 0Dundalk
HDerry1 - 1Sligo
HDerry1 - 1Bohemians
ADerry1 - 2Drogheda
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
5
Derry have beaten Cork in 5 consecutive league meetings
11
Derry have not lost to Cork in 11 consecutive league meetings
League games at Cork since 2019
Cork
Derry
Goals: Scored
3
9
Games: Scored
3 / 5
4 / 5
Clean sheets
1 / 5
2 / 5
D
2
DER
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Cork
0 - 1Derry
1 - 3Derry
Draw1 - 1Draw
1 - 4Derry
Draw0 - 0Draw
League games at Derry since 2019
Derry
Cork
Goals: Scored
15
2
Games: Scored
6 / 6
2 / 6
Clean sheets
4 / 6
0 / 6
DER
6
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Derry
Derry2 - 1
Derry2 - 0
Derry2 - 0
Derry3 - 1
Derry4 - 0
Derry2 - 0
Goal Statistics
Cork 9th Derry 2nd
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.2
goals
1.3
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
31%
1
36%
2
21%
3
8%
4+
There is a 67% probability that Cork will score no more than 1 goal
0
29%
1
36%
2
22%
3
9%
4+
There is a 65% probability that Derry will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-6
Cork’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-19
Derry have scored 19% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.1
average goals scored
0.9
average goals scored
1.2
conceded
1.0
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Premier Division - 2025/2025 season
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PG (predicted goals)
0
0
Attack rating
%
better
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Games scored0
0
Failed to score0
0
Scored first0
0
Goals scored0
0
Avg. goals scored0
0
Avg. shots per game0
0
Avg. shots per goal0
0
Conversion rate for0
0
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
%
Defence rating
%
better
view stats
Games conceded0
0
Clean sheets0
0
Conceded first0
0
Goals conceded0
0
Avg. goals conceded0
0
Avg. shots/game conceded0
0
Avg. shots/goal conceded0
0
Conversion rate against0%
0%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
%

Cork v Derry Premier Division lLine ups will show here when available.

Cork Premier Division squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
15437
T TroostK. NelsonC O'SullivanC. Lyons
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
T Troost GLK15
3
-
D Crowley DEF1511
6
-
F. Anderson DEF121
2
1
C. Lyons DEF14
7
-
M. Mbeng MID111
3
-
M. Kiernan MID7
2
-
E McLaughlin MID81
2
-
H. Nevin MID3
1
-
C O'Sullivan FWD113
-
S Murray FWD15
3
-
D. Daniels FWD532
-
Subs
C Brann GLK
-
F. Dalton DEF
-
R Shipston MID152
6
-
G Bolger MID61
3
-
K. Nelson MID154
2
-
M. Murray MID1
-
A I FWD141
1
-
S Maguire FWD411
-
H. Skieters FWD9
-
Derry Premier Division squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
15637
B MaherM DuffyD ThomasA O'Reilly
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
B Maher GLK15
2
-
R Boyce DEF1311
1
-
M Connolly  DEF14
5
-
K Holt DEF121
-
S Todd DEF132
1
-
H Cann DEF10
1
-
A O'Reilly MID141
7
-
C Winchester MID13
4
1
M Duffy MID1562
4
-
G Whyte FWD1121
2
-
L Boyce  FWD1341
2
1
Subs
A. Doherty GLK
-
S Ferguson MID81
4
-
C Harkin MID5
3
-
P McMullan MID101
2
-
R Benson MID121
-
D Thomas MID103
1
-
D Mullen FWD104
3
1
S Patton FWD9
2
-
P Hoban FWD51
2
-