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

Mon 23rd Jun, 19:45 BST, Turner's Cross, Cork

The Premier Division is the focus for both Cork City FC and Drogheda United FC on Monday evening, as managers Gerard Nash and Kevin Doherty battle it out at the Turner's Cross. Statistics for our tip of under 3.5 goals are shown below, including head to head (H2H) history. Switching the market with the tabs changes all statistics and the odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers, allowing you do find the bet that suits you best.

Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

We don't think there's a clear favourite to to get the win in this one, but what is clear is that the odds suggest it'll have no more than 3 goals. Our statistical analysis draws the same conclusion. Cork and Drogheda have served up a host of under 3.5 goal games recently, and key performance stats point towards an extension of that record. We have confidence in predicting under 3.5 goals on Monday evening, and the bookmakers have it priced at 1.29.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Cork are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 36% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 3.25.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Cork 33%	2.70 17%	2.70 2%
Draw 28%	3.20 3%	3.10
Drogheda 39%	2.30 15%	2.38 3%
Draw 1-1 13%	6.50	6.00
Drogheda 1-0 11%	7.50	7.00 7%
Cork 1-0 10%	8.00 20%	7.50 6%
Draw 0-0 9%	9.00 10%	7.50 6%
Drogheda 2-1 8%	10.00 11%	8.50
Cork 2-1 7%	11.00 8%	9.50
Drogheda 2-0 7%	11.00 16%	10.00
Cork 2-0 6%	13.00 24%	11.00 8%
Draw 2-2 5%	17.00 13%	13.00 8%
Drogheda 3-1 3%	21.00 24%	15.00
Drogheda 3-0 3%	23.00 21%	17.00
Cork 3-1 3%	23.00 21%	17.00
Cork 3-0 2%	29.00 29%	21.00
Drogheda 3-2 2%	34.00 17%	23.00 10%
Cork 3-2 2%	34.00	23.00 10%
Over 2.5 Goals 43%	2.10 5%	2.05 7%
Under 2.5 Goals 57%	1.70 6%	1.65 5%
Home 1st Goal 46%	2.20 12%	2.10 2%
Away 1st Goal 48%	1.83 10%	1.95 2%
No 1st Goal 6%	9.00 10%	7.50 6%
BTTS - Yes 49%	1.95 8%	1.85 3%
BTTS - No 51%	1.80 8%	1.83 6%
BTTS - Home Win 14%	6.00 14%	5.50 5%
BTTS - Draw 19%	4.75	4.40 2%
BTTS - Away Win 16%	5.00 15%	5.00 9%
Home/draw 61%	1.53 8%	1.53 1%
Away/draw 67%	1.40 8%	1.40
Home/away 72%	1.33 2%	1.33
Over 1.5 Goals 69%	1.36 5%	1.35 4%
Under 1.5 Goals 31%	3.00 12%	2.80 7%
Over 3.5 Goals 22%	3.75 7%	3.60 13%
Under 3.5 Goals 78%	1.25 3%	1.22 5%
Over 4.5 Goals 10%	8.00 14%	7.00 17%
Under 4.5 Goals 90%	1.08 2%	1.06 2%
Over 5.5 Goals 4%	19.00 27%	13.00 18%
Under 5.5 Goals 96%	1.02 1%	1.00 1%
Over 0.5 Goals 91%	1.06	1.06 1%
Under 0.5 Goals 9%	10.00	7.00 7%
Home DNB 52%	2.00 20%	2.00 2%
Away DNB 59%	1.73 15%	1.73 2%
Cork win to nil 19%	4.50 25%	-
Drogheda win to nil 23%	4.00 14%	-
Cork / Cork 17%	4.75 21%	4.40 2%
Cork / Drogheda 3%	29.00 26%	21.00
Cork / Draw 6%	15.00	12.00
Draw / Cork 13%	6.50 13%	6.00 8%
Draw / Drogheda 14%	5.50 10%	5.50
Draw / Draw 17%	4.75 5%	4.50 2%
Drogheda / Cork 3%	29.00 15%	23.00
Drogheda / Drogheda 20%	4.00 23%	3.90 4%
Drogheda / Draw 6%	15.00 15%	12.00

Win / draw / win Premier Division table

Cork have played 20 matches so far this season and are in 10th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

20 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 11 games, drawn 7 and won 2. Cork have conceded 37 goals, scored 22, failed to score in 3 matches and kept no clean sheets.

Home league performance

Cork have played 10 games at home, winning 2, drawing 5 and losing 3 fixtures. They have scored 11 goals, conceded 14 goals, kept 0 clean sheets and failed to score 2 times in home league games.

Drogheda lay in 2nd place on 34 points in the Premier Division league table having played 22 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 19 games against teams below them in the table, winning 8, drawing 10 and losing 1 game. They have scored 25 goals and kept 10 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Drogheda have conceded 14 goals and have failed to score in 4 matches.

Away league performance

Drogheda have played 11 away games, winning 3, drawing 6 and losing 2 games. They have scored an average of 1 goals per away game and conceded an average 1 goals per away game.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Cork Drogheda
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Shamrock	22	22	45	d 1-1A	l 4-1A	Sep 19	l 4-1A	l 1-2F	l 3-0A	l 1-2F	Aug 29
2	Drogheda	22	6	34	d 1-1F	l 3-2F	Jun 23	Oct 17	-	-	-	-
3	Bohemians	20	3	33	w 2-1A	l 1-0A	l 0-2A	Aug 22	w 1-0F	w 0-1F	Nov 1	Aug 1
4	Derry	20	2	31	l 1-2A	l 2-1F	Nov 1	Aug 8	d 1-1F	w 1-3A	Sep 26	Jun 27
5	St Patrick's	22	1	30	l 0-2A	l 3-2A	Jun 27	Sep 12	d 0-00-0	d 0-00-0	Aug 22	d 0-00-0
6	Shelbourne	22	1	30	d 1-1F	d 1-1F	Oct 3	Jul 4	d 2-2F	w 0-1F	Sep 12	d 0-00-0
7	Galway	20	2	28	d 2-2F	l 2-1A	Aug 1	Sep 26	d 1-1F	l 2-1F	Jul 4	Oct 24
8	Waterford	20	-10	26	w 2-1A	l 2-1F	Aug 29	Jul 11	w 2-0F	d 2-2A	Aug 8	Oct 3
9	Sligo	20	-12	15	d 1-1A	d 1-1F	Jul 25	Oct 25	w 3-0F	d 2-2F	w 1-0F	Sep 20
10	Cork	20	-15	13	-	-	-	-	w 3-2A	d 1-1A	Oct 17	Jun 23

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Win / draw / win form

Drogheda have drawn 3 consecutive away league games

Cork have not won in 9 consecutive league games

Drogheda have not won in 6 consecutive away league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Cork	0 - 2	Bohemians
Cork	1 - 1	Shelbourne
Cork	1 - 2	Derry
Cork	1 - 1	Shamrock
Cork	2 - 1	Waterford
Cork	0 - 2	St Patrick's
Cork	1 - 1	Drogheda
Cork	1 - 1	Sligo
Cork	2 - 1	Bohemians
Cork	2 - 2	Galway
Cork	0 - 0	Shamrock
Cork	0 - 1	Derry
Cork	0 - 1	St Patrick's
Cork	3 - 0	Sligo
Cork	1 - 1	UC Dublin
Cork	0 - 2	Shelbourne
Cork	1 - 1	Drogheda
Cork	1 - 2	Dundalk
Cork	2 - 1	Bohemians
Cork	1 - 0	Shamrock

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

20 / 20

Clean sheets

0 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Cork	1 - 4	Shamrock
H	Cork	0 - 2	Bohemians
H	Cork	1 - 1	Shelbourne
A	Cork	1 - 2	Galway
A	Cork	2 - 3	St Patrick's
H	Cork	1 - 2	Derry
A	Cork	2 - 3	Drogheda
H	Cork	1 - 1	Shamrock
A	Cork	1 - 1	Sligo
H	Cork	2 - 1	Waterford
A	Cork	0 - 1	Bohemians
A	Cork	1 - 4	Shamrock
H	Cork	0 - 2	St Patrick's
A	Cork	1 - 2	Derry
H	Cork	1 - 1	Drogheda
A	Cork	1 - 1	Shelbourne
H	Cork	1 - 1	Sligo
A	Cork	1 - 2	Waterford
H	Cork	2 - 1	Bohemians
H	Cork	2 - 2	Galway

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
St Patrick's	0 - 0	Drogheda
Waterford	2 - 2	Drogheda
Shelbourne	0 - 0	Drogheda
Shamrock	3 - 0	Drogheda
Sligo	2 - 2	Drogheda
Galway	2 - 1	Drogheda
Derry	1 - 3	Drogheda
Cork	1 - 1	Drogheda
Shelbourne	0 - 1	Drogheda
Bohemians	0 - 1	Drogheda
St Patrick's	0 - 0	Drogheda
Shelbourne	2 - 1	Drogheda
Waterford	0 - 0	Drogheda
Bohemians	0 - 1	Drogheda
St Patrick's	4 - 1	Drogheda
Shamrock	1 - 1	Drogheda
Dundalk	4 - 2	Drogheda
Derry	5 - 1	Drogheda
Galway	3 - 0	Drogheda
Sligo	2 - 1	Drogheda

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

12 / 20

Clean sheets

8 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Drogheda	1 - 0	Sligo
H	Drogheda	1 - 2	Shamrock
A	Drogheda	0 - 0	St Patrick's
A	Drogheda	2 - 2	Waterford
H	Drogheda	1 - 0	Bohemians
A	Drogheda	0 - 0	Shelbourne
H	Drogheda	1 - 1	Derry
A	Drogheda	0 - 3	Shamrock
H	Drogheda	3 - 2	Cork
A	Drogheda	2 - 2	Sligo
A	Drogheda	1 - 2	Galway
H	Drogheda	0 - 0	St Patrick's
H	Drogheda	2 - 2	Shelbourne
A	Drogheda	3 - 1	Derry
H	Drogheda	2 - 0	Waterford
A	Drogheda	1 - 1	Cork
H	Drogheda	1 - 2	Shamrock
A	Drogheda	1 - 0	Shelbourne
A	Drogheda	1 - 0	Bohemians
H	Drogheda	1 - 1	Galway

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Cork have drawn with Drogheda in 3 consecutive home league meetings

Cork

Drogheda

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

3 / 3

Clean sheets

0 / 3

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Cork
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw

Drogheda

Cork

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

2 / 3

3 / 3

Clean sheets

0 / 3

1 / 3

COR

DRO

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Drogheda
Drogheda	3 - 2
Drogheda	3 - 1
	0 - 1	Cork

Goal Statistics

	Cork 9th	Drogheda 2nd
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.1 goals	1.3 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 32% 1 36% 2 21% 3 8% 4+ There is a 68% probability that Cork will score no more than 1 goal	0 28% 1 36% 2 23% 3 10% 4+ There is a 64% probability that Drogheda will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-15 Cork have scored 15% fewer goals at home than predicted	-2 Drogheda’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.0 average goals scored	1.0 average goals scored
	1.2 conceded	1.6 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Premier Division - 2025/2025 season

COR

DRO

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Games scored	17		17
Failed to score	3		5
Scored first	8		13
Goals scored	22		27
Avg. goals scored	1.1		1.2
Avg. shots per game	8		8
Avg. shots per goal	7		7
Conversion rate for	14		15
Avg. XG for	0		0
KickOff rating		+3%

COR

DRO

49%

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Games conceded	20		12
Clean sheets	0		10
Conceded first	12		5
Goals conceded	37		21
Avg. goals conceded	1.9		1
Avg. shots/game conceded	11		9
Avg. shots/goal conceded	6		10
Conversion rate against	18%		10%
Avg. XG against	0		0
KickOff rating		+49%

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Cork Premier Division squad statistics 2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
20	4	2	7
T Troost	K. Nelson	R Shipston	C. Lyons

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
T Troost GLK	20			3 -
S Murray MID	20			3 -
D Crowley DEF	19	1	1	6 -
C. Lyons DEF	19	1		7 -
K. Nelson MID	18	4		2 -
R Shipston MID	18		2	6 -
F. Anderson DEF	17	1		2 1
M. Mbeng DEF	16		2	5 -
A I FWD	16	2		1 -
J Fitzpatrick FWD	14			2 1
E McLaughlin MID	13	1	1	2 -
B Couto DEF	12		1	2 -
G Bolger MID	11	1	1	6 -
D. Daniels FWD	10	4	2	1 -
M. Kiernan DEF	9			3 -
S Maguire FWD	9	3	1	2 -
H. Skieters FWD	9			-
M Dijksteel FWD	7	1		-
R Keating FWD	7	3		4 -
H. Nevin DEF	5			1 -
D. Dunne FWD	3			-
M. Murray MID	2			-
A Healy MID	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
4	7	2	6
K. Nelson	K. Nelson	R Shipston	B Couto

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
K. Nelson MID	4	7
D. Daniels FWD	4	4	2
S Maguire FWD	3	7	1
R Keating FWD	3	4
A I FWD	2	6
D Crowley DEF	1	2	1
C. Lyons DEF	1	5		1
F. Anderson DEF	1	2		1
E McLaughlin MID	1	4	1
G Bolger MID	1	1	1	1
M Dijksteel FWD	1	2
T Troost GLK				1
H. Nevin DEF				2
B Couto DEF		4	1	6
H. Skieters FWD				1
S Murray MID		1
J Fitzpatrick FWD		1		1
M. Mbeng DEF		4	2	2
R Shipston MID		2	2	1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
899	31	87
C. Lyons	D Crowley	C. Lyons

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
C. Lyons DEF	899	21	87
D Crowley DEF	668	31	69
F. Anderson DEF	642	24	47
S Murray MID	593	28	74
T Troost GLK	591	1	7
M. Mbeng DEF	560	28	84
R Shipston MID	374	24	49
E McLaughlin MID	340	24	53
G Bolger MID	334	18	38
B Couto DEF	322	18	37
K. Nelson MID	295	16	43
A I FWD	167	7	20
J Fitzpatrick FWD	147	6	22
M. Kiernan DEF	122	12	24
R Keating FWD	119	4	31
S Maguire FWD	119	3	23
D. Daniels FWD	117	12	39
H. Nevin DEF	95	6	18
M Dijksteel FWD	94	6	23
H. Skieters FWD	37	1	11
D. Dunne FWD	11	1	4
M. Murray MID	5
A Healy MID	5	1	1

Drogheda Premier Division squad statistics 2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
22	7	3	8
C Keeley	W Davis	S Farrell	R Brennan

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
C Keeley DEF	22	5		5 -
C Kane DEF	22		1	2 -
L Heeney MID	22	1	1	3 -
W Davis FWD	22	7	2	3 -
T Oluwa FWD	22	2	1	2 -
L Dennison GLK	21			1 -
R Brennan MID	21	2	1	8 -
S Farrell MID	21	1	3	6 -
O Lambe DEF	20		2	3 -
A Quinn DEF	19		2	1 -
D Markey MID	19	3	1	2 -
J. Bolger DEF	14			-
K Cruise DEF	11		1	2 -
D James-Taylor FWD	11	2		1 -
G Cooper DEF	9	1		-
E Ahui DEF	8	1		3 1
S. Bawa FWD	8			1 -
P Doyle MID	4			-
B. Bosakani FWD	4			-
A. Haper-Bailey DEF	2			-
J Thomas FWD	2	1		-
J Brady GLK	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
7	13	3	5
W Davis	T Oluwa	S Farrell	S Farrell

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
W Davis FWD	7	9	2
C Keeley DEF	5	12		1
D Markey MID	3	4	1
T Oluwa FWD	2	13	1
R Brennan MID	2	3	1	1
D James-Taylor FWD	2	9		1
E Ahui DEF	1	1
L Heeney MID	1	3	1	1
J Thomas FWD	1	1
S Farrell MID	1	9	3	5
G Cooper DEF	1	1
S. Bawa FWD		1
J. Bolger DEF		6
K Cruise DEF		1	1	1
C Kane DEF		2	1	2
A Quinn DEF		1	2	2
O Lambe DEF		2	2	3

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
528	40	139
L Dennison	D Markey	C Keeley

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
L Dennison GLK	528		3
S Farrell MID	502	38	85
C Keeley DEF	479	28	139
R Brennan MID	468	32	92
O Lambe DEF	408	39	63
C Kane DEF	386	33	68
D Markey MID	367	40	72
A Quinn DEF	350	26	92
W Davis FWD	305	38	113
L Heeney MID	299	27	56
J. Bolger DEF	257	13	39
D James-Taylor FWD	181	8	50
T Oluwa FWD	157	9	69
G Cooper DEF	138	10	29
E Ahui DEF	114	17	36
K Cruise DEF	73	9	16
S. Bawa FWD	45	3	20
J Brady GLK	29		1
A. Haper-Bailey DEF	22	3	10
J Thomas FWD	14		3
P Doyle MID	12	1	5
B. Bosakani FWD	10		1

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

Cork have played 20 matches so far this season and are in 10th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

Home league performance

Drogheda lay in 2nd place on 34 points in the Premier Division league table having played 22 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Away league performance

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