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

Fri 19th Sep, 19:45 BST, Turner's Cross, Cork

Stephen Bradley pays counterpart Gerard Nash a visit on Friday evening in the Premier Division, as their Shamrock Rovers and Cork City FC teams go head to head at the Turner's Cross. All stats, including 20-game form for both teams and head to head (H2H) history, will change as you click through each of the betting markets via the tabs below. Odds from leading bookmakers and, of course, our predictions will too.


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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

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Cork
32%
--
Draw
28%
--
Shamrock
41%
--
Draw 1-1
13%
--
Shamrock 1-0
12%
--
Cork 1-0
10%
--
Draw 0-0
10%
--
Shamrock 2-1
8%
--
Shamrock 2-0
8%
--
Cork 2-1
7%
--
Cork 2-0
6%
--
Draw 2-2
4%
--
Shamrock 3-1
4%
--
Shamrock 3-0
3%
--
Cork 3-1
3%
--
Cork 3-0
2%
--
Shamrock 3-2
2%
--
Cork 3-2
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
42%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
58%
--
Home 1st Goal
45%
--
Away 1st Goal
49%
--
No 1st Goal
6%
--
BTTS - Yes
48%
--
BTTS - No
52%
--
BTTS - Home Win
13%
--
BTTS - Draw
18%
--
BTTS - Away Win
16%
--
Home/draw
59%
--
Away/draw
68%
--
Home/away
72%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
68%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
32%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
21%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
79%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
9%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
91%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
3%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
97%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
90%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
10%
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Home DNB
51%
--
Away DNB
60%
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Cork win to nil
19%
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Shamrock win to nil
24%
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Win / draw / win Premier Division table

Cork have played 29 matches so far this season and are in 10th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

29 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 15 games, drawn 10 and won 4. Cork have conceded 49 goals, scored 29, failed to score in 7 matches and kept 4 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Cork have played 15 games at home, winning 4, drawing 7 and losing 4 fixtures. They have scored 17 goals, conceded 18 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and failed to score 3 times in home league games.

Shamrock lay in 1st place on 56 points in the Premier Division league table having played 28 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 28 games against teams below them in the table, winning 16, drawing 8 and losing 4 games. They have scored 48 goals and kept 11 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Shamrock have conceded 24 goals and have failed to score in 5 matches.

Away league performance

Shamrock have played 14 away games, winning 6, drawing 5 and losing 3 games. They have scored an average of 1.4 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.1 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Cork
Shamrock
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Shamrock282456 
d
 
1-1A
l
 
4-1A
Sep 19
l
 
4-1A
-
-
-
-
2
Bohemians291047 
w
 
2-1A
l
 
1-0A
l
 
0-2A
l
 
3-0A
l
 
2-3F
l
 
1-0A
Sep 26
l
 
2-0A
3
Derry29846 
l
 
1-2A
l
 
2-1F
Nov 1
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
1-2A
w
 
2-0F
Oct 24
4
Shelbourne28642 
d
 
1-1F
d
 
1-1F
Oct 3
l
 
3-1A
d
 
2-2F
d
 
1-1A
-
w
 
1-2F
5
St Patrick's29642 
l
 
0-2A
l
 
3-2A
d
 
0-00-0
Sep 12
w
 
1-0F
d
 
2-2A
w
 
4-0F
Oct 17
6
Drogheda29342 
d
 
1-1F
l
 
3-2F
d
 
1-1A
Oct 17
w
 
3-0F
w
 
1-2A
w
 
2-1F
w
 
1-2A
7
Waterford29-1734 
w
 
2-1A
l
 
2-1F
w
 
2-0F
l
 
2-0A
w
 
2-0F
w
 
1-3A
w
 
1-0F
Sep 12
8
Galway29-830 
d
 
2-2F
l
 
2-1A
w
 
1-0F
Sep 26
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
0-1F
Oct 3
d
 
0-00-0
9
Sligo29-1230 
d
 
1-1A
d
 
1-1F
l
 
2-3F
Oct 25
w
 
2-0F
l
 
2-1A
Nov 1
d
 
2-2A
10
Cork29-2022 
-
-
-
-
w
 
4-1F
d
 
1-1F
w
 
4-1F
Sep 19
Win / draw / win form
Cork 10TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
21
Conceded
21
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
5
Draw
9
Lost
6
Goals: Scored
19
Conceded
33
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
W
3
Draw
6
Lost
11
Shamrock 1ST
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
27
Conceded
21
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
10
Draw
6
L
4
Goals: Scored
40
Conceded
19
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
12
Draw
6
L
2
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
5
Shamrock have not lost to Cork in 5 consecutive league meetings
League games at Cork since 2019
Cork
Shamrock
Goals: Scored
4
8
Games: Scored
4 / 6
4 / 6
Clean sheets
2 / 6
2 / 6
COR
1
D
3
SHA
2
League games at Shamrock since 2019
Shamrock
Cork
Goals: Scored
25
7
Games: Scored
7 / 7
4 / 7
Clean sheets
3 / 7
0 / 7
D
1
SHA
6
Goal Statistics

Shamrock Rovers's defensive record is to be admired, Stephen Bradley's men having conceded 1 or less in 8 consecutive Premier Division matches. An underwhelming PG rating of 1.1 for Cork City FC makes sense in this context.

Cork 10th Shamrock 1st
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.1
goals
1.3
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
34%
1
37%
2
20%
3
4+
There is a 71% 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 Shamrock will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-13
Cork have scored 13% fewer goals at home than predicted
+3
Shamrock’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.1
average goals scored
1.4
average goals scored
1.1
conceded
1.1
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Premier Division - 2025/2025 season
Cork
PG (predicted goals)
Shamrock
1.1
1.3
Attack rating
COR
SHA
24%
better
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Games scored21
22
Failed to score5
4
Scored first10
14
Goals scored27
46
Avg. goals scored0.9
1.6
Avg. shots per game7
10
Avg. shots per goal8
6
Conversion rate for13
16
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
+24%
Defence rating
COR
SHA
40%
better
view stats
Games conceded24
16
Clean sheets2
10
Conceded first15
10
Goals conceded46
23
Avg. goals conceded1.6
0.8
Avg. shots/game conceded9
6
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
8
Conversion rate against18%
13%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
+40%

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

Cork Premier Division squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
28518
D CrowleyK. NelsonD CrowleyC. Lyons
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
D Crowley DEF2811
7
-
K. Nelson MID2751
5
-
F. Anderson DEF2511
2
1
S Murray MID25
3
-
C. Lyons DEF231
7
1
A I FWD232
3
-
E McLaughlin MID2231
3
-
M. Kiernan DEF181
7
-
S Maguire FWD1841
4
-
B Couto DEF161
2
-
G Bolger MID1511
7
-
H. Nevin DEF8
1
-
R Keating FWD73
3
-
C Brann GLK6
-
R Feely DEF6
1
-
C. O'Sullivan FWD6
4
-
K Kamara MID5
2
-
C. Lutz FWD5
-
M. Murray FWD51
-
F Kelleher DEF4
1
-
D Odumosu GLK1
-
B. Lee FWD1
1
-
Shamrock Premier Division squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
28859
R LopesR GaffneyG BurkeJ Honohan
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
R Lopes DEF282
3
-
E McGinty GLK27
1
J Honohan DEF2753
9
-
M Healy MID2622
4
-
M. Noonan FWD2662
-
G Burke FWD2575
3
-
D Grant MID2414
4
-
D Watts MID233
2
-
A Greene FWD2361
2
-
D Cleary DEF223
7
-
L Grace DEF2033
5
-
R Gaffney FWD208
2
-
C O'Sullivan DEF19
3
-
A McEneff MID1731
3
-
D Mandroiu MID144
1
-
V. Ozhianvuna MID13
-
A Matthews DEF12
1
-
D Nugent MID12
1
-
G O'Neill MID11
2
-
T Clarke DEF41
1
-
C. Barrett DEF4
1
-
M. Kovalevskis FWD4
-
J. McGovern FWD4
1
-
C Malley MID2
-