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

Fri 25th Jul, 19:45 BST, Turner's Cross, Cork

the Turner's Cross is the setting on Friday evening, as Gerard Nash's Cork City FC welcome John Russell's Sligo Rovers in the Premier Division. All of the important stats for the clash, including head to heads (H2Hs), predictions and the best odds across 17 markets are included in this in-depth preview. It's all designed to help you make a well informed, intelligent bet.

Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

Neither Cork or Sligo are in a rich vein of form that would leave us feeling very confident in tipping a match winner, so instead we've gone for over 1.5 goals. The statistics tell us that both have a track record in this market, both individually and when going head-to-head. Our predictive algorithm suggests there's a 76% chance of 2 goals or more.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Cork are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 38% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.50.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Cork 38%	6/4	-
Draw 26%	12/5	-
Sligo 36%	6/4	-
Draw 1-1 12%	11/2	-
Cork 1-0 9%	17/2	-
Sligo 1-0 9%	17/2	-
Cork 2-1 8%	9/1	-
Sligo 2-1 8%	9/1	-
Draw 0-0 7%	11/1	-
Cork 2-0 6%	12/1	-
Sligo 2-0 6%	12/1	-
Draw 2-2 6%	12/1	-
Cork 3-1 4%	20/1	-
Sligo 3-1 4%	20/1	-
Cork 3-0 3%	25/1	-
Sligo 3-0 3%	25/1	-
Cork 3-2 3%	25/1	-
Sligo 3-2 3%	25/1	-
Over 2.5 Goals 51%	17/20	-
Under 2.5 Goals 49%	19/20	-
Home 1st Goal 48%	20/21	-
Away 1st Goal 48%	20/21	-
No 1st Goal 4%	11/1	-
BTTS - Yes 55%	4/6	-
BTTS - No 45%	11/10	-
BTTS - Home Win 18%	15/4	-
BTTS - Draw 19%	7/2	-
BTTS - Away Win 18%	15/4	-
Home/draw 64%	1/2	-
Away/draw 62%	1/2	-
Home/away 74%	3/10	-
Over 1.5 Goals 75%	1/4	-
Under 1.5 Goals 25%	11/4	-
Over 3.5 Goals 29%	2/1	-
Under 3.5 Goals 71%	4/11	-
Over 4.5 Goals 14%	5/1	-
Under 4.5 Goals 86%	1/8	-
Over 5.5 Goals 6%	12/1	-
Under 5.5 Goals 94%	1/25	-
Over 0.5 Goals 93%	1/25	-
Under 0.5 Goals 7%	11/1	-
Home DNB 56%	5/6	-
Away DNB 54%	5/6	-
Cork win to nil 20%	7/2	-
Sligo win to nil 19%	7/2	-
Cork / Cork 20%	10/3	-
Cork / Sligo 3%	25/1	-
Cork / Draw 7%	12/1	-
Draw / Cork 13%	11/2	-
Draw / Sligo 13%	11/2	-
Draw / Draw 15%	9/2	-
Sligo / Cork 3%	25/1	-
Sligo / Sligo 20%	10/3	-
Sligo / Draw 7%	12/1	-

Win / draw / win Premier Division table

Cork have played 24 matches so far this season and are in 10th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

24 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 13 games, drawn 9 and won 2. Cork have conceded 43 goals, scored 24, failed to score in 5 matches and kept 1 clean sheet.

Home league performance

Cork have played 12 games at home, winning 2, drawing 7 and losing 3 fixtures. They have scored 12 goals, conceded 15 goals, kept 1 clean sheet and failed to score 3 times in home league games.

Sligo lay in 9th place on 23 points in the Premier Division league table having played 24 matches. Sligo are unbeaten in 2 games against teams below them in the league and kept zero clean sheets out of 2 games. Sligo are winless in the 2 games they have played against teams below them in the table and have conceded in every game.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 2 games against teams below them in the table, winning 0, drawing 2 and losing 0 games. They have scored 2 goals and kept 0 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Sligo have conceded 2 goals and scored in every game.

Away league performance

Sligo have played 11 away games, winning 2, drawing 2 and losing 7 games. They have scored an average of 1.3 goals per away game and conceded an average 2 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 Sligo
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Shamrock	25	21	49	d 1-1A	l 4-1A	Sep 19	l 4-1A	w 2-1F	l 2-0A	d 2-2F	Nov 1
2	Bohemians	24	8	41	w 2-1A	l 1-0A	l 0-2A	Aug 22	l 0-1A	l 4-2A	Aug 30	d 1-1F
3	Derry	24	9	40	l 1-2A	l 2-1F	Nov 1	Aug 8	l 0-1A	l 3-0A	w 2-0F	Oct 3
4	Drogheda	25	4	38	d 1-1F	l 3-2F	d 1-1A	Oct 17	d 2-2A	l 3-0A	Sep 20	l 1-0A
5	Shelbourne	25	3	35	d 1-1F	d 1-1F	Oct 3	l 3-1A	l 1-2A	l 3-2F	Aug 2	Oct 17
6	St Patrick's	25	0	32	l 0-2A	l 3-2A	d 0-00-0	Sep 12	l 0-1A	l 4-3A	Sep 27	Aug 8
7	Waterford	24	-14	30	w 2-1A	l 2-1F	Aug 29	l 2-0A	l 2-3A	w 0-4F	w 1-0F	Aug 22
8	Galway	24	-3	29	d 2-2F	l 2-1A	Aug 1	Sep 26	l 1-2A	w 0-1F	w 2-1F	Sep 12
9	Sligo	24	-9	23	d 1-1A	d 1-1F	Jul 25	Oct 25	-	-	-	-
10	Cork	24	-19	15	-	-	-	-	d 1-1A	d 1-1F	Oct 25	Jul 25

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Win / draw / win form

Cork have not won in 6 consecutive home league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Cork	0 - 0	St Patrick's
Cork	1 - 1	Drogheda
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

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

19 / 20

Clean sheets

1 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Draw

Lost

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

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Bohemians	1 - 1	Sligo
Drogheda	1 - 0	Sligo
Shelbourne	3 - 2	Sligo
Galway	0 - 1	Sligo
Shamrock	2 - 0	Sligo
Derry	3 - 0	Sligo
Waterford	0 - 4	Sligo
Bohemians	4 - 2	Sligo
Cork	1 - 1	Sligo
St Patrick's	4 - 3	Sligo
Drogheda	3 - 0	Sligo
Galway	2 - 2	Sligo
Derry	1 - 1	Sligo
Shelbourne	0 - 0	Sligo
Shamrock	4 - 0	Sligo
Drogheda	7 - 0	Sligo
St Patrick's	3 - 2	Sligo
Bohemians	0 - 2	Sligo
Dundalk	1 - 0	Sligo
Waterford	4 - 1	Sligo

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

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

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Cork

Sligo

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

5 / 6

2 / 6

Clean sheets

4 / 6

1 / 6

COR

SLR

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Cork
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Cork	3 - 0
Cork	1 - 0
Cork	3 - 0
	2 - 4	Sligo
Draw	0 - 0	Draw

Sligo

Cork

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

6 / 6

5 / 6

Clean sheets

1 / 6

0 / 6

COR

SLR

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Sligo
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Sligo	3 - 0
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Sligo	2 - 1
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
	1 - 2	Cork

Goal Statistics

Goals have been an issue for Cork City FC of late. It has been 7 Premier Division matches since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.4 suggests they'll have problems ending that run on Friday evening against Sligo Rovers.

	Cork 10th	Sligo 9th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.4 goals	1.3 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 25% 1 35% 2 24% 3 11% 4+ There is a 60% probability that Cork will score no more than 1 goal	0 26% 1 35% 2 23% 3 10% 4+ There is a 61% probability that Sligo will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-25 Cork have scored 25% fewer goals at home than predicted	+2 Sligo’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	0.9 average goals scored	1.1 average goals scored
	1.2 conceded	2.2 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Premier Division - 2025/2025 season

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Games scored	19		17
Failed to score	5		7
Scored first	8		10
Goals scored	24		30
Avg. goals scored	1		1.3
Avg. shots per game	8		8
Avg. shots per goal	8		6
Conversion rate for	12		16
Avg. XG for	0		0
KickOff rating		+7%

COR

SLR

19%

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Games conceded	23		20
Clean sheets	1		4
Conceded first	15		14
Goals conceded	43		39
Avg. goals conceded	1.8		1.6
Avg. shots/game conceded	10		11
Avg. shots/goal conceded	6		7
Conversion rate against	18%		14%
Avg. XG against	0		0
KickOff rating		+19%

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

Cork Premier Division squad statistics 2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
23	5	2	8
D Crowley	K. Nelson	R Shipston	C. Lyons

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
D Crowley DEF	23	1	1	6 -
S Murray MID	23			3 -
T Troost GLK	22			3 -
C. Lyons DEF	22	1		7 1
K. Nelson MID	22	5		4 -
F. Anderson DEF	21	1	1	2 1
R Shipston MID	20		2	7 -
M. Mbeng DEF	19		2	6 -
E McLaughlin MID	17	1	1	2 -
G Bolger MID	15	1	1	7 -
M. Kiernan DEF	13			6 -
B Couto DEF	12		1	2 -
H. Nevin DEF	5			1 -
C. O'Sullivan MID	5			4 -
M. Murray MID	3			-
D Odumosu GLK	1			-
C Brann GLK	1			-
A Healy MID	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
5	10	2	6
K. Nelson	K. Nelson	R Shipston	B Couto

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
K. Nelson MID	5	10
D Crowley DEF	1	3	1
E McLaughlin MID	1	5	1	1
F. Anderson DEF	1	2	1	1
G Bolger MID	1	1	1	1
C. Lyons DEF	1	7		2
R Shipston MID		2	2	2
M. Mbeng DEF		4	2	3
T Troost GLK				1
S Murray MID		1
B Couto DEF		4	1	6
H. Nevin DEF				2
C. O'Sullivan MID		3

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1074	35	98
C. Lyons	D Crowley	C. Lyons

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
C. Lyons DEF	1074	24	98
D Crowley DEF	837	35	78
F. Anderson DEF	807	25	64
S Murray MID	665	33	93
T Troost GLK	662	2	8
M. Mbeng DEF	658	33	98
G Bolger MID	481	23	51
E McLaughlin MID	419	29	65
R Shipston MID	403	25	52
K. Nelson MID	384	20	55
B Couto DEF	322	18	37
M. Kiernan DEF	213	23	44
H. Nevin DEF	95	6	18
C. O'Sullivan MID	83	5	15
C Brann GLK	32
D Odumosu GLK	21
M. Murray MID	11	1	1
A Healy MID	5	1	1

Sligo Premier Division squad statistics 2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
24	8	6	11
W Fitzgerald	O Elding	W Fitzgerald	J Mahon

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
F. Lomboto FWD	24	4		3 -
W Fitzgerald FWD	24		6	4 -
O Elding FWD	23	8	3	6 -
J Hakiki FWD	23	4		6 -
R Hutchinson DEF	22	3	2	4 -
J Mahon DEF	19	1		10 1
S Sargeant GLK	18			1 -
G McElroy DEF	18	2		2 -
J Doyle-Hayes MID	18		2	10 1
C Reynolds MID	18			6 1
C Kavanagh FWD	18	3	1	6 1
M Wolfe MID	16		2	4 -
R. Manning MID	16		2	3 -
S Mallon MID	14			-
H Lintott DEF	12		1	2 -
C Malley MID	12		1	5 -
O Hattum FWD	12		1	1 -
O Denham DEF	11			2 -
W. Waweru FWD	10	2		-
D. Patton MID	9		1	1 -
K. McDonagh MID	9			1 -
C Walsh GLK	6			1 -
P McClean DEF	2	1		-
J McManus MID	2			1 -
R O'Kane FWD	2			-
S Quirk MID	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
8	20	6	10
O Elding	O Elding	W Fitzgerald	W Fitzgerald

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
O Elding FWD	8	20	3	3
F. Lomboto FWD	4	7
J Hakiki FWD	4	18		1
R Hutchinson DEF	3	3	2	3
C Kavanagh FWD	3	11	1
G McElroy DEF	2	7
W. Waweru FWD	2	3
J Mahon DEF	1	2
P McClean DEF	1	1
O Denham DEF				1
R O'Kane FWD				1
D. Patton MID		1	1	1
S Mallon MID		2
O Hattum FWD		1	1	2
C Malley MID		3	1	1
H Lintott DEF			1
W Fitzgerald FWD		6	6	10
R. Manning MID		3	2	2
M Wolfe MID		1	2	1
C Reynolds MID		1
J Doyle-Hayes MID		3	2	1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1004	52	107
R Hutchinson	C Reynolds	J Hakiki

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
R Hutchinson DEF	1004	34	85
J Mahon DEF	731	24	102
J Doyle-Hayes MID	719	38	73
G McElroy DEF	635	20	74
O Elding FWD	620	20	95
W Fitzgerald FWD	573	23	87
S Sargeant GLK	570		11
J Hakiki FWD	534	26	107
C Reynolds MID	511	52	85
C Malley MID	418	13	37
O Denham DEF	317	20	50
R. Manning MID	311	15	56
M Wolfe MID	300	13	33
O Hattum FWD	193	11	25
C Walsh GLK	186		4
C Kavanagh FWD	184	7	52
H Lintott DEF	149	10	21
K. McDonagh MID	145	5	14
S Mallon MID	109	4	16
F. Lomboto FWD	108	6	28
D. Patton MID	92	4	6
J McManus MID	73	3	4
P McClean DEF	61	4	10
W. Waweru FWD	52	1	18
R O'Kane FWD	31		4
S Quirk MID	10	3	4

Irish Premier Division match betting previews, predictions and odds

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

Cork have played 24 matches so far this season and are in 10th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

Home league performance

Performance against teams below them in the league

Away league performance

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

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