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

Fri 8th Aug, 19:45 BST, The Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium (Derry (Londonderry)), Londonderry

The Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium (Derry (Londonderry)) crowd welcome Cork City FC's travelling contingent on Friday evening, as Huseyin Eroglu's Derry City face Gerard Nash's troops in the Premier Division. Form, head-to-head stats, predictions and odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers are all laid out below. Helping our users place smart bets is what we do best. We're tipping , but why not flip through the tabs and find the one you like best?


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Derry
66%
--
Draw
19%
--
Cork
15%
--
Derry 2-0
10%
--
Derry 2-1
10%
--
Derry 1-0
9%
--
Draw 1-1
9%
--
Derry 3-0
8%
--
Derry 3-1
7%
--
Draw 2-2
5%
--
Derry 4-0
4%
--
Cork 2-1
4%
--
Derry 4-1
4%
--
Draw 0-0
4%
--
Cork 1-0
4%
--
Derry 3-2
4%
--
Derry 4-2
2%
--
Derry 5-0
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
63%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
37%
--
Home 1st Goal
58%
--
Away 1st Goal
40%
--
No 1st Goal
2%
--
BTTS - Yes
56%
--
BTTS - No
44%
--
BTTS - Home Win
33%
--
BTTS - Draw
15%
--
BTTS - Away Win
8%
--
Home/draw
85%
--
Away/draw
34%
--
Home/away
81%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
83%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
17%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
41%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
59%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
23%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
77%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
11%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
89%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
96%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
4%
--
Home DNB
80%
--
Away DNB
28%
--
Derry win to nil
34%
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Cork win to nil
6%
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Win / draw / win Premier Division table

Derry have played 25 matches so far this season and lay in 3rd place in the Premier Division league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 20 games against teams below in the table, having won 11, drawn 3 and lost 6 matches. They have kept 7 clean sheets and have failed to score in 2 fixtures. Derry have outscored their opponents by 36 goals to 27 goals.

Home League Performance

Derry have played 13 games at home winning 7, drawing 3 and losing 3 games. They have scored 25 goals, kept 5 clean sheets and conceded 13 goals at home.

Cork are in 10th position in the Premier Division on 18 points having played 26 matches so far this season. Cork are having a poor run against away teams, having not won a match so far this season. They have also not scored in 2 of those games.

Away League Performance

10 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 28 goals and kept no clean sheets. They have scored 12 goals in total and failed to score in 2 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

26 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 14 games, drawn 9 and won 3. Cork have conceded 46 goals, scored 27, failed to score in 5 fixtures and have kept 2 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Derry
Cork
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Shamrock252149 
l
 
1-2F
d
 
0-00-0
Oct 24
Aug 3
d
 
1-1A
l
 
4-1A
Sep 19
l
 
4-1A
2
Bohemians26742 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
1-0A
d
 
1-1F
Sep 12
w
 
2-1A
l
 
1-0A
l
 
0-2A
Aug 22
3
Derry25941 
-
-
-
-
l
 
1-2A
l
 
2-1F
Nov 1
Aug 8
4
Drogheda26541 
l
 
1-3F
d
 
1-1A
w
 
3-0F
Sep 26
d
 
1-1F
l
 
3-2F
d
 
1-1A
Oct 17
5
Shelbourne26538 
w
 
2-0F
l
 
3-1A
Sep 19
w
 
0-1F
d
 
1-1F
d
 
1-1F
Oct 3
l
 
3-1A
6
Waterford25-1233 
l
 
1-2A
l
 
2-1A
w
 
7-2F
Oct 17
w
 
2-1A
l
 
2-1F
Aug 29
l
 
2-0A
7
St Patrick's25032 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
2-0A
Aug 29
w
 
0-1F
l
 
0-2A
l
 
3-2A
d
 
0-00-0
Sep 12
8
Galway26-629 
d
 
1-1A
w
 
2-3F
d
 
1-1A
Aug 22
d
 
2-2F
l
 
2-1A
w
 
1-0F
Sep 26
9
Sligo26-1026 
w
 
3-0F
w
 
0-1F
Oct 3
l
 
2-0A
d
 
1-1A
d
 
1-1F
l
 
2-3F
Oct 25
10
Cork26-1918 
w
 
2-1A
w
 
1-2F
Aug 8
Nov 1
-
-
-
-
Win / draw / win form
6
Cork have lost 6 consecutive away league games
12
Cork have not won in 12 consecutive away league games
Derry 3RD
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
36
Conceded
19
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
9
Draw
7
L
4
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Derry1 - 1Bohemians
Derry7 - 2Waterford
Derry3 - 0Drogheda
Derry1 - 1Galway
Derry1 - 2Shamrock
Derry1 - 0St Patrick's
Derry2 - 0Shelbourne
Derry3 - 0Sligo
Derry1 - 3Drogheda
Derry2 - 1Cork
Derry1 - 1Galway
Derry1 - 2Waterford
Derry1 - 0Bohemians
Derry0 - 1Shelbourne
Derry1 - 1Sligo
Derry1 - 1Bohemians
Derry1 - 1Shamrock
Derry1 - 1Dundalk
Derry5 - 1Drogheda
Derry2 - 0Galway
Goals: Scored
32
Conceded
19
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
11
D
4
Lost
5
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HDerry1 - 1Bohemians
ADerry0 - 2Sligo
HDerry7 - 2Waterford
HDerry3 - 0Drogheda
ADerry1 - 0St Patrick's
ADerry1 - 0Shelbourne
HDerry1 - 1Galway
ADerry0 - 1Bohemians
HDerry1 - 2Shamrock
ADerry1 - 1Drogheda
ADerry2 - 1Cork
HDerry1 - 0St Patrick's
HDerry2 - 0Shelbourne
ADerry1 - 2Waterford
HDerry3 - 0Sligo
ADerry3 - 2Galway
HDerry1 - 3Drogheda
HDerry2 - 1Cork
ADerry0 - 0Shamrock
ADerry1 - 0Sligo
Cork 10TH
20 league games
Away
6
Overall
Goals: Scored
18
Conceded
48
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
19 / 20
Clean sheets
1 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
W
1
D
3
Lost
16
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Waterford2 - 0Cork
Shelbourne3 - 1Cork
Shamrock4 - 1Cork
Galway2 - 1Cork
St Patrick's3 - 2Cork
Drogheda3 - 2Cork
Sligo1 - 1Cork
Bohemians1 - 0Cork
Shamrock4 - 1Cork
Derry2 - 1Cork
Shelbourne1 - 1Cork
Waterford2 - 1Cork
Bohemians4 - 0Cork
UC Dublin0 - 2Cork
Dundalk5 - 0Cork
Shelbourne2 - 1Cork
Drogheda3 - 1Cork
Shamrock2 - 1Cork
Sligo3 - 0Cork
St Patrick's1 - 1Cork
Goals: Scored
19
Conceded
38
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
W
2
Draw
5
Lost
13
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HCork1 - 0Galway
HCork2 - 3Sligo
ACork0 - 2Waterford
ACork1 - 3Shelbourne
HCork0 - 0St Patrick's
HCork1 - 1Drogheda
ACork1 - 4Shamrock
HCork0 - 2Bohemians
HCork1 - 1Shelbourne
ACork1 - 2Galway
ACork2 - 3St Patrick's
HCork1 - 2Derry
ACork2 - 3Drogheda
HCork1 - 1Shamrock
ACork1 - 1Sligo
HCork2 - 1Waterford
ACork0 - 1Bohemians
ACork1 - 4Shamrock
HCork0 - 2St Patrick's
ACork1 - 2Derry
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
6
Derry have beaten Cork in 6 consecutive league meetings
12
Derry have not lost to Cork in 12 consecutive league meetings
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
League games at Cork since 2019
Cork
Derry
Goals: Scored
4
11
Games: Scored
4 / 6
5 / 6
Clean sheets
1 / 6
2 / 6
DER
4
D
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Cork
1 - 2Derry
0 - 1Derry
1 - 3Derry
Draw1 - 1Draw
1 - 4Derry
Draw0 - 0Draw
Goal Statistics

Cork City FC have been abject at the back of late, conceding 2 or more goals in 3 consecutive Premier Division games. This run could continue, with Derry City's PG an impressive 2.3.

Derry 3rd Cork 10th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
2.3
goals
1.0
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
10%
1
24%
2
27%
3
20%
4+
19%
There is a 66% probability that Derry will score 2 or more goals in this match
0
38%
1
37%
2
18%
3
4+
There is a 75% probability of Cork scoring 1 goal or less
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+14
Derry have scored 14% more goals at home than predicted
-8
Cork’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.8
average goals scored
0.9
average goals scored
1.0
conceded
2.4
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Premier Division - 2025/2025 season
Derry
PG (predicted goals)
Cork
2.3
1
Attack rating
18%
better
DER
COR
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Games scored21
21
Failed to score4
5
Scored first14
10
Goals scored36
27
Avg. goals scored1.4
1
Avg. shots per game9
8
Avg. shots per goal6
8
Conversion rate for16
13
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
+18%
Defence rating
35%
better
DER
COR
view stats
Games conceded16
24
Clean sheets9
2
Conceded first10
15
Goals conceded27
46
Avg. goals conceded1.1
1.8
Avg. shots/game conceded7
10
Avg. shots/goal conceded7
6
Conversion rate against15%
18%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
+35%

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

Derry Premier Division squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
258712
B MaherM DuffyM DuffyA O'Reilly
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
B Maher GLK25
2
-
M Duffy FWD2587
4
-
M Connolly  DEF241
5
-
S Todd DEF2312
2
-
A O'Reilly MID231
12
-
C Winchester MID221
8
1
L Boyce  FWD2281
5
1
R Boyce DEF2122
3
-
R Benson MID211
3
1
D Mullen FWD206
5
1
G Whyte FWD2034
2
-
H Cann DEF191
4
-
S Ferguson MID131
5
-
S Diallo MID121
4
-
S Patton FWD10
2
-
B Doherty DEF9
2
-
A Frizzell MID2
-
Cork Premier Division squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
25518
D CrowleyK. NelsonD CrowleyC. Lyons
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
D Crowley MID2511
6
-
K. Nelson MID2451
4
-
S Murray MID23
3
-
F. Anderson DEF2211
2
1
C. Lyons DEF221
7
1
A I FWD202
3
-
E McLaughlin MID1921
3
-
M. Kiernan DEF151
7
-
G Bolger MID1511
7
-
S Maguire FWD1541
4
-
B Couto DEF141
2
-
H. Nevin DEF7
1
-
R Keating FWD73
4
-
C. O'Sullivan MID6
4
-
F Kelleher DEF4
1
-
C. Lutz FWD4
-
C Brann GLK3
-
R Feely DEF3
-
M. Murray FWD3
-
K Kamara MID2
1
-
D Odumosu GLK1
-