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

Mon 5th May, 17:00 BST, United Park (Drogheda), Drogheda

Kevin Doherty and Tim Walter take on one another in the Premier Division on Monday evening, as Drogheda United FC face Cork City FC at the United Park (Drogheda). We provide predictions based on in-depth statistical analysis of both teams, across 17 major betting markets. The data and the odds is designed to fit each market, and head to head (H2H) stats are included across them all.


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

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Drogheda
59%
--
Draw
23%
--
Cork
18%
--
Drogheda 1-0
13%
--
Drogheda 2-0
12%
--
Draw 1-1
11%
--
Drogheda 2-1
10%
--
Draw 0-0
8%
--
Drogheda 3-0
7%
--
Cork 1-0
6%
--
Drogheda 3-1
6%
--
Cork 2-1
5%
--
Draw 2-2
4%
--
Drogheda 4-0
3%
--
Cork 2-0
3%
--
Drogheda 4-1
2%
--
Drogheda 3-2
2%
--
Cork 3-1
1%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
47%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
53%
--
Home 1st Goal
57%
--
Away 1st Goal
39%
--
No 1st Goal
5%
--
BTTS - Yes
46%
--
BTTS - No
54%
--
BTTS - Home Win
23%
--
BTTS - Draw
16%
--
BTTS - Away Win
8%
--
Home/draw
82%
--
Away/draw
41%
--
Home/away
77%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
73%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
27%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
26%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
74%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
12%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
88%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
5%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
95%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
92%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
8%
--
Home DNB
75%
--
Away DNB
34%
--
Drogheda win to nil
36%
--
Cork win to nil
10%
--
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Win / draw / win Premier Division table

Drogheda have played 12 matches so far this season and lay in 1st place in the Premier Division league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 12 games against teams below in the table, having won 5, drawn 5 and lost 2 matches. They have kept 6 clean sheets and have failed to score in 2 fixtures. Drogheda have outscored their opponents by 16 goals to 13 goals.

Home League Performance

Drogheda have played 6 games at home winning 2, drawing 3 and losing 1 game. They have scored 9 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and conceded 5 goals at home.

Cork are in 9th position in the Premier Division on 11 points having played 12 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 1 of those game.

Away League Performance

4 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 11 goals and kept no clean sheets. They have scored 5 goals in total and failed to score in 1 fixture.

Performance against teams above them in the league

10 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 5 games, drawn 3 and won 2. Cork have conceded 17 goals, scored 11, failed to score in 2 fixtures and have kept no clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Drogheda
Cork
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Drogheda H12720 
-
-
-
-
d
 
1-1F
May 5
Jun 23
Oct 17
2
Galway12420 
d
 
1-1F
l
 
2-1F
Jul 4
Oct 24
d
 
2-2F
May 23
Aug 1
Sep 26
3
St Patrick's12619 
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
0-00-0
Aug 22
Jun 13
l
 
0-2A
May 16
Jun 27
Sep 12
4
Shamrock12519 
l
 
1-2F
May 9
Jun 16
Aug 29
May 2
l
 
4-1A
Sep 19
Jun 20
5
Shelbourne12419 
d
 
2-2F
w
 
0-1F
Sep 12
May 19
May 30
d
 
1-1F
Oct 3
Jul 4
6
Bohemians12018 
May 23
w
 
0-1F
Nov 1
Aug 1
w
 
2-1A
l
 
1-0A
Jun 13
Aug 22
7
Derry12-117 
May 16
w
 
1-3A
Sep 26
Jun 27
May 9
l
 
2-1F
Nov 1
Aug 8
8
Waterford12-1112 
w
 
2-0F
May 30
Aug 8
Oct 3
w
 
2-1A
l
 
2-1F
Aug 29
Jul 11
9
Cork A12-611 
May 5
d
 
1-1A
Oct 17
Jun 23
-
-
-
-
10
Sligo12-88 
w
 
3-0F
May 2
Jun 20
Sep 20
d
 
1-1A
d
 
1-1F
Jul 25
Oct 25
Win / draw / win form
6
Cork have not won in 6 consecutive away league games
Drogheda 1ST
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
32
Conceded
19
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
7
Draw
9
L
4
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Drogheda0 - 0St Patrick's
Drogheda2 - 2Shelbourne
Drogheda2 - 0Waterford
Drogheda1 - 2Shamrock
Drogheda1 - 1Galway
Drogheda3 - 0Sligo
Drogheda0 - 0Dundalk
Drogheda0 - 1Shamrock
Drogheda2 - 1Derry
Drogheda0 - 0Galway
Drogheda7 - 0Sligo
Drogheda2 - 2Bohemians
Drogheda2 - 0Waterford
Drogheda1 - 1Shelbourne
Drogheda0 - 0St Patrick's
Drogheda0 - 2Shamrock
Drogheda2 - 3Galway
Drogheda2 - 1Dundalk
Drogheda3 - 1Sligo
Drogheda2 - 2Derry
Goals: Scored
21
Conceded
17
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
10 / 20
Clean sheets
10 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
7
Draw
8
Lost
5
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ADrogheda1 - 2Galway
HDrogheda0 - 0St Patrick's
HDrogheda2 - 2Shelbourne
ADrogheda3 - 1Derry
HDrogheda2 - 0Waterford
ADrogheda1 - 1Cork
HDrogheda1 - 2Shamrock
ADrogheda1 - 0Shelbourne
ADrogheda1 - 0Bohemians
HDrogheda1 - 1Galway
HDrogheda3 - 0Sligo
ADrogheda0 - 0St Patrick's
HDrogheda0 - 0Dundalk
ADrogheda1 - 2Shelbourne
HDrogheda0 - 1Shamrock
ADrogheda0 - 0Waterford
HDrogheda2 - 1Derry
HDrogheda0 - 0Galway
ADrogheda1 - 0Bohemians
ADrogheda1 - 4St Patrick's
Cork 9TH
20 league games
Away
6
Overall
Goals: Scored
14
Conceded
43
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
W
2
D
3
Lost
15
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
Derry2 - 0Cork
Drogheda0 - 1Cork
Dundalk2 - 1Cork
Bohemians5 - 0Cork
Shelbourne2 - 1Cork
UC Dublin1 - 0Cork
Goals: Scored
19
Conceded
32
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
W
4
Draw
6
Lost
10
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
ACork1 - 2Shelbourne
HCork3 - 0Sligo
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Drogheda since 2023
Drogheda
Cork
Goals: Scored
3
2
Games: Scored
1 / 2
2 / 2
Clean sheets
0 / 2
1 / 2
DRO
1
COR
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Drogheda
Drogheda3 - 1
0 - 1Cork
League games at Cork since 2023
Cork
Drogheda
Goals: Scored
3
3
Games: Scored
3 / 3
3 / 3
Clean sheets
0 / 3
0 / 3
D
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Cork
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Goal Statistics

Drogheda United FC's fans will be hoping for goals on Monday evening, not least because Cork City FC have conceded in each of their last 12 Premier Division outings. A PG of 1.7 for Kevin Doherty's side suggests that run should continue.

Drogheda 1st Cork 9th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.7
goals
0.8
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
18%
1
31%
2
27%
3
15%
4+
10%
There is a 82% probability that Drogheda will score 1 or more goals
0
44%
1
36%
2
15%
3
4+
There is a 80% probability of Cork scoring 1 goal or less
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+25
Drogheda have scored 25% more goals at home than predicted
-28
Cork have scored 28% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.6
average goals scored
0.7
average goals scored
1.0
conceded
2.2
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Premier Division - 2025/2025 season
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Drogheda
PG (predicted goals)
Cork
1.7
0.8
Attack rating
10%
better
DRO
COR
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Games scored10
10
Failed to score2
2
Scored first8
6
Goals scored16
13
Avg. goals scored1.3
1.1
Avg. shots per game8
8
Avg. shots per goal6
7
Conversion rate for16
14
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
+10%
Defence rating
54%
better
DRO
COR
view stats
Games conceded6
12
Clean sheets6
0
Conceded first2
6
Goals conceded9
19
Avg. goals conceded0.8
1.6
Avg. shots/game conceded9
11
Avg. shots/goal conceded12
7
Conversion rate against8%
15%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
+54%

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

Drogheda Premier Division squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
12515
L DennisonW DavisC KaneR Brennan
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
L Dennison GLK12
1
-
C Keeley DEF123
2
-
C Kane DEF121
1
-
O Lambe DEF12
-
R Brennan MID1211
5
-
D Markey MID1231
1
-
L Heeney MID1211
-
W Davis MID1251
3
-
S Farrell MID121
4
-
T Oluwa FWD1211
-
A Quinn DEF111
-
S. Bawa MID7
1
-
K Cruise DEF5
1
-
G Cooper DEF4
-
P Doyle MID3
-
E Ahui DEF2
-
J Thomas FWD21
-
A. Haper-Bailey DEF1
-
D James-Taylor FWD1
1
-
Cork Premier Division squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
12425
T TroostK. NelsonR ShipstonR Shipston
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
T Troost GLK12
2
-
D Crowley DEF1211
4
-
B Couto DEF121
2
-
K. Nelson MID124
1
-
R Shipston MID122
5
-
S Murray MID12
2
-
A I FWD121
1
-
C. Lyons DEF11
5
-
M. Mbeng DEF101
3
-
F. Anderson DEF9
2
1
J Fitzpatrick FWD9
1
H. Skieters FWD8
-
R Keating FWD73
4
-
E McLaughlin MID51
2
-
G Bolger MID51
3
-
M. Kiernan DEF4
-
M Dijksteel FWD41
-
S Maguire FWD311
-
D. Dunne FWD2
-
M. Murray MID1
-
A Healy MID1
-