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St Patrick's Athletic v Cork City FC : Premier Division match betting preview, prediction and odds

Richmond Park, Dublin

It's a long trek for Tim Walter's Cork City FC side on Friday evening, as they travel to the Richmond Park for a Premier Division clash with Stephen Kenny's St Patrick's Athletic. Below you'll find predictions for seventeen major betting markets, supporting statistics including head to heads (H2Hs), and the best odds. Access it all using the tabs below.

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St Patrick's Athletic's next match is v Shamrock at 20:00 on Monday 19th May
Cork City FC's next match is v Galway at 19:45 on Friday 23rd May
The last Irish Premier Division meeting between St Patrick's and Cork was on Friday 16th May 2025
Irish Premier Division
May 16th 2025
St Patrick's 3
2 Cork
 
M. Melia 14'56' C. Lyons
Z. Elbouzedi 89'78' S. Maguire
J. Lennon 90'
 
STP
COR
Shots On
6
3
Shots Off
5
4
Corners
8
3
Possession
52%
48%
Fouls
14
9
Yellow/red cards
2/0
4/0
 
St Patrick'sCork
 
J. Anang
J. Redmond (T. Grivosti 69')
A. Kazeem
S. Hoare
A. Sjöberg
J. Lennonfootball icon
K. Leavy (B. Kavanagh 36')
B. Crowe-Baggley (J. McClelland 78')
J. Mulraney (S. Power 77')
A. Keena (Z. Elbouzedi 70')
M. Meliafootball icon
T. Troost
F. Anderson
M. Kiernan
(M. Mbeng 69') H. Nevin
football iconC. Lyons
K. Nelson
S. Murray
C. O'Sullivan
(S. Maguire 69') E. McLaughlin
(G. Bolger 58') J. Fitzpatrick
D. Daniels

Best Tip: St Patrick's to win

We're predicting St Patrick's will come out on top after 90 mins on Friday in the win / draw / win market. The recent form stats and historical head-to-head (H2H) records below all suggest that they are more than capable of getting the job done and, as favourites with the bookies, the odds back that up too. It should be great moment for the home fans when the game draws to a close at Richmond Park.

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
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think St Patrick's are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 65% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.42.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
St Patrick's
65%
4/11
7%
-
Draw
21%
16/5
6%
-
Cork
15%
6/1
24%
-
St Patrick's 2-0
12%
5/1
13%
-
St Patrick's 1-0
12%
5/1
13%
-
St Patrick's 2-1
10%
15/2-
Draw 1-1
10%
15/2
6%
-
St Patrick's 3-0
8%
8/1
10%
-
St Patrick's 3-1
7%
11/1-
Draw 0-0
6%
10/1
8%
-
Cork 1-0
5%
16/1
13%
-
Draw 2-2
4%
20/1
11%
-
Cork 2-1
4%
22/1
11%
-
St Patrick's 4-0
4%
16/1
11%
-
St Patrick's 4-1
3%
22/1-
St Patrick's 3-2
3%
28/1
12%
-
Cork 2-0
2%
40/1
21%
-
St Patrick's 5-0
2%
33/1
17%
-
Over 2.5 Goals
54%
9/10
1%
-
Under 2.5 Goals
46%
9/10
1%
-
Home 1st Goal
59%
2/7
3%
-
Away 1st Goal
38%
10/3
18%
-
No 1st Goal
3%
10/1
8%
-
BTTS - Yes
49%
11/10
5%
-
BTTS - No
51%
4/6
8%
-
BTTS - Home Win
27%
5/2
5%
-
BTTS - Draw
15%
11/2
18%
-
BTTS - Away Win
7%
14/1
18%
-
Home/draw
85%
1/12
4%
-
Away/draw
35%
7/4
10%
-
Home/away
79%
1/5
2%
-
Over 1.5 Goals
77%
2/7
2%
-
Under 1.5 Goals
23%
5/2
6%
-
Over 3.5 Goals
31%
9/4
9%
-
Under 3.5 Goals
69%
1/3
3%
-
Over 4.5 Goals
16%
11/2-
Under 4.5 Goals
84%
1/9-
Over 5.5 Goals
7%
14/1
18%
-
Under 5.5 Goals
93%
1/33
1%
-
Over 0.5 Goals
94%
1/20-
Under 0.5 Goals
6%
10/1-
Home DNB
79%
1/8
3%
-
Away DNB
29%
5/1
22%
-
St Patrick's win to nil
38%
11/10
12%
-
Cork win to nil
8%
12/1-
St Patrick's / St Patrick's
41%
21/20
9%
-
St Patrick's / Cork
2%
50/1-
St Patrick's / Draw
5%
16/1
13%
-
Draw / St Patrick's
21%
3/1
8%
-
Draw / Cork
6%
14/1
25%
-
Draw / Draw
12%
11/2-
Cork / St Patrick's
4%
20/1-
Cork / Cork
6%
14/1
18%
-
Cork / Draw
4%
20/1
12%
-
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Win / draw / win Premier Division table

St Patrick's have played 15 matches so far this season and lay in 5th place in the Premier Division league table. St Patrick's are unbeaten at home after 7 games and have kept 5 clean sheets in those matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 7 games against teams below in the table, having won 4, drawn 1 and lost 2 matches. They have kept 3 clean sheets and have failed to score in 1 fixture. St Patrick's have outscored their opponents by 20 goals to 17 goals.

Home League Performance

St Patrick's have played 7 games at home winning 4, drawing 3 and losing 0 games. They have scored 13 goals, kept 5 clean sheets and conceded 5 goals at home.

Cork are in 9th position in the Premier Division on 12 points having played 15 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

5 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 14 goals and kept no clean sheets. They have scored 7 goals in total and failed to score in 1 fixture.

Performance against teams above them in the league

13 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 7 games, drawn 4 and won 2. Cork have conceded 23 goals, scored 15, failed to score in 2 fixtures and have kept no clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
St Patrick's
Cork
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Shamrock161229 
d
 
2-2F
l
 
1-0A
Oct 17
May 19
d
 
1-1A
l
 
4-1A
Sep 19
Jun 20
2
Derry16327 
w
 
2-0F
l
 
1-0A
Jun 23
Aug 29
l
 
1-2A
l
 
2-1F
Nov 1
Aug 8
3
Bohemians16227 
w
 
3-0F
l
 
2-1F
Jul 4
Oct 3
w
 
2-1A
l
 
1-0A
Jun 13
Aug 22
4
St Patrick's H16725 
-
-
-
-
l
 
0-2A
l
 
3-2A
Jun 27
Sep 12
5
Drogheda16525 
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
0-00-0
Jun 13
Aug 22
d
 
1-1F
l
 
3-2F
Jun 23
Oct 17
6
Shelbourne16122 
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
2-1F
Jun 16
Nov 1
May 30
d
 
1-1F
Oct 3
Jul 4
7
Waterford16-1021 
May 23
w
 
1-2A
Oct 24
Aug 1
w
 
2-1A
l
 
2-1F
Aug 29
Jul 11
8
Galway16-120 
w
 
2-0F
l
 
2-1A
Sep 19
Jun 20
d
 
2-2F
May 23
Aug 1
Sep 26
9
Cork A16-912 
w
 
3-2F
w
 
0-2F
Sep 12
Jun 27
-
-
-
-
10
Sligo16-1012 
w
 
4-3F
May 30
Aug 8
Sep 27
d
 
1-1A
d
 
1-1F
Jul 25
Oct 25
Win / draw / win form
7
Cork have not won in 7 consecutive away league games
St Patrick's 4TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
35
Conceded
18
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
12
Draw
5
L
3
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
St Patrick's2 - 0Galway
St Patrick's2 - 2Shamrock
St Patrick's0 - 0Shelbourne
St Patrick's3 - 0Bohemians
St Patrick's2 - 0Derry
St Patrick's4 - 3Sligo
St Patrick's0 - 0Drogheda
St Patrick's1 - 0Derry
St Patrick's2 - 1Galway
St Patrick's3 - 0Waterford
St Patrick's4 - 1Drogheda
St Patrick's3 - 2Sligo
St Patrick's0 - 0Bohemians
St Patrick's2 - 1Shamrock
St Patrick's2 - 3Dundalk
St Patrick's2 - 1Galway
St Patrick's1 - 2Shelbourne
St Patrick's0 - 1Derry
St Patrick's1 - 0Drogheda
St Patrick's1 - 1Waterford
Goals: Scored
31
Conceded
18
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
11
D
4
Lost
5
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ASt Patrick's1 - 2Shelbourne
ASt Patrick's0 - 1Derry
HSt Patrick's2 - 0Galway
ASt Patrick's1 - 2Bohemians
ASt Patrick's0 - 0Drogheda
HSt Patrick's2 - 2Shamrock
ASt Patrick's2 - 0Cork
HSt Patrick's0 - 0Shelbourne
ASt Patrick's2 - 1Waterford
HSt Patrick's3 - 0Bohemians
ASt Patrick's0 - 1Shamrock
HSt Patrick's2 - 0Derry
HSt Patrick's4 - 3Sligo
ASt Patrick's1 - 2Galway
HSt Patrick's0 - 0Drogheda
ASt Patrick's2 - 0Sligo
HSt Patrick's1 - 0Derry
HSt Patrick's2 - 1Galway
ASt Patrick's3 - 1Bohemians
ASt Patrick's3 - 2Shelbourne
Cork 9TH
20 league games
Away
7
Overall
Goals: Scored
16
Conceded
45
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
W
2
D
3
Lost
15
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
Derry2 - 0Cork
Drogheda0 - 1Cork
Dundalk2 - 1Cork
Bohemians5 - 0Cork
Shelbourne2 - 1Cork
Goals: Scored
19
Conceded
31
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
W
3
Draw
7
Lost
10
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HCork1 - 2Derry
ACork2 - 3Drogheda
HCork1 - 1Shamrock
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
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
11
St Patrick's have not lost to Cork in 11 consecutive league meetings
League games at St Patrick's since 2019
St Patrick's
Cork
Goals: Scored
8
2
Games: Scored
5 / 5
2 / 5
Clean sheets
3 / 5
0 / 5
STP
3
D
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT St Patrick's
Draw1 - 1Draw
St Patrick's4 - 0
St Patrick's1 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
St Patrick's1 - 0
League games at Cork since 2019
Cork
St Patrick's
Goals: Scored
4
10
Games: Scored
3 / 6
6 / 6
Clean sheets
0 / 6
3 / 6
STP
5
D
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Cork
0 - 2St Patrick's
0 - 1St Patrick's
2 - 3St Patrick's
1 - 2St Patrick's
0 - 1St Patrick's
Draw1 - 1Draw
Goal Statistics

With a PG of just 0.8, Cork City FC look set to find it difficult here. Add in the fact that St Patrick's Athletic haven't conceded a goal in 3 consecutive Premier Division games, and it could be a long evening for Tim Walter's men.

St Patrick's 4th Cork 9th
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2.0
goals
0.8
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
14%
1
27%
2
27%
3
18%
4+
14%
There is a 59% probability that St Patrick's will score 2 or more goals in this match
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
+18
St Patrick's have scored 18% more goals at home than predicted
-15
Cork have scored 15% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.8
average goals scored
0.8
average goals scored
0.9
conceded
2.3
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Premier Division - 2025/2025 season
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St Patrick's
PG (predicted goals)
Cork
2
0.8
Attack rating
STP
COR
5%
better
view stats
Games scored10
13
Failed to score5
2
Scored first8
7
Goals scored20
17
Avg. goals scored1.3
1.1
Avg. shots per game8
8
Avg. shots per goal6
7
Conversion rate for16
15
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
+5%
Defence rating
47%
better
STP
COR
view stats
Games conceded8
15
Clean sheets7
0
Conceded first4
8
Goals conceded14
25
Avg. goals conceded0.9
1.7
Avg. shots/game conceded8
11
Avg. shots/goal conceded9
6
Conversion rate against11%
16%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
+47%

St Patrick's v Cork Premier Division lLine ups will show here when available.

St Patrick's Premier Division squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
16526
J AnangA KeenaB BaggleyB Baggley
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Anang GLK16
2
-
A Sjoberg DEF13
4
1
J Redmond DEF161
2
-
S Hoare DEF9
2
-
A Kazeem DEF6
1
-
K Leavy MID911
-
J Lennon MID111
5
-
B Baggley MID142
5
1
A Keena FWD1051
-
M Melia FWD1641
1
-
J Mulraney FWD152
3
-
Subs
D Rogers GLK
-
T Grivosti DEF10
5
-
R McLaughlin DEF7
1
-
L Turner DEF5
-
S Power MID81
-
Z Elbouzedi MID1631
1
-
B Kavanagh MID1522
-
J McClelland FWD1212
-
C Carty FWD10
-
Cork Premier Division squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
16437
T TroostK. NelsonC O'SullivanC. Lyons
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
T Troost GLK16
3
-
H. Nevin DEF4
1
-
F. Anderson DEF131
2
1
C. Lyons DEF151
7
-
M. Kiernan DEF8
3
-
J Fitzpatrick MID10
1
1
S Murray MID16
3
-
E McLaughlin MID911
2
-
C O'Sullivan FWD123
-
D. Daniels FWD632
-
K. Nelson FWD164
2
-
Subs
C Brann GLK
-
M. Mbeng DEF121
3
-
F. Dalton DEF
-
G Bolger MID71
4
-
M. Murray MID1
-
D. McCormick MID
-
S Maguire FWD521
1
-
H. Skieters FWD9
-