Derry City vs Cork City Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Derry City

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Derry City enter this fixture coming off the back of a 0-0 Premier Division tied result versus Shamrock Rovers.

In that game, Derry City managed 33% possession and 8 attempts on goal with 1 on target. At the other end, Shamrock Rovers got 12 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target.

Fewer than three goals per match were seen in 5 of the past 6 meetings where Derry City have taken part. In terms of the goal attribution during this period, opposing sides scored an aggregate of 5 and Derry City managed a tally of 4.

Leading up to this clash, Derry City:

• are unbeaten in the league by Cork City in their last 10 matches. Quite a long unbeaten run against them.
• are without a home win in the past 2 league matches.

Cork City

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Last time out, Cork City drew 1-1 in the Premier Division tie with Drogheda United.

In that game, Cork City managed 65% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. The scorer for Cork City was Ruairi Keating (33'). Drogheda United had 23 attempts on goal with 8 on target. Warren Davis (62') was the scorer for Drogheda United.

In their previous 6 clashes, Cork City have amassed a tally of 8 goals. Cork City have also not failed to score in every single one of those games. Over that period, their defenders have had 8 goals go into their own net. Still, we’ll just have to find out whether that pattern might persist in this match.

Analysis of their past results shows that Cork City:

• haven't won against Derry City in away games against them for the last 5 matches in the league. Not the best of away records.
• are without an away win for the past 4 league games.

↔️ Head to head

Looking over their past head to head meetings going back to 26/08/2022 shows that these fixtures have not been kind to Cork City. They have not managed to come away with any victories whatsoever while Derry City have managed to find a way, beating them in 100 per cent of those matches played.

12 goals were shared by the two clubs in these games, with 11 of them from The Candystripes and 1 for The Rebel Army. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.

📋 Team News: Cork City

Cork City manager Tim Clancy has to choose a team with limited availability. Greg Bolger (unknown injury), Sean Maguire (Hamstring injury), Conor Drinan (unknown injury), Evan McLaughlin (Hamstring injury) and Harry Nevin (Hamstring injury) can’t be considered.

💡 Prediction

In our view, Derry City are likely to be able to create a decent number of chances and shots on target.

Conversely, Cork City may well struggle to score a goal of their own although we do think that they will probably end up managing to get on the scoresheet, too.

We’re predicting a 3-1 victory for Derry City by the time that the referee blows the final whistle.

Peter Guest, 09:04 02/04/2025