📊 Form Guide

Cork City

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Cork City will be looking for an improved result here following a 4-1 Premier Division losing effort in their last game against Shamrock Rovers.

In that game, Cork City managed 45% possession and 12 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. The scorer for Cork City was Alex Nolan (69'). For their opponents, Shamrock Rovers got 15 attempts at goal with 8 on target. Michael Noonan (6', 29'), Roberto Lopes (26') and Rory Gaffney (49') scored for Shamrock Rovers.

It has been seldom in recent games that Cork City have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. In fact, Cork City have seen their defence breached in 6 of their previous 6 clashes, leaking 11 goals in the process. That trend isn’t assured to be carried forward into this match, of course.

Their prior results show that Cork City:

• have left without a victory over Drogheda United in their previous 4 matches in the league.
• are without a win at home for the past 4 league matches. Things will have to change soon.

Drogheda United

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Drogheda United head into the clash following on from a 1-0 Premier Division win over Sligo Rovers in their previous game.

In that game, Drogheda United had 36% possession and 16 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Drogheda United was Douglas James-Taylor (3'). For their opponents, Sligo Rovers had 15 attempts at goal with 4 on target.

A series of dependable performances from the Drogheda United defence has seen the number of goals they’ve conceded standing at 4 from their past 6 outings overall. In that period of time, their own forwards have managed to score 5.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Drogheda United:

• haven't won against Cork City in away games against them for the last 9 matches in the league. Very poor away form.
• remain undefeated by Cork City in away games against them for the last 3 matches in the league.
• are without a win away from home in their last 6 league games.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking over their past head-to-head meetings going back to 31/03/2023 shows that Cork City have won 1 of these and Drogheda United 2, with the number of drawn matches standing at 3.

16 goals were scored between the two sides in this period, with 7 of them from The Rebel Army and 9 created by The Drogs. That is an average goals per game value of 2.67.

The last league contest between these sides was Premier Division match day 14 on 05/05/2025 when it ended Drogheda United 3-2 Cork City.

On that occasion, Drogheda United had 50% possession and 17 shots at goal with 4 on target. The scorers were Shane Farrell (40'), Warren Davis (62') and Ryan Brennan (96').

On the other side, Cork City got 5 attempts at goal with 2 on target. Djenairo Daniels (7', 85') scored.

The match was refereed by Aaron O'Dowd.

📰 Team News: Cork City

Conor Drinan (Cruciate ligament injury), Benny Couto (Ankle injury) and Ruairi Keating (Achilles tendon rupture) are not available for Cork City gaffer Gerard Nash.

In all likelihood, The Rebel Army may well employ a 4-1-3-2 formation, beginning the first half with Tein Troost, Darragh Crowley, Milan Mbeng, Freddie Anderson, Evan McLaughlin, Greg Bolger, Cathal O'Sullivan, Kitt Nelson, Malik Dijksteel, Joshua Fitzpatrick and Djenairo Daniels.

ℹ️ Team News: Drogheda United

There’s a good chance that The Drogs will likely begin the game with a 3-4-2-1 system with a starting lineup of Luke Dennison, George Cooper, Conor Keeley, Andrew Quinn, Kieran Cruise, Luke Heeney, Ryan Brennan, Conor Kane, Shane Farrell, Warren Davis and Douglas James-Taylor.

💭 Prediction

We’ve got the feeling that Cork City will have a tough ask to score against this Drogheda United lineup who we think might emerge victorious.

With that in mind, we reckon that it will be a hard-fought 0-1 win for Drogheda United at the end of this one.

There should be little in it.

Victor Martins, 18:01 23/06/2025