Cork City vs Drogheda United Live Stream, Predictions (Jun 23)

📊 Form Guide

Cork City

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Cork City will be hoping to bounce back here following the 4-1 Premier Division defeat last time out to Shamrock Rovers.

In that match, Cork City managed 45% possession and 12 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. The only player to score for Cork City was Alex Nolan (69'). At the other end, Shamrock Rovers got 15 shots at goal with 8 of them 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 go into this encounter following a 1-0 Premier Division win vs Sligo Rovers in their most recent game.

In that match, Drogheda United had 36% possession and 16 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. The scorer for Drogheda United was Douglas James-Taylor (3'). Sligo Rovers got 15 attempts on goal with 4 of them 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

A review of their most recent head to head clashes stretching back to 31/03/2023 tells us that Cork City have won 1 of these games and Drogheda United 2, with the tally of drawn games standing at 3.

A sum of 16 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 7 of them for The Rebel Army and 9 for The Drogs. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.67.

The previous league match featuring the two was Premier Division match day 14 on 05/05/2025 which ended up with the score at Drogheda United 3-2 Cork City.

That time, Drogheda United managed 50% possession and 17 shots at goal with 4 on target. The goalscorers were Shane Farrell (40'), Warren Davis (62') and Ryan Brennan (96').

Cork City had 5 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. Djenairo Daniels (7', 85') was the scorer.

The referee was Aaron O'Dowd.

📋 Team News: Cork City

Conor Drinan (Cruciate ligament injury), Benny Couto (Ankle injury) and Ruairi Keating (Achilles tendon rupture) will not be taking part for Cork City manager Gerard Nash.

We think that The Rebel Army may well make use of the 4-1-3-2 formation in the match 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

We’re of the thinking that The Drogs might elect for a 3-4-2-1 lineup, choosing 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.

💵 ⚽️ What are the top odds for this match?

Checking on the latest odds for this match in the 90 min. result market, backing Cork City is available for 2.7, backing the game finishing all-square is 3.2 and betting on a win for Drogheda United comes in at 2.3. These are the best of the market prices that can be secured at this very moment.

Victor Martins, 22:01 21/06/2025