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Longford Town vs Cork City Live Stream, Predictions
The First Division tie at Bishopsgate on Saturday will see home side Longford Town welcome guests Cork City.
Scroll down to see all of the predictions, poll and statistics for Longford Town v Cork City - as well as the best betting odds.
๐ Form Guide
Longford Town
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Longford Town wonโt want a repeat of their last result here following the 2-3 First Division defeat in their last game at the hands of Finn Harps.
The only scorer from Longford Town was Chris Lyons (6', 13'). Jamie Watson (67') scored for Finn Harps.
Itโs been seldom in recent times where Longford Town have shown defensive steel. The reality is that Longford Town have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 matches, letting in 12 goals along the way. Putting that to one side, weโll just have to find out if such a trend will be maintained in this upcoming match.
Leading up to this clash, Longford Town:
- have not lost to Cork City when playing them at home in the last 2 matches in the league.
- haven't lost in the league to Cork City in their previous 2 games.
- are without a home win in the past 4 league games. Things will have to change soon.
Cork City
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Cork City will go into the clash after a 1-0 First Division win to defeat UCD in their most recent fixture.
The only scorer from Cork City was Cian Coleman (44').
Richie Holland's Cork City have seen their goal attempts be successful 5 times throughout their latest six matches. The overall goals that they have conceded during those matches comes to 7.
๐ฅ Head to head
A glance at their prior head-to-head clashes stretching back to 07/09/2018 shows us that Longford Town have won 0 of them & Cork City 3, with the tally of drawn results standing at 3.
A total of 19 goals were produced between them in these games, with 4 of them from The Town and 15 coming from The Rebel Army. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.17.
The previous league game featuring the two was First Division match day 30 on 02/09/2022 when it finished Cork City 2-2 Longford Town.
๐ฐ Team News: Cork City
Owing to a completely injury-free squad ready to go, the Cork City boss Richie Holland has zero fitness worries whatsoever before this clash.
๐ฎ Prediction
Longford Town will need to put in a solid display to score goals against this Cork City team who will likely get the win and a maybe even keep a clean sheet as well.
Our tip is therefore for a narrow 0-1 winning margin for Cork City at full-time.
Letโs see how it plays out.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Lucas Pereira, 19:03 09/03/2024
โฝ๏ธ Team Focus:
Longford Town
Formed: 1924
Stadium: Bishopsgate (5,097)
Captain: Sam Verdon
Chairman: Jim Hanley
Manager: Stephen Henderson
Competitions: First Division position 8
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4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | LWWWD |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | WDW |
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4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | DWDWL |
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4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | DWDLD |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | DDLWD |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | DDLDW |
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4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 3 | WLLL |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 3 | WDLLW |
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4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | -4 | 1 | DLLLD |
10 |
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | LLDDL |
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