Cork City vs Shelbourne Live Stream, Predictions (May 30)

📏 Form Guide

Cork City

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Cork City will be hoping for a better result following a 2-1 Premier Division loss in their previous game against Galway United.

In that match, Cork City managed 56% possession and 9 shots on goal with 1 of them on target. The only player to score for Cork City was Djenairo Daniels (52'). For their opponents, Galway United got 14 shots on goal with 3 on target. Moses Dyer (48') and Conor McCormack (84') scored for Galway United.

Cork City have been on a persistent run of goalscoring form, netting in each and every one of their last 6 games.

They have hit an aggregate of 8 during that period while also conceding a total of 12.

Leading up to this clash, Cork City:

• have not won against Shelbourne in their previous 10 league matches.
• have not won at home in their last 2 league matches.

Shelbourne

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Shelbourne go into this encounter following on from a 3-2 Premier Division win vs Sligo Rovers in their previous match.

In that game, Shelbourne managed 53% possession and 29 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. The scorer for Shelbourne was John Martin (34', 40', 57'). Sligo Rovers got 12 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Gareth McElroy (3') and Owen Elding (59') scored for Sligo Rovers.

The numbers tell their own story, and Shelbourne have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing opposing sides hit 7 goals overall. In defence, Shelbourne can certainly do much better. We shall soon see if that trend will be continued on into this next match.

Their previous form shows that Shelbourne:

• remain undefeated by Cork City when having played them away from home in the previous 5 league games. Away fans have certainly had plenty to cheer about.
• are without a win away from home in their last 5 matches in the league.

↔️ Head to head

An examination of their past head to head results stretching back to 10/09/2021 reveals that these fixtures have been a source of anguish for Cork City. They’ve not managed to get themselves any victories at all while Shelbourne have just been stronger than them, winning in 83% of those games where they have faced each other.

14 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 3 of them from The Rebel Army and 11 being from The Shels. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.33.

The previous league contest featuring these sides was Premier Division match day 6 on 14/03/2025 when it finished Shelbourne 1-1 Cork City.

In that match, Shelbourne managed 60% possession and 19 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Their only player to score was Evan Caffrey (70').

For their opponents, Cork City got 8 shots at goal with 4 on target. Ruairi Keating (50') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Robert Harvey.

📋 Team News: Cork City

Benny Couto (Ankle injury), Conor Drinan (Cruciate ligament injury), Malik Dijksteel (unknown injury) and Ruairi Keating (Achilles tendon rupture) won’t be playing for Cork City manager Gerard Nash.

We think that The Rebel Army will probably go for a 3-4-2-1 formation for the game, handing starts to Tein Troost, Rio Shipston, Freddie Anderson, Charlie Lyons, Joshua Fitzpatrick, Darragh Crowley, Evan McLaughlin, Sean Murray, Cathal O'Sullivan, Milan Mbeng and Djenairo Daniels.

🗞️ Team News: Shelbourne

Thanks to a mainly full-strength group, there’s only a single fitness worry for the Shelbourne gaffer Damien Duff to contend with. Paddy Barrett (unknown injury) misses out for this game.

We reckon that The Shels seem most likely to make use of a 5-3-2 lineup, settling for Conor Kearns, Kerr McInroy, Sean Gannon, Kameron Ledwidge, Tyreke Wilson, John O'Sullivan, Mark Coyle, Jonathan Lunney, Ellis Chapman, John Martin and Harry Wood.

🧠 Prediction

We’re thinking that Cork City could find themselves struggling to register a score against this Shelbourne team who we think should score one, at least.

We’re therefore tipping a very even contest with a 0-1 winning score for Shelbourne when the referee blows for full-time.

We’ll see what happens.

📚 ⚽️ What are the top odds for this match?

Checking the latest betting odds for this match in the 90 minute result market, staking on Cork City is available for 3.9, a bet on a draw is 3.25 and staking on a win for Shelbourne can get you 2. Those are the top returns being offered at this very moment.

Andre Moura, 02:02 30/05/2025