Cork City vs Shelbourne Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Cork City

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Cork City prepare for this fixture coming off the back of a 0-0 Premier Division stalemate vs Shelbourne.

Fixtures involving Cork City have proved to be engaging affairs of late with a lot of goalmouth action expected. Over their past 6 clashes, the sum of 23 goals have gone in for both teams combined (at an average of 3.83 goals per game) with 13 of those coming from Cork City. Regardless, we’ll just have to find out if that pattern might be sustained in this match.

Going into this contest, Cork City have not registered a win against Shelbourne in their last 5 matches in the league.

Shelbourne

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The trend of at least one team drawing a blank in games featuring Shelbourne has been apparent of late. Looking at their last 6 outings shows that it has occurred 5 times. In these clashes, their opponents have managed a goal aggregate of 7 while Shelbourne have scored 2.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Shelbourne:

• haven't been defeated by Cork City in games played away from home for the previous 3 league matches.
• are without an away win for the past 8 matches in the league. What a terrible run of away results.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A glance at their prior head-to-head meetings going back to 10/10/2013 tells us that Cork City have won 1 of them and Shelbourne 4, with the tally of drawn matches being 1.

A sum of 20 goals were scored between the two sides throughout the course of those matches, with 8 of them for The Rebel Army and 12 belonging to The Shels. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.33.

The previous league fixture featuring these sides was First Division match day 22 on 10/09/2021 when it ended Cork City 0-2 Shelbourne.

📋 Team News: Cork City

Aaron Bolger (Head Injury) and Tobi Oluwayemi (Groin Injury) won’t be playing for Cork City manager Colin Healy.

It looks as if The Rebel Army should opt for a 4-5-1 system, beginning the first half with James Corcoran, Ethan Varian, Jonas Hakkinen, Alexander Gilchrist, Joshua Honohan, Cian Bargary, Cian Coleman, Matthew Healy, Barry Coffey, Darragh Crowley and Ruairi Keating.

📋 Team News: Shelbourne

From a largely available squad, there is only the sole fitness worry for the Shelbourne manager Damien Duff to be concerned with. Conor Kane (Knee Injury) won’t be playing here.

We believe The Shels could decide to make use of a 4-3-3 formation by sending out Conor Kearns, John Ross Wilson, Luke Byrne, Shane Griffin, Gavin Molloy, Shane Farrell, Evan Caffrey, Tyreke Wilson, Kian Leavy, Jack Moylan and Matthew Smith.

💡 Prediction

Here is a game where Shelbourne will need to apply a lot of pressure to hit the back of the net against this Cork City side who we reckon should emerge victorious.

We’re therefore expecting a very even match with a 1-0 victory for Cork City at the end of the 90.

Little in this one.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 00:44 13/03/2023