Cork City vs Sligo Rovers Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Cork City

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Cork City will be hoping for a better result after a 2-1 Premier Division losing effort in their last game against Dundalk.

The only player to score from Cork City was Tunde Owolabi (19'). Cameron Elliott (94') and Patrick Hoban (97') scored for Dundalk.

It’s not been often in recent times that Cork City have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. The facts show that Cork City have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 6 of their previous 6 matches, shipping 16 goals on the way.

Pre-game facts show that Cork City:

• have not won against Sligo Rovers in their last 2 league matches.
• have not won at home in their last 2 matches in the league.

Sligo Rovers

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After tasting defeat last time out to Shelbourne in Premier Division action, Sligo Rovers and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

Jack Moylan (10', 41', 66') was the scorer for Shelbourne.

Looking at their form, and Sligo Rovers have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, letting opponents get 8 goals in total. In defence, Sligo Rovers can certainly do much better. We will just have to see if that trend can be sustained into this next match.

↔️ Head to head

Looking at the statistics for their head to head meetings dating back to 14/06/2019, there has been little to separate the clubs with Cork City winning 2 of those games, Sligo Rovers 2 and 2 being drawn in regulation time.

A lot of goals were also scored during this period, 23 in all which averages out at 3.83 goals per match.

📋 Team News: Cork City

Jonas Häkkinen (Hip Injury), Albin Winbo (Leg Injury), Cian Bargary (Unknown Injury) and Tobi Oluwayemi (Groin Injury) aren’t available for Cork City manager Colin Healy. Ineligible players who cannot play in this game through suspension are Josh Honohan, Ally Gilchrist and Cian Coleman.

We think that The Rebel Army look set to go for a 3-5-1-1 formation featuring Jimmy Corcoran, Gordon Walker, Kevin Custovic, John O'Donovan, Darragh Crowley, Barry Coffey, J. O'Brien Whitmarsh, Ethon Varian, Matthew Healy, Tunde Owolabi and Ruairi Keating.

📋 Team News: Sligo Rovers

Sligo Rovers manager John Russell has multiple availability issues to deal with. Karl O'Sullivan (Ankle Injury), Gary Boylan (Cruciate Ligament Injury), Conor Walsh (Ankle Injury), James Finnerty (Achilles tendon problems), Garry Buckley (Cruciate Ligament Injury) and Mark Byrne (Cruciate Ligament Injury) won’t be making appearances.

We’re of the thinking that The Bit o' Red will likely utilise a 4-2-3-1 lineup, starting the game with Luke McNicholas, Johan Brannefalk, Nando Pijnaker, Reece Hutchinson, Daniel Lafferty, Greg Bolger, L. B. Lagerfeldt, Bogdan Vastsuk, Stefan Radosavljevic, William Fitzgerald and Frank Liivak.

💭 Prediction

We’re thinking that Cork City will have to play well to find the net against this Sligo Rovers outfit who we think might manage to score & go ahead.

Our tip is therefore for a hard-fought contest, finishing with a 0-1 winning score for Sligo Rovers after 90 minutes.

Looking forward to watching this one unfold.

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Lucas Pereira, 23:48 14/05/2023