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Cork City vs Sligo Rovers Live Stream, Predictions
The Premier Division game at Turners Cross Stadium on Friday sees home side Cork City facing Sligo Rovers.
All Cork City v Sligo Rovers game predictions, stats and user poll are shown below - plus the latest betting odds.
📊 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.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Lucas Pereira, 23:48 14/05/2023

⚽️ Team Focus:
Cork City
Formed: 1984
Stadium: Turners Cross Stadium (7,485)
Captain: Cian Coleman
Chairman: Declan Carey
Manager: Colin Healy
Competitions: Premier Division position 9
🔑 Star Man: Darragh Crowley
Typically taking up the Right Wing position, Darragh Crowley was born in Rep. Ireland. Having played his first senior match for Cork City in the 2019 season, the talented Forward has managed to score 3 league goals in the Premier Division 2023 campaign so far from a total of 14 appearances.
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16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 33 | WWWWW |
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16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 31 | WLWWW |
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15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 28 | WDWLL |
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16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 25 | WWWWL |
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15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 24 | DWDWW |
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16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 23 | LLWWL |
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15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 19 | WLWLL |
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15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -9 | 14 | LLDLL |
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15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | -15 | 9 | LLLLL |
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15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | -24 | 6 | LDLLL |
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Goals scored | 1.4 |
Goals conceded | 1.6 |
Time first goal scored | 43 |
Time first goal conceded | 23 |
Yellow cards | 1.6 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 3.4 |
Biggest victory | 4-0 |
Biggest defeat | 3-1 |
Goals scored | 1.3 |
Goals conceded | 1.3 |
Time first goal scored | 37 |
Time first goal conceded | 44 |
Yellow cards | 3.1 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 4.1 |
Biggest victory | 3-2 |
Biggest defeat | 2-1 |
Ruairi Keating | 7 |
Tunde Owolabi | 4 |
Darragh Crowley | 3 |
Matt Healy | 2 |
Joseph O'Brien-Whitmarsh | 2 |
Max Mata | 9 |
Fabrice Hartmann | 3 |
Greg Bolger | 1 |
Lukas Browning-Lagerfeldt | 1 |
Éanna Clancy | 1 |
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