Waterford vs Cork City Prediction & Betting Tips

Waterford will face off against guests Cork City at Waterford Regional Sports Centre in the Premier Division meeting on Saturday.

Scroll down to see all of the predictions, poll and statistics for Waterford v Cork City including the latest game odds.

📊 Form Guide

Waterford WWLLWW

Waterford are hoping to win again after their last result, a 0-1 Premier Division victory versus Shelbourne.

The only player to score from Waterford was John Martin (15').

John Sheridan's Waterford have netted 8 times in their prior half-dozen outings. The comparative tally of goals that have been scored against them in that time amounts to 7.

Cork City LLLWLL

After a loss in their previous game against Bohemian FC in Premier Division competition, Cork City and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

Andre Wright (4') was the scorer for Bohemian FC.

The trend of at least one team not managing to score in games involving Cork City has been evident in recent matches. Looking at their last 6 meetings shows that it has occurred 6 times. In these clashes, opposing sides have managed a goal tally of 12 and The Rebel Army have scored 1. We will find out if that trend can be continued on in this game.

Coming into this clash, Cork City are without an away win for the past 7 matches in the league.

↔️ Head to head

Checking out their prior head to head meetings dating back to 01/06/2018, neither club has come out on top overall with Waterford winning 3 of those games, Cork City 3 and 0 being drawn after 90 minutes of play.

16 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 8 of them for The Blues and 8 belonging to The Rebel Army. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.67.

The last league encounter featuring the two was Premier Division match day 20 on 02/09/2019 when it ended Cork City 1-2 Waterford.

The referee was Paul McLaughlin.

📋 Team News: Waterford

Waterford boss John Sheridan has no fitness worries to speak of ahead of this game with a fully injury-free group available to select from.

ℹ️ Team News: Cork City

With a fully healthy group to choose from, Cork City manager Neale Fenn has no fitness worries whatsoever ahead of this match.

🔮 Prediction

We’ve got the feeling that Cork City are certainly able to put a goal past this Waterford outfit, but it might not be enough to avoid a loss.

We’re going for a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 victory for Waterford at the end of this one. Let’s see what happens here.

Peter Guest, 23:06 04/08/2020