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Cork City will be at Bishopsgate on Saturday for the First Division meeting with home team Longford Town.
Our Longford Town v Cork City tips, poll and stats can be seen in full below - as well as up-to-date odds.
๐ Form Guide
Longford Town
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Longford Town head into this fixture coming off the back of a 2-2 First Division draw vs Wexford.
Itโs not been often in recent times that Longford Town have shown defensive steel. The facts show that Longford Town have been scored against in 6 of their previous 6 clashes, leaking 12 goals in the process. That kind of pattern wonโt necessarily be continued into this next game, though.
Looking at the pre-match facts, Longford Town:
- are winless against Cork City in their previous 8 matches in the league.
- are without a home win in the past 7 league games. Their supporters are understandably frustrated.
Cork City
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In their previous fixture, Cork City drew 0-0 in the First Division match with UCD.
In 5 of the past 6 games involving Cork City, a comparatively low number of goals have been hit between them and opposing sides. The overall average number of goals per game within that spell is a mere 1.33, with the average goals for The Rebel Army equalling 1.17.
โ๏ธ Head to head
Looking at their prior head to head clashes dating back to 11/08/2020 tells us that Longford Town have won 0 of these games and Cork City 3, with the number of drawn results being 3.
An aggregate of 14 goals were scored between the two sides throughout the course of those matches, with 4 of them for The Town and 10 coming from The Rebel Army. That is an average goals per game value of 2.33.
The last league match featuring the two was First Division match day 4 on 09/03/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Longford Town 0-2 Cork City.
โน๏ธ Team News: Cork City
Due to a fully healthy squad ready to go, the Cork City manager Richie Holland doesnโt have any fitness worries whatsoever coming into this match.
๐ญ Prediction
Our feeling is that Longford Town have the ability to score against this Cork City lineup, although just one goal might not quite be enough to avoid defeat.
Weโre therefore expecting both teams to score in a 1-2 victory for Cork City when the full-time whistle blows.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Andre Moura, 18:06 20/04/2024
โฝ๏ธ Team Focus:
Longford Town
Formed: 1924
Stadium: Bishopsgate (5,097)
Captain: Sam Verdon
Chairman: Jim Hanley
Manager: Stephen Henderson
Competitions: First Division position 10
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10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 22 | DWDWD |
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11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 18 | WDDDW |
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10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 15 | DWWDL |
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11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 15 | LWLWW |
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10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 | LLLDL |
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10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -5 | 10 | DDLLW |
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11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -2 | 9 | DDWDL |
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9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | -10 | 4 | LDLLD |
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