Sligo Rovers vs Cork City Live Stream, Predictions (Apr 26)

📏 Form Guide

Sligo Rovers

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Sligo Rovers will be looking to improve on their last outing here after the 3-0 Premier Division defeat last time out to Derry City.

In that match, Sligo Rovers managed 54% possession and 10 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. On the other side, Derry City had 16 attempts on goal with 7 on target. Danny Mullen (15', 46') and Gavin Whyte (25') scored for Derry City.

Fixtures with Sligo Rovers have often been engaging ones recently with plenty of scoring being a common characteristic. Over their past half dozen clashes, a grand total of 20 goals have been scored for both sides combined (at an average of 3.33 goals per game) with 8 of them coming from Sligo Rovers.

Analysis of their past results shows that Sligo Rovers:

• have not registered a win against Cork City in their last 2 league matches.
• are without a home win in the past 3 league games.

Cork City

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Cork City will go into this meeting following on from a 2-1 Premier Division win vs Waterford in their last match.

In that match, Cork City managed 61% possession and 17 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. For Cork City, the goalscorers were Evan McLaughlin (89') and Kitt Nelson (95'). At the other end, Waterford got 6 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. Tom Lonergan (53') scored for Waterford.

The stats tell the story, and Cork City have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 games, seeing their opponents hit 11 goals in all. At the back, Cork City certainly have room for improvement. It will be interesting to find out whether or not that trend can be continued on here.

Pre-game facts show that Cork City:

• have not registered a win against Sligo Rovers when they've played them away from home in the last 4 league games. They'll be keen to stop this run.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 7 league matches.

↔️ Head to head

Inspecting their past head-to-head clashes stretching back to 25/07/2021 tells us that Sligo Rovers have won 1 of these & Cork City 3, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 2.

An aggregate of 18 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 8 from The Bit o' Red and 10 netted by The Rebel Army. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.

The last league game between these clubs was Premier Division match day 5 on 07/03/2025 which ended up with the score at Cork City 1-1 Sligo Rovers.

That time, Cork City had 59% possession and 22 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Kitt Nelson (62').

At the other end, Sligo Rovers had 8 shots on goal with 2 on target. Owen Elding (25') was the scorer.

The referee was Eoghan O'Shea.

ℹ️ Team News: Sligo Rovers

Ollie Denham (unknown injury) and Wilson Waweru (Achilles heel problems) are not available for Sligo Rovers gaffer John Russell.

🗞️ Team News: Cork City

Cork City manager Tim Clancy has to choose from a squad that has some fitness concerns. Sean Maguire (Hamstring injury), Malik Dijksteel (unknown injury), Conor Drinan (unknown injury) and Ruairi Keating (Achilles tendon rupture) are not able to play.

💡 Prediction

In our opinion, Cork City will have a tough ask to breach the defence of this Sligo Rovers lineup who we think will likely end up scoring and possibly keep a clean sheet as well.

We therefore fancy a good tussle with a 1-0 winning score for Sligo Rovers at the conclusion of the game.

Looking forward to this.

📚 ⚽️ What are the best odds for the game?

Looking at the bookies’ prices in the WDW market, victory for Sligo Rovers can be had for 2.2, going for a draw is 3.2 and staking on the win for Cork City will get you 2.9. They are the best of the prices on offer as of now.

Victor Martins, 02:14 24/04/2025