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Predictions and Tips
St. Patrick's Athletic will be at Turners Cross Stadium on Friday for the Premier Division fixture with hosts Cork City.
Our predictions, user poll and statistics for Cork City v St. Patrick's Athletic can be found here - plus the latest betting odds.
📊 Form Guide

Cork City
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Cork City will be hoping to return to winning ways here after a 2-1 Premier Division loss in their previous game against Derry City.
In that game, Cork City managed 44% possession and 4 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. The only player to score for Cork City was Kitt Nelson (14'). At the other end, Derry City had 18 attempts on goal with 7 on target. Ronan Boyce (65') and Michael Duffy (74') scored for Derry City.
Cork City haven’t been able to stop scoring goals, finding the back of the net every time they’ve gone out to play in their last 6 games.
They have totted up the amount of 7 during that period while also conceding a total of 8. That pattern won’t necessarily be carried forward into this game, of course.
Pre-game facts show that Cork City:
- have not registered a win against St. Patrick's Athletic in their previous 11 league matches.
- are unbeaten in their previous 23 league matches at home. A fantastic home record.
- are without a win at home for the past 2 league matches.
St. Patrick's Athletic
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In their last game, St. Patrick's Athletic drew 0-0 in the Premier Division tie with Shelbourne.
In that game, St. Patrick's Athletic had 51% possession and 17 attempts at goal with 4 on target. On the other side, Shelbourne had 10 attempts on goal with 5 on target.
Stephen Kenny's St. Patrick's Athletic have found the back of the net a total of 11 times throughout their most recent 6 matches. The number of goals that they have conceded during that same period equals 5.
Ahead of this meeting, St. Patrick's Athletic are undefeated by Cork City when they've played them away from home in the last 6 league games. Travelling fans have really enjoyed these clashes.
👥 Head to head
An examination of their past head to head results stretching back to 27/08/2021 shows that these fixtures have not been good ones for Cork City. They have not managed to get themselves any wins whatsoever while St. Patrick's Athletic have maintained the edge over them, winning in 67% of those matches.
A combined total of 16 goals were shared by the two clubs during those clashes, with 4 of them from The Rebel Army and 12 netted by Saints. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.67.
📰 Team News: Cork City
Harry Nevin (Hamstring injury), Evan McLaughlin (Hamstring injury), Conor Drinan (unknown injury), Malik Dijksteel (unknown injury), Sean Maguire (Hamstring injury), Greg Bolger (unknown injury) and Ruairi Keating (Achilles tendon rupture) will not be taking part for Cork City manager Tim Clancy.
📋 Team News: St. Patrick's Athletic
St. Patrick's Athletic manager Stephen Kenny has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Romal Palmer (Hamstring injury) and Aidan Keena (Hamstring injury) will miss out on this game.
🔮 Prediction
Our assessment here is that Cork City will really need to work well to score against this St. Patrick's Athletic side who we reckon will end up scoring and staying ahead.
We therefore fancy a very even contest with a 0-1 win for St. Patrick's Athletic at the conclusion of the game.
It should be a good one.
Andre Moura, 18:07 11/04/2025
📊 Poll: Who Will Win?

⚽️ Team Focus:
Cork City
Formed: 1984
Stadium: Turners Cross Stadium (7,485)
Captain: Charlie Lyons
Chairman: Dermot Usher
Manager: Tim Clancy
Competitions: Premier Division position 9
⭐ Key Man: Kitt Nelson
Normally taking to the field in the Central Attacking Midfielder position, Kitt Nelson was born in England. After having played his first senior match for Cork City in the 2025 season, the goalscoring Midfielder has netted 2 league goals in the Premier Division 2025 season to date in 7 appearances.
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8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 15 | WWLDW |
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8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | WLWWD |
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8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | DDWWL |
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8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | DLDWD |
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7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | LWWDW |
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8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 11 | LDWDW |
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8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -2 | 9 | LWLLW |
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8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 9 | WLLLL |
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7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | -1 | 7 | LDDDL |
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8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -8 | 4 | WDLLL |
Shamrock Rovers |
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Derry City |
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Cork City |
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Drogheda United |
Shelbourne |
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Cork City |
Cork City |
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Sligo Rovers |
Cork City |
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Shelbourne |
Waterford |
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Bohemian FC |
Shamrock Rovers |
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Derry City |
Cork City |
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Drogheda United |
Cork City |
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Sligo Rovers |
Cork City |
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Bohemian FC |
Cork City |
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Galway United |
Cork City |
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Wexford |
Cork City |
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Treaty United |
Waterford |
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Shamrock Rovers |
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Galway United |
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Sligo Rovers |
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Bohemian FC |
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Shelbourne |
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Goals scored | 1.5 |
Goals conceded | 1.3 |
Time first goal scored | 41 |
Time first goal conceded | 38 |
Yellow cards | 3 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 2.3 |
Biggest victory | 2-1 |
Biggest defeat | null |
Goals scored | 1 |
Goals conceded | 1.3 |
Time first goal scored | 59 |
Time first goal conceded | 32 |
Yellow cards | 1.7 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 5 |
Biggest victory | 2-1 |
Biggest defeat | 2-1 |
Ruairi Keating | 3 |
Kitt Nelson | 2 |
Greg Bolger | 1 |
Darragh Crowley | 1 |
Malik Dijksteel | 1 |
Aidan Keena | 5 |
Chris Forrester | 3 |
Brandon Kavanagh | 2 |
Zachary Elbouzedi | 1 |
Jason McClelland | 1 |
Bohemian FC |
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Waterford |
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Shamrock Rovers |
Drogheda United |
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Cork City |
Galway United |
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Shelbourne |
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Shamrock Rovers |
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Galway United |
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Shamrock Rovers |
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Waterford |
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