Sligo Rovers – Cork City Prediction & Picks (09.06.2018)

Sligo Rovers and Cork City meet at The Showgrounds, in a match for the 22nd round of the Premier League. In the last head-to-head for this edition of the league, on 04-17-2018, Cork City won at home against (1-0). In this stadium, the history of direct confrontations is favorable to the visiting team, which has 3 wins and 5 draws in the last 8 matches. In fact, the last time these two teams played a match at this stadium was on 26-02-2018, for the Premier League, which ended with the victory of Cork City by (1-4). The goals of the match were scored by A. Morgan (60 ‘), for Sligo Rovers, and G. Cummins (3’, 46 ‘and 90’) and K. Sadlier (11 ‘), for Cork City. In this game the home factor may be decisive, since both teams present considerable differences in the results achieved at home and as a visitor.

Sligo Rovers:

The home team is currently in the 8 th position of the league, with 20 points won, after 5 wins, 5 draws and 10 losses. In the penultimate match, they tied in a home match against Limerick, by (0-0). In the last match, they won in an away match against Derry City, by (0-2). This is a team that, oddly enough, has had better results in away matches than at home, since in the last 30 matches they register 8 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses in away matches; against 5 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses at their stadium. For the championship, Sligo Rovers won 9 points out of 30 possible, after 2 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses in the last 10 home matches. In their home league matches the most frequent result at half-time was the 0-0 (6 out of 11 matches). This is a team that usually scores a few times first: they only opened the scoring in 5 of their last 20 matches for the Premier League, of these 5 they reached the break in advantage in 3 and won at the end of the 90 ‘in all. In 20 matches in this tournament, he suffered the first goal 12 times and never got the comeback.

The Sligo part for this game with a victory in the field of St. Patrick’s, by 0-2, returning to the triumphs after five straight games without winning the Irish championship: the goals were scored by Cawley and Morrison. Despite this triumph, it is important to note that the premises remain at the bottom of the table. In this game against the fans, coach Gerard Lyttle may opt for a more cautious strategy, as he faces the leader of the competition. At the individual level we highlight the Englishman Adam Morgan, being this player the best score of Sligo, with 4 goals scored. It is important to underline that the premises present weaknesses in both sectors, as they scored on average 0.55 goals and suffered 1.36 goals per game. There are no important absences for this game.

Cork City:

The away team is currently in the 1 st position of the league, with 50 points won, after 16 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. In the penultimate match, they won in a home match against Waterford United, by (3-0). In the last match, they won in a home match against Derry City, by (4-2). This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, stronger with the help of its supporters, since in the last 30 matches they register 7 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses in away matches; against 13 wins and 2 draws in his stadium. In the last away game in this competition, they have won by (1-3) against St Patrick’s. In the last 10 away matches for the championship, Cork City has 5 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses, so they have won 17 points out of 30 possible. In their home league matches the most frequent final result at halftime was 0-1 (4 out of 11 matches). Their attack has scored regularly, since they have scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. This is a team that usually scores many times first: it opened the scoring in 16 of its last 21 matches for the Premier League, of these 16 it reached the break in advantage in 11 and managed to maintain the advantage until the end of the 90 ‘in 15 In 21 matches in this tournament, they suffered the first goal 4 times and only got 1 comeback. There are 2 periods that stand out in the last 11 away matches for this competition: they have scored 8 of their 20 goals between minutes (0’-15 ‘); He suffered 4 of his 11 goals between the minutes (46’-60 ‘).

The Cork City leaves for this party with a triumph on the Derry, by 4-2, adding the fifth followed success in this Irish championship. We remember that visitors have one point more than the second, the Dundalk. In this game against Sligo, coach John Caulfield will have to line up his team in a 4-2-3-1 favoring soccer ball possession and organized attacks: Garry Buckley is responsible for creating and organizing the team’s offensive process. On the other hand, Sadlier and Cummins are the great gunners of this Cork City, with 11 goals scored each. Alert for the offensive qualities of the team when playing away from home: scored on average 1.82 goals per game. For this game the coach has all his players.