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Sligo Rovers v Cork City FC : Premier Division match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 26th Apr, 19:45 BST, The Showgrounds, Newry

John Russell and Tim Walter meet in the Premier Division on Saturday evening, as Sligo Rovers face Cork City FC at The Showgrounds. This preview has odds from leading bookmakers for 17 different betting markets, alongside supporting data that changes as you go through them. Our predictions are based on the last 20 matches, so all statistics are shown from a 20-game perspective. Home, away and overall performance can be found, while there's also head-to-head history a little further down the page.


Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

We make over 1.5 goals our best tip on this match, meaning that the sides will score 2 goals or more between them during 90 mins. Both Sligo and Cork's latest form stats suggest things will go that way, while their head-to-head (H2H) record is pointing in the same direction too. The bookies make it the most likely outcome in this market too, available at 1.30.

In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Sligo are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 43% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.00.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Sligo
43%
27/20
18%
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Draw
25%
9/4
2%
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Cork
32%
17/10
18%
-
Draw 1-1
12%
11/2-
Sligo 2-1
9%
17/2
6%
-
Sligo 1-0
9%
8/1
20%
-
Cork 2-1
8%
9/1
17%
-
Cork 1-0
7%
9/1-
Sligo 2-0
7%
12/1
37%
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Draw 2-2
6%
12/1
13%
-
Draw 0-0
6%
10/1
10%
-
Cork 2-0
5%
14/1
12%
-
Sligo 3-1
5%
18/1
12%
-
Sligo 3-0
4%
22/1
21%
-
Cork 3-1
3%
20/1
28%
-
Sligo 3-2
3%
25/1
10%
-
Cork 3-2
3%
28/1
15%
-
Cork 3-0
2%
28/1
29%
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Over 2.5 Goals
55%
17/20
8%
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Under 2.5 Goals
45%
19/20
8%
-
Home 1st Goal
50%
4/5
8%
-
Away 1st Goal
47%
11/10
16%
-
No 1st Goal
3%
10/1
10%
-
BTTS - Yes
58%
4/6
7%
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BTTS - No
42%
11/10
8%
-
BTTS - Home Win
22%
15/4
10%
-
BTTS - Draw
19%
10/3
9%
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BTTS - Away Win
17%
4/1
29%
-
Home/draw
68%
2/5
8%
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Away/draw
57%
8/15
8%
-
Home/away
75%
3/10-
Over 1.5 Goals
78%
1/4
4%
-
Under 1.5 Goals
22%
11/4
10%
-
Over 3.5 Goals
33%
9/4
7%
-
Under 3.5 Goals
67%
1/3
3%
-
Over 4.5 Goals
17%
5/1
14%
-
Under 4.5 Goals
83%
1/8
2%
-
Over 5.5 Goals
7%
12/1
13%
-
Under 5.5 Goals
93%
1/25
1%
-
Over 0.5 Goals
94%
1/20
1%
-
Under 0.5 Goals
6%
10/1
10%
-
Home DNB
60%
8/11
15%
-
Away DNB
50%
1/1
20%
-
Sligo win to nil
21%
10/3
24%
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Cork win to nil
15%
4/1
17%
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Sligo / Sligo
21%
3/1
18%
-
Sligo / Cork
3%
25/1
24%
-
Sligo / Draw
6%
12/1
13%
-
Draw / Sligo
14%
5/1
20%
-
Draw / Cork
13%
11/2
13%
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Draw / Draw
15%
9/2
10%
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Cork / Sligo
3%
25/1
13%
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Cork / Cork
18%
7/2
25%
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Cork / Draw
6%
12/1
13%
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Win / draw / win Premier Division table

Sligo have played 11 matches so far this season and are in 10th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

11 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 8 games, drawn 1 and won 2. Sligo have conceded 24 goals, scored 16, failed to score in 3 matches and kept 1 clean sheet.

Home league performance

Sligo have played 5 games at home, winning 1, drawing 0 and losing 4 fixtures. They have scored 6 goals, conceded 9 goals, kept 0 clean sheets and failed to score 1 time in home league games.

Cork lay in 9th place on 10 points in the Premier Division league table having played 11 matches. Cork are unbeaten in 1 games against teams below them in the league and kept zero clean sheets out of 1 games. Cork are winless in the 1 games they have played against teams below them in the table and have conceded in every game. Cork are having a poor run against away teams, having not won a match so far this season. They have also not scored in 1 of those game.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 1 game against teams below them in the table, winning 0, drawing 1 and losing 0 games. They have scored 1 goal and kept 0 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Cork have conceded 1 goal and scored in every game.

Away league performance

Cork have played 5 away games, winning 0, drawing 1 and losing 4 games. They have scored an average of 0.8 goals per away game and conceded an average 2 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Sligo
Cork
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Drogheda12720 
May 2
l
 
3-0A
Sep 20
Jun 20
d
 
1-1F
May 5
Jun 23
Oct 17
2
Galway12420 
l
 
1-2A
May 16
Jun 23
Sep 12
d
 
2-2F
May 23
Aug 1
Sep 26
3
St Patrick's12619 
May 30
l
 
4-3A
Sep 27
Aug 8
l
 
0-2A
May 16
Jun 27
Sep 12
4
Shamrock12519 
w
 
2-1F
May 5
Jul 5
Nov 1
May 2
l
 
4-1A
Sep 19
Jun 20
5
Shelbourne12419 
l
 
1-2A
May 23
Aug 2
Oct 17
May 30
d
 
1-1F
Oct 3
Jul 4
6
Bohemians12018 
May 10
l
 
4-2A
Aug 30
Jun 27
w
 
2-1A
l
 
1-0A
Jun 13
Aug 22
7
Derry12-117 
l
 
0-1A
l
 
3-0A
Jul 12
Oct 3
May 9
l
 
2-1F
Nov 1
Aug 8
8
Waterford12-1112 
l
 
2-3A
w
 
0-4F
Jun 14
Aug 22
w
 
2-1A
l
 
2-1F
Aug 29
Jul 11
9
Cork A11-610 
Apr 26
d
 
1-1F
Oct 25
Jul 25
-
-
-
-
10
Sligo H11-87 
-
-
-
-
d
 
1-1A
Apr 26
Jul 25
Oct 25
Win / draw / win form
3
Sligo have lost 3 consecutive home league games
3
Cork have lost 3 consecutive away league games
5
Cork have not won in 5 consecutive away league games
Sligo 10TH
20 league games
Home
3
Overall
Goals: Scored
25
Conceded
23
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
10
D
2
Lost
8
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Sligo1 - 2Galway
Sligo1 - 2Shelbourne
Sligo0 - 1Derry
Sligo2 - 1Shamrock
Sligo2 - 3Waterford
Sligo0 - 2St Patrick's
Sligo0 - 2Bohemians
Sligo2 - 1Dundalk
Sligo2 - 0Waterford
Sligo2 - 1Shelbourne
Sligo2 - 0Galway
Sligo2 - 1Derry
Sligo2 - 0Shamrock
Sligo2 - 1Drogheda
Sligo0 - 3Bohemians
Sligo1 - 0St Patrick's
Sligo0 - 1Waterford
Sligo0 - 0Galway
Sligo1 - 1Dundalk
Sligo3 - 1Drogheda
Goals: Scored
23
Conceded
43
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
W
4
D
4
Lost
12
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ASligo0 - 3Derry
ASligo4 - 0Waterford
HSligo1 - 2Galway
ASligo2 - 4Bohemians
HSligo1 - 2Shelbourne
HSligo0 - 1Derry
ASligo1 - 1Cork
HSligo2 - 1Shamrock
ASligo3 - 4St Patrick's
ASligo0 - 3Drogheda
HSligo2 - 3Waterford
HSligo0 - 2St Patrick's
ASligo2 - 2Galway
HSligo0 - 2Bohemians
ASligo1 - 1Derry
ASligo0 - 0Shelbourne
HSligo2 - 1Dundalk
ASligo0 - 4Shamrock
HSligo2 - 0Waterford
ASligo0 - 7Drogheda
Cork 9TH
20 league games
Away
3
Overall
Goals: Scored
13
Conceded
46
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
W
2
D
2
Lost
16
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Bohemians1 - 0Cork
Shamrock4 - 1Cork
Derry2 - 1Cork
Shelbourne1 - 1Cork
Waterford2 - 1Cork
Bohemians4 - 0Cork
UC Dublin0 - 2Cork
Dundalk5 - 0Cork
Shelbourne2 - 1Cork
Drogheda3 - 1Cork
Shamrock2 - 1Cork
Sligo3 - 0Cork
St Patrick's1 - 1Cork
Derry2 - 0Cork
Drogheda0 - 1Cork
Dundalk2 - 1Cork
Bohemians5 - 0Cork
Shelbourne2 - 1Cork
UC Dublin1 - 0Cork
St Patrick's4 - 0Cork
Goals: Scored
19
Conceded
34
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
W
4
Draw
5
Lost
11
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HCork2 - 1Waterford
ACork0 - 1Bohemians
ACork1 - 4Shamrock
HCork0 - 2St Patrick's
ACork1 - 2Derry
HCork1 - 1Drogheda
ACork1 - 1Shelbourne
HCork1 - 1Sligo
ACork1 - 2Waterford
HCork2 - 1Bohemians
HCork2 - 2Galway
ACork0 - 4Bohemians
HCork0 - 0Shamrock
HCork0 - 1Derry
ACork2 - 0UC Dublin
HCork0 - 1St Patrick's
ACork0 - 5Dundalk
ACork1 - 2Shelbourne
HCork3 - 0Sligo
ACork1 - 3Drogheda
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Sligo since 2019
Sligo
Cork
Goals: Scored
9
6
Games: Scored
5 / 5
4 / 5
Clean sheets
1 / 5
0 / 5
SLR
2
D
2
COR
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Sligo
Sligo3 - 0
Draw2 - 2Draw
Sligo2 - 1
Draw1 - 1Draw
1 - 2Cork
League games at Cork since 2019
Cork
Sligo
Goals: Scored
10
5
Games: Scored
5 / 6
2 / 6
Clean sheets
4 / 6
1 / 6
SLR
1
D
2
COR
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Cork
Draw1 - 1Draw
Cork3 - 0
Cork1 - 0
Cork3 - 0
2 - 4Sligo
Draw0 - 0Draw
Goal Statistics

Sligo Rovers's fans will be hoping for goals on Saturday evening, not least because Cork City FC have conceded in each of their last 11 Premier Division matches. A PG of 1.6 for J. Russell's side suggests that run should continue.

Sligo 10th Cork 9th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.6
goals
1.3
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
21%
1
33%
2
26%
3
13%
4+
There is a 79% probability that Sligo will score 1 or more goals
0
27%
1
35%
2
23%
3
10%
4+
There is a 62% probability that Cork will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+12
Sligo have scored 12% more goals at home than predicted
-31
Cork have scored 31% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.3
average goals scored
0.7
average goals scored
1.2
conceded
2.3
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Premier Division - 2025/2025 season
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Sligo
PG (predicted goals)
Cork
1.6
1.3
Attack rating
SLR
COR
1%
better
view stats
Games scored8
9
Failed to score3
2
Scored first3
5
Goals scored16
12
Avg. goals scored1.5
1.1
Avg. shots per game9
9
Avg. shots per goal6
8
Conversion rate for17
13
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
+1%
Defence rating
1%
better
SLR
COR
view stats
Games conceded10
11
Clean sheets1
0
Conceded first8
6
Goals conceded24
18
Avg. goals conceded2.2
1.6
Avg. shots/game conceded10
11
Avg. shots/goal conceded5
7
Conversion rate against21%
15%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
+1%

Sligo v Cork Premier Division lLine ups will show here when available.

Sligo Premier Division squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
11548
R HutchinsonO EldingW FitzgeraldJ Mahon
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
R Hutchinson DEF1122
2
-
W Fitzgerald FWD114
-
F. Lomboto FWD112
1
-
J Mahon DEF101
8
-
J Hakiki MID101
5
-
C Malley MID101
5
-
R. Manning MID102
2
-
O Elding FWD105
3
-
G McElroy DEF91
1
-
O Hattum FWD91
-
C Kavanagh FWD931
1
1
M Wolfe MID8
3
-
H Lintott DEF71
2
-
O Denham DEF7
1
-
J Doyle-Hayes MID7
4
1
C Walsh GLK6
1
-
S Sargeant GLK5
-
S Mallon MID5
-
C Reynolds MID5
3
1
D. Patton MID3
-
K. McDonagh MID1
1
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Cork Premier Division squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
11325
T TroostK. NelsonR ShipstonR Shipston
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
T Troost GLK11
2
-
D Crowley DEF1111
4
-
B Couto DEF111
2
-
S Murray MID11
2
-
K. Nelson MID113
-
R Shipston MID112
5
-
A I FWD111
1
-
C. Lyons DEF10
5
-
F. Anderson DEF9
2
1
M. Mbeng DEF91
2
-
J Fitzpatrick FWD8
-
H. Skieters FWD8
-
R Keating FWD73
4
-
G Bolger MID51
3
-
E McLaughlin MID41
-
M Dijksteel FWD41
-
M. Kiernan DEF3
-
S Maguire FWD311
-
D. Dunne FWD2
-
M. Murray MID1
-
A Healy MID1
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