Cork City vs St Patricks Prediction & Betting Tips - Airtricity League

Prediction published on 16/08/2018, 23:03  by Daniel Ngulu | Modified on 16/08/2018 at 23:03 in Football Predictions

=10.5ptDundalk remain serious challengers in Cork City’s league title and having played two more matches, Cork City know they can’t afford any slips. They have not had a very smooth run in their recent matches but they have managed three wins in the last five outings while at home, it has not been so rosy, with just a win, a draw and three losses in the last five, with the team netting five and conceding four in the process. Cork have seven losses and four wins in their last 12 matches and have scored in just four of their last 10 matches. Their best run has been in the league, where they have a four game unbeaten run, with three straight wins in the process, as they go into this game. In the league, they have lost just once, and won 11 of their last 14 matches. They are unbeaten in 16 Premier Division matches at home, with 13 wins therein and have kept clean sheets in five of their last six home matches in the league. They will also be buoyed by the fact that they have beaten St. Patrick in three straight meetings. The visitors also carry a run of three wins in the last five as they go to this clash but their away form is what will really have them concerned, having won once and lost the remaining four of the last five, scoring seven goals but conceding eight. St. Patrick´s have lost nine and won just four of their last 13 matches while they have kept just four clean sheets in their last 15 matches. In the Premier Division, they have picked five straight losses away from home, and they have lost eight of the last 10 on the road, with just two clean sheets in the process. St. Patrick´s have beaten Cork City in just two of the last 14 meetings. Head to head, the two sides have met 80 times and Cork City have managed 34 wins while the visitors have 29 wins.