Rep. Ireland - Premier DivisionStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Cork City and Sligo Rovers, taking place on Friday, 01 September 2023, at Turners Cross Stadium in Cork.
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Cork City, Recent FormThere will be a feeling of disappointment amongst the Cork City players having failed to take any points away from their recent 3-1 away defeat at the hands of Drogheda United. During that encounter they had 39% possession and had 13 attempts on goal with 5 on target, while their opponents hit 5 of their 15 shots on goal.
They have bagged 4 goals in their last 6 matches but haven't taken the points they might have hoped for, primarily due to some indecisive defending that has seen their goal breached 12 times in that period. They have scored in 5 of their last 6 home games, but they have failed to keep a clean sheet in their last 10 games overall.
A win for Cork City is just a distant memory, having not won a single match in 9 games.
Sligo Rovers, Recent FormThe 1-0 home defeat to Shelbourne will not have sat easily with the Sligo Rovers squad, who would not have been pleased to squander all three points. They came away from that fixture with a 48% share of the possession and clocked up 14 attempts on goal with 4 on target, in comparison to Shelbourne, who managed 14 attempts on goal, 6 of which were on target.
Manager John Russell will be reasonably pleased with his team's attacking displays in recent matches, having managed to score 6 goals in their last 6 games, but he will have work to do defensively after they conceded 8 goals in those games and dropped some valuable points along the way. They have scored in 4 of their last 6 away games, but so far this season they have conceded at least one goal in 13 of their 14 games on the road.
Their recent poor run of form away from home has left them without an away win in 7 games.
After a good 3-0 win for Sligo Rovers in this pair's last league encounter, Cork City will certainly be looking for a better result this time round.
Cork City have managed to keep a clean sheet against The Bit O'Reds in each of their previous 2 meetings at Turners Cross Stadium. Playing at home, Cork City have scored in 3 of their last 3 league games against Sligo.
Sligo has a poor track record in the league when they visit Cork City, losing in their last 2 games.
Sligo Rovers 2 - 3 Cork CityCork City manager Liam Buckley has some team selection issues to consider ahead of this match. Darragh Crowley (Cruciate ligament), Joseph O'Brien-Whitmarsh (Muscle), Ethon Varian (Cruciate ligament) and Albin Winbo (Cruciate ligament) are all currently out of contention for this game.
With both Gary Boylan (Cruciate ligament) and Will Fitzgerald (Groin) being out for the rest of the season and Mark Byrne (Cruciate ligament) also unavailable in the shorter term, Sligo manager John Russell will be relieved to have no other major fitness concerns going into this tie.
Cork City Playing at home | Sligo Rovers Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1.2 | Goals scored | 1 |
| 1.3 | Goals conceded | 1.4 |
| 47' | Time first goal scored | 35' |
| 40' | Time first goal conceded | 38' |
| 1.6 | Yellow cards | 2.9 |
| 0.1 | Red cards | 0 |
| 3.3 | Subs used | 3.8 |
| 4-0 | Biggest victory | 3-2 |
| 3-1 | Biggest defeat | 2-0 |
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