Match Report
The table gap was wide: 35 points between Shelbourne (3rd, 59 pts) and Cork City (10th, 24 pts). Scoring rates set the scale: Cork City 0.92 scored and 1.69 conceded per game, Shelbourne 1.33 and 1.03, with the league averaging 1.21.
GioScore's database holds 8 meetings between the two: 2 for Cork City, 4 for Shelbourne and 2 drawn, at 2.38 goals per meeting. Playing at home matters in this fixture: 63% of the meetings went to the host.
Turner's Cross staged the fixture, a ground that holds 7,485. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Shelbourne led 1-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 1-2.
Goal scorers
Cork City: Sean Maguire (79') · Shelbourne: Daniel Kelly (3'), Jack Henry-Francis (88')
Key stats
Possession: Cork City 41% · Shelbourne 59% · Total shots: 12-14 · On target: 4-4 · Corners: 6-7