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| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cork City | 15 | D1 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 11/15 | 11-6 |
| UCD | 15 | D1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 8/15 | 12-9 |
Computed over each team's finished games before kickoff — see the Games column for the sample behind each row.
Aggregated from 11 finished meetings (2005-04-07 – 2026-07-24) in the GioScore fixtures corpus.
| Date | Home | Score | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-24 | UCD | 5-2 | Cork City |
| 2026-05-08 | Cork City | 3-1 | UCD |
| 2026-03-20 | UCD | 0-1 | Cork City |
| 2024-09-06 | UCD | 0-1 | Cork City |
| 2024-06-03 | Cork City | 0-0 | UCD |
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cork City | 1 | 30 | 68 | 36 | WWDWD | 2 | -1 |
| UCD | 2 | 30 | 48 | 15 | LWDWD | 4 | -2 |
Form rank = league-wide rank by points from the last 5 league games; "Form vs pos" > 0 means over-performing the table.
Figures computed from the GioScore results database · data cutoff: kickoff 2026-09-18
On the table this is a mismatch: Cork City (1st, 68 pts) hold a 20-point advantage over UCD (2nd, 48 pts). Scoring rates set the scale: Cork City 2.07 scored and 0.87 conceded per game, UCD 1.77 and 1.27, with the league averaging 1.36.
6 matches unbeaten back Cork City's arrival, having scored in 15 consecutive games.
11 meetings are on record — 5 won by Cork City, 3 by UCD, 3 drawn, at 2.09 goals per meeting.
The venue is Turner's Cross in Cork.
