Match Report
The table gap was wide: 23 points between Shamrock Rovers W (4th, 28 pts) and Cork City W (12th, 5 pts). Per game in the league, Cork City W were scoring 0.65 and conceding 2.53, Shamrock Rovers W 1.82 and 1.12, against a competition average of 1.41 goals per team per game.
Defeat had followed defeat for Cork City W — five in succession. Momentum sat with Shamrock Rovers W, winners of their last three. Over the last five, Cork City W had taken 0 of 15 points to Shamrock Rovers W's 10.
The head-to-head ledger counts 5 games: 1 Cork City W win, 3 for Shamrock Rovers W, 1 draw, at 3 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 40% of those meetings. 80% of the meetings finished with three goals or more, and both sides scored in 80%.
Shamrock Rovers W led 2-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-2.
Goal scorers
Shamrock Rovers W: 2 goals with no recorded scorer




