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Peter Green - June 7, 2023
Cork City vs Dundalk Predictions and Free Tips from our expert tipsters when the teams go head-to-head in the Ireland Premier Division on Friday, 9 June 2023.
Cork City was having a dreadful run in the league but lately, the team looks to have a consistent positive form. They have won the last four league matches in a row and have climbed into a non-relegation spot.
They will be having enough of spirits to face Dundalk, their upcoming rivals. Going on, Dundalk is having an inconsistent form in the league at present. They have lost three of the last five league fixtures.
Dundalk won three and lost two of the last five head to head clashes against Cork City. The latest meeting had ended in a 2-1 win for Dundalk.
Cork City won two of the last three meetings against Dundalk at this stadium. The last four meetings at this stadium had goals under 2.5 ft.
Cork City is having an impressive form at home lately. They are on a three-match winning streak at the moment.
Meanwhile, Dundalk had an impressive form before losing the past three league road trips in a row.
Going on, Cork City have a slight edge in the recent tradition at this stadium and hence, we expect a win for them on Friday.
These two sides have a good number of over 2.5 goal involvements this season. But we don’t expect this match to be one of those considering the recent trend of Cork City who have recorded three low-scoring matches in the last four league matches.
Since we expect a low-scoring match with a win for Dundalk, both teams to score doesn’t seem ideal to back as an alternative for this match. Moreover, Cork City have bagged a clean sheet win in two of the last three home matches while Dundalk failed to score in two of the last three away outings.
Dundalk lost five of their total 10 away matches played this Premier Division season. Cork City looks to have the potential to seal a win past this Dundalk side. Moreover, Cork City is having a winning form in the league too.
Considering all these observations, we like to place Cork City to seal a 2-0 win at 11.00 odds as the main tip. For the second tip, we like to place the under 2.5 goals tip at 1.75 odds.
