On Friday Mar 17th, Shelbourne and Cork City will play a match in Cork in a meeting of these two evenly matched Premier Division teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 10 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. 6th placed Cork City is fresh off their 2-2 draw against Sligo Rovers. Jonas Häkkinen scored the first goal for Cork City in the 18th minute, then Ruairi Keating added another in the 63rd minute . They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches, while 7th placed Shelbourne is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Shamrock Rovers. Neither Shelbourne nor Shamrock Rovers could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 8 and 13 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. Shelbourne looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season.
Leavy and John Wilson are the top scorers for Shelbourne in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats. Cork City is glad to have Keating in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored four goals.