🔴 Cork City – Recent Form

• ✅ FAI Cup win brings some relief

• ❌ 3 losses in last 4 league games

• ⚠️ Only 2 wins in 24 league matches

• ❌ Worst attack and 2nd-worst defense in the league

🔵 Sligo Rovers – Recent Form

• 🔥 Improved form – unbeaten in last 3 league games

• ✅ Back-to-back clean sheets in competitive matches

• ⚠️ Still just 6 wins in 24 and only 23 points

🆚 Head-to-Head Record

• ⚖️ Very even matchups: last 3 competitive games = all draws

• 🔁 BTTS in 3 of last 4

• Cork had a huge friendly win (6–3), but irrelevant competitively

📊 League Table Snapshot

• ❗ Cork are 8 points adrift, serious relegation worries

• 🛡️ Sligo can create daylight from the drop zone with a win

🔍 Tactical Insight

• Cork will likely play with urgency and aggression at home but are lacking quality in both boxes.

• Sligo have been more composed lately, especially defensively.

• Midfield control will be key – Cork’s biggest issue is transitions, while Sligo tend to get joy down the wings.