Cork City 3-2 Athlone Town — Result, Statistics & Match Review — Ireland - 1st Division, 3 Aug 2026

📅03/08/2026 · 🕒19:00 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 1-0 2nd Score 2-0
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Probability per market · Global + League + Team blend
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
61%
1.37
Draw
25%
4.49
Away
14%
6.69
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
50%
2.29
Over 2.5
50%
1.56
Both Teams to Score
Yes
43%
1.85
No
57%
1.85
Total Goals
0-1 Goal EV+ ✗
28%
3.74
2-3 Goals
36%
1.78
4-5 Goals
24%
2.95
6+ Goals
12%
9.45
Value flag · 0-1 Goal at 3.74 — our 28% vs market 20.1%. Did not land — edges play out over many matches, not one.
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
32%
1/2
4%
1/X
6%
X/1
22%
X/2
5%
X/X
12%
2/1
7%
2/2
5%
2/X
7%
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
💡 For the risk lovers: Over 2.5 ★★★ Home Win ★★ — pattern-based signals at fair odds; informational, not a sized bet.
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
61%
Home Win
69%
-7.6pp
25%
Draw
19%
+5.6pp
14%
Away Win
12%
+1.9pp
50%
Under 2.5
40%
+10.1pp
50%
Over 2.5
60%
-10.1pp
43%
BTTS Yes
50%
-7.1pp
57%
BTTS No
50%
+7.1pp
gold — our model green — our served pick grey — EU market (margin removed: each group sums to 100%)
Edge (pp): green = we see more probability than the market · gold = essentially even (±0.5pp) · red = we see less. The Decision above outranks any single row: the engine backs well-supported edges, not merely big ones.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Cork City EU Bookmakers 73%
Head to Head
AWAY Athlone Town EU Bookmakers 15%
-5% / -4% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations -1% / -13%
2.21/0.78 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 0.80/2.46
-3% / +24% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) -14% / -15%
55% Ball Possession 45%
15 Total Shots 9
7 Shots on Target 3
8 Corners 3
343 · 82% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 231 · 75%
Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area
Crosses
2.5 Yellow Cards 2.7
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Cork City
3W-1D-2L
AWAY Athlone Town
1.50 Avg Goals (FT) 1.00
55% Ball Possession 45%
8 Total Shots 7
4 Shots on Target 5
5 Corners 5
3 Yellow Cards 3
22.05.2026 Athlone Town Athlone Town 0-3 HT 0-0 Cork City Cork City İR1
27.03.2026 Cork City Cork City 4-1 HT 2-1 Athlone Town Athlone Town İR1
11.10.2024 Athlone Town Athlone Town 4-1 HT 1-1 Cork City Cork City İR1
09.08.2024 Cork City Cork City 0-0 HT 0-0 Athlone Town Athlone Town İR1
31.05.2024 Athlone Town Athlone Town 1-0 HT 1-0 Cork City Cork City İR1
29.03.2024 Cork City Cork City 1-0 HT 0-0 Athlone Town Athlone Town İR1
POST-MATCH Cork City vs Athlone Town
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Cork City nicked a narrow win over Athlone Town 3-2. Half-time: 3-1. 5 goals made it one of the day's more open games.

As our pre-match numbers suggested, our model had Cork City as the likeliest winner at 61%, and the 3-2 landed on that lead. The goals read — no to both teams scoring (57%) — went the other way, though.

For context: across their last 6 meetings in our records, Cork City had the better of it with 3 wins, 1 drawn. Those games averaged 1.50 goals for Cork City and 1.00 for Athlone Town.

What was the final score of Cork City vs Athlone Town?

Cork City 3-2 Athlone Town in the Ireland - 1st Division on 03/08/2026. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Cork City vs Athlone Town?

Before kick-off our model rated a Cork City win the most likely single outcome at about 61%, with the full match-result split Cork City 61%, draw 25%, Athlone Town 14%. The final score 3-2 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Cork City) — while BTTS No went the other way.

✓ Match Result (Cork City) ✗ BTTS No
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