Cork City 3-1 Univ College Dublin — Result, Statistics & Match Review — Ireland - 1st Division, 8 May 2026

📅08/05/2026 · 🕒21:45 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 1-0 2nd Score 1-1
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
52%
1.66
Draw
22%
3.64
Away
26%
4.31
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
49%
2.0
Over 2.5
51%
1.74
Both Teams to Score
Yes
51%
1.75
No
49%
1.96
Total Goals
0-1 Goal EV+ ✗
28%
3.45
2-3 Goals
41%
1.74
4-5 Goals
23%
3.12
6+ Goals
8%
10.95
Value flag · 0-1 Goal at 3.45 — our 28% vs market 22.1%. Did not land — edges play out over many matches, not one.
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
32%
1/2
6%
1/X
5%
X/1
13%
X/2
7%
X/X
7%
2/1
7%
2/2
13%
2/X
10%
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
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Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
52%
Home Win
56%
-4.3pp
22%
Draw
24%
-1.7pp
26%
Away Win
20%
+6.0pp
49%
Under 2.5
46%
+2.3pp
51%
Over 2.5
54%
-2.3pp
51%
BTTS Yes
53%
-2.1pp
49%
BTTS No
47%
+2.1pp
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 60%
Head to Head
AWAY Univ College Dublin EU Bookmakers 23%
+5% / +1% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations +14% / +17%
2.07/0.47 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 1.43/1.31
+21% / +117% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) +48% / +22%
52% Ball Possession 48%
14 Total Shots 9
6 Shots on Target 4
6 Corners 4
317 · 76% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 324 · 77%
Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area
Crosses
2.0 Yellow Cards 1.9
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Cork City
4W-2D-0L
AWAY Univ College Dublin
0.83 Avg Goals (FT) 0.00
1.28 xG 1.02
50% Ball Possession 50%
13 Total Shots 11
7 Shots on Target 4
6 Corners 4
303 Passes 279
73% Pass Accuracy 70%
13 Box Touches 15
11 Crosses 22
2 Yellow Cards 2
20.03.2026 Univ College Dublin Univ College Dublin 0-1 HT 0-0 Cork City Cork City İR1
06.09.2024 Univ College Dublin Univ College Dublin 0-1 HT 0-0 Cork City Cork City İR1
03.06.2024 Cork City Cork City 0-0 HT 0-0 Univ College Dublin Univ College Dublin İR1
12.04.2024 Univ College Dublin Univ College Dublin 0-0 HT 0-0 Cork City Cork City İR1
01.03.2024 Cork City Cork City 1-0 HT 1-0 Univ College Dublin Univ College Dublin İR1
22.10.2023 Univ College Dublin Univ College Dublin 0-2 HT 0-2 Cork City Cork City İRL
POST-MATCH Cork City vs Univ College Dublin
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Cork City got the better of Univ College Dublin 3-1. Half-time: 1-0.

As we highlighted before kick-off, our model had Cork City as the likeliest winner at 52%, and the 3-1 landed on that lead.

Over 2.5 goals sat near a coin-flip at 51% and both teams to score was close to even at 51%.

For context: across their last 6 meetings in our records, Cork City had the better of it with 4 wins, 2 drawn. Those games averaged 0.83 goals for Cork City and 0.00 for Univ College Dublin.

What was the final score of Cork City vs Univ College Dublin?

Cork City 3-1 Univ College Dublin in the Ireland - 1st Division on 08/05/2026. 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 Univ College Dublin?

Before kick-off our model rated a Cork City win the most likely single outcome at about 52%, with the full match-result split Cork City 52%, draw 22%, Univ College Dublin 26%. The final score 3-1 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Cork City), Over 2.5, BTTS Yes — a clean sweep of the main markets.

✓ Match Result (Cork City) ✓ Over 2.5 ✓ BTTS Yes
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