Cork City 2-1 Longford Town — Result, Statistics & Match Review — Ireland - 1st Division, 13 Mar 2026

📅13/03/2026 · 🕒22:45 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 2-0 2nd Score 1-0
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
69%
1.3
Draw
20%
4.95
Away
11%
8.19
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
49%
2.07
Over 2.5
51%
1.68
Both Teams to Score
Yes
43%
2.19
No
57%
1.6
Total Goals
0-1 Goal EV+ ✗
30%
3.63
2-3 Goals
36%
1.76
4-5 Goals
25%
3.01
6+ Goals
9%
9.96
Value flag · 0-1 Goal at 3.63 — our 30% vs market 20.8%. Did not land — edges play out over many matches, not one.
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
40%
1/2
4%
1/X
5%
X/1
16%
X/2
3%
X/X
9%
2/1
12%
2/2
4%
2/X
7%
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
💡 For the risk lovers: Home Win ★★ — pattern-based signals at fair odds; informational, not a sized bet.
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
68%
Home Win
73%
-4.5pp
20%
Draw
17%
+2.9pp
11%
Away Win
10%
+1.6pp
49%
Under 2.5
44%
+4.3pp
51%
Over 2.5
56%
-4.3pp
43%
BTTS Yes
42%
+1.3pp
57%
BTTS No
58%
-1.3pp
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 77%
Head to Head
AWAY Longford Town EU Bookmakers 12%
-4% / -3% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations +8% / +10%
1.76/0.53 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 0.95/1.94
-23% / +81% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) +5% / +11%
56% Ball Possession 44%
14 Total Shots 7
6 Shots on Target 3
5 Corners 3
433 · 83% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 264 · 73%
Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area
Crosses
1.8 Yellow Cards 2.6
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Cork City
4W-2D-0L
AWAY Longford Town
2.33 Avg Goals (FT) 1.00
50% Ball Possession 50%
21 Total Shots 11
8 Shots on Target 4
4 Corners 3
2 Yellow Cards 2
30.08.2024 Cork City Cork City 3-2 HT 1-2 Longford Town Longford Town İR1
07.06.2024 Cork City Cork City 2-0 HT 2-0 Longford Town Longford Town İR1
20.04.2024 Longford Town Longford Town 1-4 HT 1-2 Cork City Cork City İR1
09.03.2024 Longford Town Longford Town 0-2 HT 0-0 Cork City Cork City İR1
02.09.2022 Cork City Cork City 2-2 HT 0-1 Longford Town Longford Town İR1
18.06.2022 Longford Town Longford Town 1-1 HT 0-1 Cork City Cork City İR1
POST-MATCH Cork City vs Longford Town
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Cork City squeezed past Longford Town 2-1. The game was level at 0-0 at the break, so the decisive goals came after it.

As we said in the preview, our model had Cork City as the likeliest winner at 68%, and the 2-1 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 4 wins, 2 drawn. Those games averaged 2.33 goals for Cork City and 1.00 for Longford Town.

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

Cork City 2-1 Longford Town in the Ireland - 1st Division on 13/03/2026. 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 Longford Town?

Before kick-off our model rated a Cork City win the most likely single outcome at about 68%, with the full match-result split Cork City 68%, draw 20%, Longford Town 11%. The final score 2-1 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Cork City), Over 2.5 — while BTTS No went the other way.

✓ Match Result (Cork City) ✓ Over 2.5 ✗ BTTS No
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