Longford Town 0-2 Cork City — Result, Statistics & Match Review — Ireland - 1st Division, 16 May 2026

📅16/05/2026 · 🕒21:30 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 0-1 2nd Score 0-0
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
22%
4.48
Draw
31%
3.64
Away
47%
1.68
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
61%
1.9
Over 2.5
39%
1.82
Both Teams to Score
Yes
47%
1.82
No
53%
1.88
Total Goals
0-1 Goal EV+ ✗
33%
3.2
2-3 Goals
46%
1.73
4-5 Goals
13%
3.3
6+ Goals
8%
12.55
Value flag · 0-1 Goal at 3.2 — our 33% vs market 24.2%. Did not land — edges play out over many matches, not one.
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
7%
1/2
11%
1/X
6%
X/1
8%
X/2
15%
X/X
16%
2/1
7%
2/2
21%
2/X
9%
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
22%
Home Win
20%
+2.0pp
31%
Draw
25%
+6.5pp
47%
Away Win
56%
-8.5pp
61%
Under 2.5
49%
+12.2pp
39%
Over 2.5
51%
-12.2pp
47%
BTTS Yes
51%
-3.9pp
53%
BTTS No
49%
+3.9pp
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 Longford Town EU Bookmakers 22%
Head to Head
AWAY Cork City EU Bookmakers 60%
+1% / +7% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations -2% / -9%
1.01/1.40 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 1.59/0.79
-16% / +19% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) -19% / +32%
45% Ball Possession 55%
10 Total Shots 12
3 Shots on Target 5
4 Corners 6
268 · 71% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 356 · 78%
Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area
Crosses
2.7 Yellow Cards 2.6
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Longford Town
0W-1D-5L
AWAY Cork City
1.00 Avg Goals (FT) 2.50
42% Ball Possession 58%
8 Total Shots 23
4 Shots on Target 9
0 Corners 3
2 Yellow Cards 2
13.03.2026 Cork City Cork City 2-1 HT 0-0 Longford Town Longford Town İR1
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
POST-MATCH Longford Town vs Cork City
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Cork City got the better of Longford Town 2-0 away from home. The game was level at 0-0 at the break, so the decisive goals came after it.

As our pre-match numbers suggested, our model had Cork City as the likeliest winner at 47%, and the 2-0 landed on that lead. We had also flagged under 2.5 goals (61%), and that read landed as well.

Coming into the game, across their last 6 meetings in our records, Cork City led the recent series with 5 wins, 1 drawn. Those games averaged 1.00 goals for Longford Town and 2.50 for Cork City.

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

Longford Town 0-2 Cork City in the Ireland - 1st Division on 16/05/2026. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

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

Before kick-off our model rated an Cork City win the most likely single outcome at about 47%, with the full match-result split Longford Town 22%, draw 31%, Cork City 47%. The final score 0-2 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Cork City), Under 2.5, BTTS No — a clean sweep of the main markets.

✓ Match Result (Cork City) ✓ Under 2.5 ✓ BTTS No
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