Cork City 2-3 Sligo Rovers — Result, Statistics & Match Review — Ireland - Premier League, 25 Jul 2025

Cork City
2-3 HT 1-0
Sligo Rovers
📅25/07/2025 · 🕒21:45 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 1-0 ✗ 2nd Score 0-1 ✗
Ireland - Premier League – 2025

Cork City vs Sligo Rovers Prediction — Model Probabilities

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
34%
2.33
Draw
26%
3.18
Away
40%
2.72
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
54%
1.82
Over 2.5
46%
1.9
Both Teams to Score
Yes
48%
1.7
No
52%
2.03
Total Goals
0-1 Goal EV+ ✗
29%
3.11
2-3 Goals
38%
1.75
4-5 Goals
22%
3.49
6+ Goals
11%
14.0
Value flag · 0-1 Goal at 3.11 — our 29% vs market 25.5%. Did not land — edges play out over many matches, not one.
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
17%
3.55
1/2
7%
30.5
1/X
6%
12.85
X/1
9%
5.51
X/2
16%
6.14
X/X
11%
4.55
2/1
7%
27.5
2/2
18%
4.2
2/X
9%
13.05
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
34%
Home Win
39%
-5.2pp
26%
Draw
28%
-2.2pp
40%
Away Win
33%
+7.3pp
54%
Under 2.5
51%
+2.4pp
46%
Over 2.5
49%
-2.4pp
48%
BTTS Yes
55%
-6.8pp
52%
BTTS No
45%
+6.8pp
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.

Cork City v Sligo Rovers — Team-Based Signals

PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Cork City EU Bookmakers 43%
Head to Head
AWAY Sligo Rovers EU Bookmakers 37%
+0% / +0% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations -3% / +0%
1.26/1.10 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 0.78/1.56
-5% / +3% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) -7% / -16%
57% Ball Possession 43%
12 Total Shots 11
4 Shots on Target 4
6 Corners 4
286 · 74% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 250 · 69%
14.4 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 14.0
20.3 Crosses 13.3
1.2 Yellow Cards 3.3

Cork City vs Sligo Rovers Head-to-Head — Last 6 Meetings

H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Cork City
2W-3D-1L
AWAY Sligo Rovers
1.33 Avg Goals (FT) 1.17
1.02 xG 0.86
45% Ball Possession 55%
11 Total Shots 13
4 Shots on Target 4
5 Corners 6
209 Passes 301
67% Pass Accuracy 72%
14 Box Touches 21
19 Crosses 18
2 Yellow Cards 3
The Meetings
26.04.2025 Sligo Rovers Sligo Rovers 1-1 HT 0-0 Cork City Cork City İRL
07.03.2025 Cork City Cork City 1-1 HT 0-1 Sligo Rovers Sligo Rovers İRL
01.09.2023 Cork City Cork City 3-0 HT 1-0 Sligo Rovers Sligo Rovers İRL
15.07.2023 Sligo Rovers Sligo Rovers 3-0 HT 1-0 Cork City Cork City İRL
19.05.2023 Cork City Cork City 1-0 HT 1-0 Sligo Rovers Sligo Rovers İRL
11.03.2023 Sligo Rovers Sligo Rovers 2-2 HT 0-1 Cork City Cork City İRL

Cork City 2-3 Sligo Rovers — Actual Match Statistics

RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Cork City
2-3
AWAY Sligo Rovers
1.15 xG 1.63
37% Ball Possession 63%
16 Total Shots 17
8 Shots on Target 8
6 Corners 10
172 Passes 379
61% Pass Accuracy 79%
23 Box Touches 22
18 Crosses 30
2 Yellow Cards 0
POST-MATCH Cork City vs Sligo Rovers
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Sligo Rovers edged past Cork City 3-2 away from home. It was 1-0 at half-time, meaning the result turned around in the second half. 5 goals made it one of the day's more open games.

Our pre-match split (34% / 26% / 40%) promised a tight game; Sligo Rovers found the edge the numbers couldn't.

Over 2.5 goals sat near a coin-flip at 46% and both teams to score was close to even at 48%.

On the day, Cork City had 37% of the ball to Sligo Rovers's 63%, shots finished 16-17, expected goals 1.15 to 1.63.

Coming into the game, across their last 6 meetings in our records, Cork City had the better of it with 2 wins, 3 drawn. Those games averaged 1.33 goals for Cork City and 1.17 for Sligo Rovers.

What was the final score of Cork City vs Sligo Rovers?

Cork City 2-3 Sligo Rovers in the Ireland - Premier League on 25/07/2025. 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 Sligo Rovers?

Before kick-off our model rated an Sligo Rovers win the most likely single outcome at about 40%, with the full match-result split Cork City 34%, draw 26%, Sligo Rovers 40%. The final score 2-3 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Sligo Rovers) — while Under 2.5, BTTS No went the other way.

✓ Match Result (Sligo Rovers) ✗ Under 2.5 ✗ BTTS No
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