Cork City 2–0 Waterford: Result & Stats

Cork City

FT

2 – 0

HT: 1 – 0

Waterford

8/29/2025

Premier Division · Round 29Turners Cross

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 63+ matches

Cork City41%

×Draw27%

Waterford32%

✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side

Model

50.3%

Always home

44.5%

The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 50.3% correct across 582,450 matches, vs 44.5% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50.5% correct · Away picks 49.5% correct

Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

Cork CityExpected goals in this matchWaterford

Expected goals in this match

What is xG?

Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.

The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.

1.32

1.13

Cork City

1.32

Waterford

1.13

Cork City creates 17% more chances

Season form · 63 home / 95 away

0.97

creates per match

1.07

1.19

allows per match

1.67

creates per match

Cork City

0.97

Waterford

1.07

allows per match

Cork City

1.19

Waterford

1.67

+0.00on par

finishing

+0.00on par

finishing

Cork City+0.00on par

Waterford+0.00on par

Total goals

Under56
Over44

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

No50
Yes50

Close call

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Cork City ↓

Waterford →

0

1

2

3

4

0

0–09%

0–110%

0–26%

0–32%

0–41%

1

1–011%

1–113%

1–27%

1–33%

1–41%

2

2–08%

2–19%

2–25%

2–32%

2–41%

3

3–03%

3–14%

3–22%

3–31%

3–40%

4

4–01%

4–11%

4–21%

4–30%

4–40%

Most likely 1–1 (13%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5

91%9%1.5

70%30%2.5

44%56%3.5

23%77%4.5

10%90%

Double chance

Cork City or draw

68%

Cork City or Waterford

73%

Draw or Waterford

59%

Winning margin

Cork City wins by 2+

19%

Waterford wins by 2+

13%

Team goals

Cork City 1+ goals

73%

Cork City 2+ goals

38%

Cork City 3+ goals

15%

Waterford 1+ goals

68%

Waterford 2+ goals

31%

Waterford 3+ goals

11%

Draw no bet

Cork City (draw refunded)

56%

Waterford (draw refunded)

44%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals

37%

Both score & under 3

13%

Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.

How is this calculated?

Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.

1

Recent form of each side

Cork City at home — creates 0.97, concedes 1.19 · 63 matches

Waterford away — creates 1.07, concedes 1.67 · 95 matches

⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.

2

Expected goals for this match

Cork City attack 0.97 + Waterford defence 1.67 → ÷2 → 1.32

Waterford attack 1.07 + Cork City defence 1.19 → ÷2 → 1.13

Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.

3

Chance of every scoreline

From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.

4

The answer to "why 41%?"

Cork City scores more

41%

level

27%

Waterford scores more

32%

Cork City at 41% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.

What the model can't see

It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:

injuries & suspensions
the matchday lineup
motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
weather & pitch condition
in-game coaching decisions

So 41% does not mean "Cork City will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."

Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.

Probable lineups not yet announced

Starting lineups are usually confirmed ~1 hour before kickoff