Bray Wanderers – Cork City

Bray Wanderers and Cork City have met 4 times down the years, and the overall balance favours Cork City, who have won 2 of those games to 0, with 2 finishing level. On paper it is a fixture with a clear favourite, yet many of the meetings have been decided by the finest of margins. Goals have rarely been in short supply. These games produce 1.8 on average, with 0% of the meetings bringing three or more, and both teams have found the net in 50% of them, which points to an open contest more often than a cagey one. Home advantage has told as well. On their own ground Bray Wanderers carry a record of 0-2-0 in this exact fixture, while Cork City have managed 2-0-0 when hosting the same opponent, so where the next meeting is played could matter as much as current form. Current form reads clearly enough: Bray Wanderers have 2 wins in their last 5, scoring 1.6 each time out, and Cork City have 2 from 5, netting 2 on average. Momentum like that can quickly override what the historical numbers suggest. In percentage terms it reads 0% to Bray Wanderers, 50% drawn and 50% to Cork City. Those splits are a fair guide to what tends to happen, even if any single meeting can buck the trend. Most recently, on 04.09.2026, Bray Wanderers and Cork City served up a 1–1 result, the newest entry in this head-to-head. Until the sides are paired again, that match remains the latest word in a long-running rivalry.