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St. Patrick’s Athletic Edge Out Cork City in Thrilling Dublin Encounter
St. Patrick’s Athletic and Cork City served up a thrilling encounter at Richmond Park in Dublin, in a matchday 16 clash of the 2025 Irish Premier Division. The game, played on May 16th at 6:45 PM, ended in a 3-2 victory for the home side.
St. Patrick’s Athletic started strongly, controlling possession (52%). M. Melia opened the scoring on 14 minutes, assisted by B. Baggley. Cork City responded, equalizing on 56 minutes through C. Lyons, with an assist from E. McLaughlin. The final stages saw high drama. Cork City took the lead with a penalty from S. Maguire in the 78th minute, receiving a yellow card in the process. However, St. Patrick’s Athletic fought back, scoring two late goals through Z. Elbouzedi (90th minute) and J. Lennon (90th minute) to secure a dramatic victory.
The match was a highly contested affair, featuring 23 fouls and six yellow cards. St. Patrick’s Athletic had 15 shots (6 on target), while Cork City managed 9 (3 on target).
Substitutions st patrick’s athl.: at minute 36 B. Kavanagh came in and K. Leavy went out., at minute 69 Z. Elbouzedi came in and A. Keena went out., at minute 69 T. Grivosti came in and J. Redmond went out., at minute 78 J. McClelland came in and B. Baggley went out., at minute 78 S. Power came in and J. Mulraney went out.
Substitutions cork city: at minute 58 G. Bolger came in and J. Fitzpatrick went out., at minute 69 S. Maguire came in and E. McLaughlin went out., at minute 69 M. Mbeng came in and H. Nevin went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
St Patrick’s Athl.
Cork City
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