0 v 2 
Galway WFCDetails
| Date | Time | League | Season |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 June 2021 | 2:00 pm | LOI Women's Premier Division | 2021 |
Match Report
First half brace powers Galway win
A first half brace powered Galway WFC to impressive win away to Cork City at Turners Cross in the WFL this afternoon.
The visitors were much the better side creating many chances in the opening quarter of the game. Chloe Moloney opened the scoring with a fine header.
Aoife Thompson also found the net with her head, after a fantastic ball in from Shauna Brennan. Cork never got into the game creating very little going forward, which they will be very disappointed in.
Galway started off the game the brightest with good attempts early on being saved by Cork Keeper Abby McCarthey one of which was an incredible save tipping the ball onto the post.
The visitors continued to cause mayhem in the Cork defence by getting the ball in behind the Rebels high line.
The game itself was fiery with hard tackles coming in from both sides. Sinead Donovan's heavy tackle 20 minutes in went unpunished and led to a Galway corner, which subsequently resulted in their opening goal. Chloe Moloney headed the ball into the back of the net, a scoreline that Galway fully deserved.
Things got worse for Cork four minutes later when a brilliant ball in from Shauna Brennan was met by Aoife Thompson with an excellent diving header.
Cork didn't pose much threat going forward. Any break away they made was cut out by the Galway defence. Savannah McCarthy was fantastic in the middle of the park breaking up Cork attacks and launching Galway forward - a player of the match performance.
2-0 down at the break, Cork came out with more enthusiasm and fight in the second half, but got no return on their efforts.
The latter stages of the second half was very stop-start with Cork sustaining injuries and both sides using all available subs. Cork after making all their subs received another injury resulting in them playing out the last 10 minutes down to 10.
Galway will be happy with the result on the road and especially delighted with their defensive display with keeper Maja Zajc not having to make any saves of note.
Cork can take positives from the second half keeping a clean sheet and decent spells of possession although their attacking output will need to improve going forward.
Past Meetings
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(Series 1)
3 - 3LOI Women's Premier Division
Eamonn Deacy Park Galway WFC v Cork City |
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(Series 5 - Group 1)
2 - 1LOI Women's Premier Division
Turner's Cross Cork City v Galway WFC |
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(Series 9)
1 - 2LOI Women's Premier Division
Turner's Cross Cork City v Galway WFC |
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(Round 20)
2 - 2LOI Women's Premier Division
Turner's Cross Cork City v Galway WFC |
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(Round 14)
4 - 1LOI Women's Premier Division
Eamonn Deacy Park Galway WFC v Cork City |
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(Round 8)
3 - 5LOI Women's Premier Division
Turner's Cross Cork City v Galway WFC |
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(Round 15)
3 - 0LOI Women's Premier Division
Eamonn Deacy Park Galway WFC v Cork City |
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(Round 8)
3 - 1LOI Women's Premier Division
Turner's Cross Cork City v Galway WFC |
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(Round 1)
0 - 2LOI Women's Premier Division
Eamonn Deacy Park Galway WFC v Cork City |
1 - 4LOI Women's Premier Division
Eamonn Deacy Park Galway WFC v Cork City |
5 - 3LOI Women's Premier Division
Turner's Cross Cork City v Galway WFC |
0 - 2LOI Women's Premier Division
Eamonn Deacy Park Galway WFC v Cork City |
2 - 0LOI Women's Premier Division
Turner's Cross Cork City v Galway WFC |
3 - 0LOI Women's Premier Division
Eamonn Deacy Park Galway WFC v Cork City |
1 - 6LOI Women's Premier Division
Turner's Cross Cork City v Galway WFC |
4 - 0LOI Women's Premier Division
Eamonn Deacy Park Galway WFC v Cork City |
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(Round 18)
1 - 3LOI Women's Premier Division
Turner's Cross Cork City v Galway WFC |
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(Round 11)
5 - 0LOI Women's Premier Division
Eamonn Deacy Park Galway WFC v Cork City |
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(Round 4)
2 - 2LOI Women's Premier Division
Turner's Cross Cork City v Galway WFC |
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(Round 17)
9 - 0LOI Women's Premier Division
Eamonn Deacy Park Galway WFC v Cork City |
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(Round 10)
0 - 1LOI Women's Premier Division
Turner's Cross Cork City v Galway WFC |
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(Round 3)
3 - 0LOI Women's Premier Division
Eamonn Deacy Park Galway WFC v Cork City |
Ground
| Turner's Cross |
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| Beaufort Park, Turner\'s Cross C, Cork, County Cork, Munster, T12 E3H5, Ireland |
John Nee
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Full time Cork 0 Galway 2
Brilliant long ranged effort from Brennan tipped just wide for a corner
A close effort for Shine late on best attempt for Cork but all to late
Five minutes of added time
Cork are down to 10 as an injury has occurred and they have no remaining subs
Goal scorer Aoife Thompson gets a well deserved break
Aoibheann Costello in
Ruth Fahy making way
Aislinn Meaney in for the last 10
Sinead Donovan Makes way after a good run out
Nicole McNamara is introduced to the game
Second half here is very stop start as there is another injury stoppage
Lauren Singleton makes an appearance
Kelly Leahy is in for the last 20 minutes
Mangan is also out
Sophie Liston out
Double change here for Cork Kelly Leahy in for Eva Mangan and Lauren Singleton in for Sophie Liston
Another change Murphy is in for Christina Dring
Elle Rose O'Flaherty makes way
Abbie Callanan is the first change for Galway
Cork having their best spell in the Galway third of the pitch
Egbuloniu is off with what looks like a injury she received from a challenge
Laura Shine is in for Cork
Good ball into the box for cork but its leaves Zajc in a heap after brave goalkeeping
Second half is underway!!
Half time Galway go into the break much happier at 2-0 up
Free in a dangerous area for Galway but nothing comes of it.
Galway starting to keep the ball well here. Cork not creating much going forward.
Great block Shaunagh McCarthy on the line to prevent a third for Galway
Another Brilliant header this time by Thompson !!
Fine header by Moloney from a corner put Galway 1-0 up!!
Break in play a Lauren is down receiving treatment
Another ball over the top creates a chance for Galway but the effort sails over
Good attacking play from both sides in the opening 10 mins!!
Two more great saves from McCarthy saves onto the crossbar!!
Super save from McCarthy - Galway Corner
We are underway !!
We are moments away from kick off at Turner's Cross
Team sheets are in!!
We will be bringing you the starting XIs very shortly.
Weather in Cork is dry, cloudy and hopefully the scattered showers stay away for what we hope will be great conditions for todays game
Good Evening and thanks for joining us here for live commentary for the Women's National League game between Cork City and Galway WFC