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Date Time League Season
3 November 2023 7:45 pm LOI Men's Premier Division 2023

Match Report

Bohemians Cruise To Victory Over Cork

Jonathan Afolabi scored a brace as Bohemians finished off their league season with a facile win over Cork City at Dalymount Park.


Danny Grant opened the scoring for Bohs in the 12th minute but Afolabi got his first goal in first half stoppage time. An own goal from City defender Sam Bailey got Bohs third goal in the 51st minute before Afolabi grabbed his second six minutes later.

During the game Bohs fans experienced the high of their side moving into 4th place in the table and in Europe but midway during the second half they were back down to reality when Bohs dropped down to 6th.

It was a scrappy start by both sides. The heavy pitch didn’t help either with their football. Bohs took the lead in the 12th minute through Grant. Cian Byrne played a good ball out of defence to Bart Kukulowicz he in turn found Grant on the far side, he cut inside before firing to the net with a touch off Cork’s Sam Bailey.

Jordan Flores’ shot in the 20th minute was blocked by Oran Crowe as Bohs went in search of a second goal. Minutes later Crowe was called into action again blocking efforts from James Clarke and Flores.

In the 23rd minute a Flores free was headed over by Afolabi. Flores chased down a ball minutes later and his effort just went wide. Cork City didn’t offer much in that opening half. Ruairi Keating hit a shot in the 35th minute but it was straight at James Talbot.

Grant fired over in the 41st minute, when he should’ve done better. In first half stoppage time Bohs doubled their advantage. Grant with a pinpoint cross and Afolabi with a header; his 14th league goal of the season.

Bohs got their third goal in the 51st minute; Paddy Kirk made a surging run down the left side he took a shot and the ball was deflected into his own net by City defender Bailey.

In the 57th minute Afolabi got his second goal and his side’s fourth; James Clarke with a lovely through ball and Afolabi with a fine finish.

The game petered out with both managers emptying their bench. Bigger games for both sides to look forward to now. For Bohs an FAI Cup Final against St. Pat’s while for Cork City the promotion/relegation play-off.

Bohemians
1James Talbot Goalkeeper
2Bartlomiej Kukulowicz Defender
3Paddy Kirk Defender
4Krystian Nowak Defender
6Jordan Flores 7 Midfielder
9Jonathan Afolabi Forward 45', 57'
10Dylan Connolly 8 Forward
12Danny Grant 11 Midfielder 12'
14James McManus Midfielder
15James Clarke 18 Midfielder
24Cian Byrne Defender
25Luke Dennison Goalkeeper
5Louie Holzman Defender
7Declan McDaid 6 Midfielder
8Ali Coote 10 Midfielder
11James Akintunde 12 Forward
17Adam McDonnell Midfielder
18John O’Sullivan 15 Midfielder
22Dean Williams Forward
23Kris Twardek Midfielder

Cork City
13Ollie Byrne Goalkeeper
2Gordon Walker Defender
7Babatunde Owolabi 16 Forward
9Ruairi Keating 43 Forward
15Conor Drinan Forward 37'
19Oran Crowe Midfielder
23Andrii Kravchuk 10 Midfielder
24Cian Murphy Forward
25Malik Dijksteel 22 Forward
28Jonas Hakkinen Defender
31Sam Bailey 29 Defender 51'
1Tiernan Brooks Goalkeeper
10Barry Coffey 23 Midfielder
16Ben Worman 7 Midfielder
22John O’Donovan 25 Defender
29Jaze Kabia 31 Forward
33Joshua Fitzpatrick Forward
41Cathal O’Sullivan Midfielder
43Jaden Umeh 9 Forward
44Zach Dunne Forward

Timeline

12. Danny Grant 12' 
 37' 15. Conor Drinan
9. Jonathan Afolabi 45' 
31. Sam Bailey51' 
Dylan Connolly
Ali Coote		56' 
 56'Malik Dijksteel
John O'Donovan
 56'Sam Bailey
Jaze Kabia
9. Jonathan Afolabi 57' 
 63'Andrii Kravchuk
Barry Coffey
 63'Babatunde Owolabi
Ben Worman
Jordan Flores
Declan McDaid		68' 
Danny Grant
James Akintunde		74' 
James Clarke
John O'Sullivan		74' 
 75'Ruairi Keating
Jaden Umeh
  • 89'

    Nowak hobbles off and Bohs will end the game with 10 men

  • 83'

    John O'Donovan is booked

  • 77'

    James Akintunde is booked

  • 75'

    Ruairi Keating is off

  • 75'

    Jaden Umeh is on

  • 74'

    Danny Grant is off

  • 74'

    James Akintunde is on

  • 74'

    James Clarke is off

  • 74'

    John O'Sullivan is on

  • 70'

    Dundalk are leading 3-1 so Bohs drop to 6th. All go tonight

  • 68'

    Jordan Flores is off

  • 68'

    Declan McDaid is on

  • 64'

    Shels are now leading in Drogheda so Bohs drop to 5th

  • 63'

    Andrii Kravchuk is off

  • 63'

    Barry Coffey is on

  • 63'

    Tunde Owolabi is off

  • 63'

    Ben Worman is on

  • 57'

    Jonathan Afolabi scores his second of the night. A lovely through ball from James Clarke

  • 56'

    Dylan Connolly is off

  • 56'

    Ali Coote is on

  • 56'

    Sam Bailey is off

  • 56'

    John O'Donovan is on

  • 56'

    Malik Dijksteel is off

  • 56'

    Jaze Kabi is on

  • 55'

    Ollie Byrne with a fine save to deny Ofolabi

  • 51'

    Paddy Kirk with a surging run and it's deflected into his net by Cork's Sam Bailey.

  • 45'

    Jonathan Afolabi with his 14th goal of the season. Danny Grant with a pinpoint cross and Afolabi with the header.

  • 45'

    Bohs have a free.

  • 41'

    Danny Grant twists and turns and then fires over

  • 37'

    Conor Drinan is booked for a foul on Dylan Connolly

  • 35'

    Ruairi Keating with an effort that is straight at James Talbot

  • 32'

    A huge cheer goes up in Dalymount with news that Drogheda Utd are 1-0 up on Shelbourne. With Dundalk drawing with UCD. Bohs at the moment are in 4th place.

  • 28'

    Flores chases down the ball and it just goes wide

  • 27'

    Dylan Connolly doing well for Bohs tonight.

  • 23'

    Flores takes the free and it's headed over by Afolabi

  • 23'

    Free to Bohs. Silly to give away

  • 22'

    Two blocks by Oran Crowe. One from Clarke and one from Flores.

  • 20'

    Jordan Flores shot is blocked by Oran Crowe

  • 18'

    Afolabi is fouled and a free to Bohs.

  • 12'

    Danny Grant puts the home side ahead. Cian Byrne with a fine ball to Bart Kukulowicz, he finds Grant who cuts inside and fires to the net.

  • 11'

    Bohs playing a lot through Dylan Connolly

  • 6'

    Corner for Cork City. The first of the night

  • 4'

    Jonathan Afolabi gets into the box but is outnumbered

  • 3'

    Dylan Connolly plays the ball back to Danny Grant but his cross sails over the bar

  • 3'

    Scrappy enough from both teams. Pitch very heavy due to the rain that has fallen in the last few days

  • Bohs have defeated City twice this season while the Leesiders have won once.

  • Cork City are in 9th place and that's where they'll finish. They'll play the winners of Waterford v Cobh Ramblers in the promotion/relegation play-off final.

  • Declan Devine's side lost 2-0 at Oriel Park last weekend. The win for Dundalk saw them move into 5th place in the table and Bohs slip to 6th

  • Bohs have lost their last two games heading into this one while Cork City drew 0-0 with Shamrock Rovers on Monday night.

  • It's the final game of the Premier League season. Bohemians entertain Cork City at Dalymount Park.

Past Meetings
(Round 14)
2 - 1
LOI Women's Premier Division
Dalymount Park

Bohemian FC 2-1 Cork City FC

(Round 19)
2 - 1
LOI Men's Premier Division
Turner's Cross

Cork City FC 2-1 Bohemian FC

(Round 13)
5 - 0
LOI Men's Premier Division
Dalymount Park

Bohemian FC 5-0 Cork City FC

(Round 8)
1 - 3
LOI Women's Premier Division
Turner's Cross

Cork City FC 1-3 Bohemian FC

(Round 1)
1 - 2
LOI Men's Premier Division
Turner's Cross

Cork City FC 1-2 Bohemian FC

(Round 26)
0 - 1
LOI Women's Premier Division
Turner's Cross

Cork City 0-1 Bohemian FC

(Round 18)
3 - 1
LOI Women's Premier Division
Dalymount Park

Bohemian FC 3-1 Cork City

(Round 5)
2 - 1
LOI Women's Premier Division
Turner's Cross

Cork City v Bohemian FC

(Series 21)
2 - 0
LOI Women's Premier Division
Oscar Traynor Centre

Bohemian FC v Cork City

(Series 12)
1 - 0
LOI Women's Premier Division
Turner's Cross

Cork City v Bohemian FC

2 - 1
eLOI Group A
Online Event

Bohemian FC v Cork City

(Series 3)
3 - 3
LOI Women's Premier Division
Oscar Traynor Centre

Bohemian FC v Cork City

(Series 15)
3 - 0
LOI Men's Premier Division
Dalymount Park

Bohemian FC v Cork City

(Quarter Final)
1 - 3
FAI Women's Cup
Dalymount Park

Bohemians v Cork City

(Series 6)
3 - 4
LOI Women's Premier Division
Dalymount Park

Bohemian FC v Cork City

(Series 6)
0 - 1
LOI Men's Premier Division
Turner's Cross

Cork City v Bohemian FC

1 - 0
LOI Men's Premier Division
Dalymount Park

Bohemian FC v Cork City FC

0 - 0
LOI Men's Premier Division
Turner's Cross

Cork City FC v Bohemian FC

0 - 1
LOI Men's Premier Division
Dalymount Park

Bohemian FC v Cork City FC

2 - 0
LOI Men's Premier Division
Turner's Cross

Cork City FC v Bohemian FC

4 - 2
LOI Men's Premier Division
Dalymount Park

Bohemian FC v Cork City FC

1 - 0
LOI Men's Premier Division
Turner's Cross

Cork City FC v Bohemian FC

0 - 2
LOI Men's Premier Division
Dalymount Park

Bohemian FC v Cork City FC

3 - 0
LOI Men's Premier Division
Turner's Cross

Cork City FC v Bohemian FC

0 - 0
LOI Men's Premier Division
Dalymount Park

Bohemian FC v Cork City FC

0 - 1
LOI Men's Premier Division
Turner's Cross

Cork City FC v Bohemian FC

0 - 2
LOI Men's Premier Division
Dalymount Park

Bohemian FC v Cork City FC

7:45 pm
LOI Men's Premier Division
Turner's Cross

Cork City FC v Bohemian FC

1
LOI Men's Premier Division
Dalymount Park

Bohemian FC v Cork City FC

2
LOI Men's Premier Division
Turner's Cross

Cork City FC v Bohemian FC

1
LOI Men's Premier Division
Dalymount Park

Bohemian FC v Cork City FC

4
LOI Men's Premier Division
Turner's Cross

Cork City FC v Bohemian FC

1 - 1
LOI Men's Premier Division
Dalymount Park

Bohemian FC v Cork City FC

1
LOI Men's Premier Division
Turner's Cross

Cork City FC v Bohemian FC

2
LOI Men's Premier Division
Dalymount Park

Bohemian FC v Cork City FC

1 - 1
LOI Men's Premier Division
Turner's Cross

Cork City FC v Bohemian FC

Ground

Dalymount Park
Dalymount Park, Connaught Street, Phibsborough, Cabra East A ED, Dublin, County Dublin, Leinster, D07 XH2D, Ireland

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