Cobh Ramblers

Match report

Cob Rambler beat Third United 2:0 in the First Division on Thursday evening. And here's the thing about these mid-table clashes — they rarely look like much until someone breaks. The hosts moved up to fifth place with forty-two points from twenty-seven matches. Third United stayed in ninth position with thirty points after the same number of games.

J. Adeyemi changed the game in the space of a minute. He opened the scoring at seventy minutes before doubling the lead one minute later. It was a sharp response after Third United had been competitive for most of the half. By then the visitors had already been reduced to ten men, and the hosts had brought on K. Foley at seventy-seven minutes to see it out.

B. Frahill's red card came at fifty-seven minutes, after he had already received a yellow card in first-half stoppage time. The dismissal left Third United with ten men for the final quarter. The hosts took advantage, though their dominance wasn't always clean.

The statistics tell a straightforward story. Cob Rambler held sixty-three percent possession and registered four shots on target from eight attempts. Third United managed three shots on target from six attempts off target. The hosts' accuracy rate of twenty-seven percent was lower than the visitors' thirty percent, but they took their chances when it mattered.

The result extends Third United's poor run, with this defeat coming after their victory over USID on Wednesday. Cob Rambler had lost their previous match 3:0 away at Kerry, so this bounce-back is significant. The gap between the sides remains twelve points, and both clubs have three games left to play.

Prepared from match data

Key numbers

Possession, % 63 – 37

Shots on target 4 – 3

Shots off target 8 – 6

Attacks 79 – 66

⇄ 35' D. McGlade — Substitution 🟨 43' D. McCormick — Yellow card 🟨 45+2' B. Frahill — Yellow card ⇄ 46' C. Conroy — Substitution 🟥 57' B. Frahill — Red card ⇄ 59' J. Stjernberg — Substitution ⇄ 63' C. Whelan — Substitution 🟨 65' J. Adeyemi — Yellow card ⚽ 70' J. Adeyemi — Goal ⚽ 71' J. Adeyemi — Goal ⇄ 77' K. Foley — Substitution 🟨 78' M. Murphy — Yellow card 🟨 90+1' Yellow card

Match events

35' 0:0 Cobh Ramblers Substitution D. McGlade off: D. McCormick
43' 0:0 Cobh Ramblers Yellow card D. McCormick
45+2' 0:0 Cobh Ramblers Yellow card B. Frahill
46' 0:0 Treaty United Substitution C. Conroy off: B. Feeney
57' 0:0 Cobh Ramblers Red card B. Frahill
59' 0:0 Cobh Ramblers Substitution J. Stjernberg off: C. Honohan
63' 0:0 Treaty United Substitution C. Whelan off: R. Manning
65' 0:0 Cobh Ramblers Yellow card J. Adeyemi
70' 1:0 Cobh Ramblers Goal J. Adeyemi
71' 2:0 Cobh Ramblers Goal J. Adeyemi
77' 2:0 Treaty United Substitution K. Foley off: B. Cunningham
78' 2:0 Treaty United Yellow card M. Murphy
90+1' 2:0 Cobh Ramblers Yellow card

Statistics

63 Possession, % 37

4 Shots on target 3

8 Shots off target 6

79 Attacks 66

4 Corners 1

9 Free kicks 13

0 Offsides 1

5 Yellow cards 2

1 Red cards 0

8 Goal kicks 7

18 Throw-ins 13

All statistics

3 Blocked shots 1

0.27 Shot accuracy 0.30

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