Dundalk 8:0 Castlebar Celtic: FAI Cup Match Result

Match report

Dundalk beat Castlebar Celtic 8-0 in the Irish Cup Round of 16 on Friday. The match ended after eighty-one minutes at the home ground. It was a comprehensive result that followed a difficult run for the visitors.

C. Dillon opened the scoring from the penalty spot in the eighth minute. B. Burns added a second three minutes later. By then the pattern was clear — Dundalk controlled everything. Castlebar could not match the tempo or find any foothold.

L. Mulligan scored in the forty-second minute and then again in the sixty-first. L. Gaxha and A. M. Keogh found the net in between. And here's the thing about a scoreline like this — it does not happen by accident. The hosts camped in the final third and made Castlebar pay for every mistake.

The statistics tell the full story. Dundalk held 71 per cent possession and registered twenty-two shots on target. Castlebar managed zero shots on target and had no corners. The visitors threw in seventeen times but could not create anything meaningful.

The result ends Castlebar's cup campaign after just one round. Dundalk advance to the quarter-finals with momentum building. To be fair, the draw brought them together early, but the quality difference showed through.

Prepared from match data

Key numbers

Possession, % 71 – 29.00

Shots on target 22 – 0

Shots off target 11 – 0

Corners 17 – 0

⚽ 8' C. Dillon — Penalty ⚽ 11' B. Burns — Goal 🟨 42' Yellow card ⚽ 42' L. Mulligan — Goal 🟨 55' Yellow card ⚽ 59' L. Gaxha — Goal ⚽ 61' L. Mulligan — Goal ⚽ 67' C. Dillon — Goal ⚽ 71' A. M. Keogh — Goal 🟨 72' Yellow card ⚽ 81' D. Mullen — Goal

Match events

8' 1:0 Dundalk Penalty C. Dillon
11' 2:0 Dundalk Goal B. Burns
42' 2:0 Castlebar Celtic Yellow card
42' 3:0 Dundalk Goal L. Mulligan
55' 3:0 Castlebar Celtic Yellow card
59' 4:0 Dundalk Goal L. Gaxha
61' 5:0 Dundalk Goal L. Mulligan
67' 6:0 Dundalk Goal C. Dillon
71' 7:0 Dundalk Goal A. M. Keogh
72' 7:0 Dundalk Yellow card
81' 8:0 Dundalk Goal D. Mullen

Statistics

71 Possession, % 29.00

22 Shots on target 0

11 Shots off target 0

17 Corners 0

13 Free kicks 10

1 Offsides 2

1 Yellow cards 2

0 Red cards 0

13 Throw-ins 17

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