Joanne Tips History

Sligo Rovers are 8th in the league and Galway are in 11th place. Sligo have scored 27 goals in the league and conceded 40 and Galway have scored 33 league goals conceding 39 when these two sides meet both teams tend to score and it should be the same again and seven of their last eight both teams have scored.

Cork City are top of the league on 70 points with 23 wins and one draw from their 27 matches. Limerick are 7th in the league on 32 points with 8 wins, 8 draws and 12 defeats. Cork have won the last four meetings against Limerick by a three goal winning margin and should pick up the three points.

Cork City have scored 62 goals in the league and conceded 16 and Limerick have scored 33 goals conceding 44. Cork have won the last four matches against Limerick by three goals 3-0, 3-0, 4-1 and 5-2 and this match should also be over 2.5 goals.

Waterford are top of the league on 56 points and Longford Town are in 4th place on 35 points. Waterford have been in good form and beat Wexford 3-0 in their last match they have scored 45 league goals in their 26 matches and have conceded 15 they should get the win in this match and are unbeaten at home in the league this season.

Dundalk are 2nd in the league and have been in good form unbeaten in their last nine matches with eight wins and a draw and have had seven clean sheets in their last eight matches they have won the last eight matches against Drogheda and should win this match well.

Dundalk have scored 61 goals in the league and have scored at least three goals in their last eight matches and in the last meeting against Drogheda they won 4-0 earlier this month they also met in June with Dundalk winning 6-0. Drogheda have conceded in both of their last two matches this should easily go over 2.5 goals.

Ospreys are 4th in group a and Treviso are 5th in group b with both sides winning one of their three matches. Ospreys have won four of their last five meetings against Treviso some of them by a wide margin and Treviso won the last meeting between them at home in the pro 12 last season 13-5. Ospreys should have too much for them in this match.

Ulster are 2nd in group b on 13 points with three wins from three matches beating Cheetahs 42-19, Treviso 21-14 and Scarlets 27-20. Dragons are 6th on four points with one win and two defeats. Ulster have won six of the last seven meetings against Dragons and are a tough side to beat at home.

Leinster have won their first three matches well beating Southern Kings 31-10, Cardiff Blues 37-9 and Dragons 39-16 they have scored 14 tries on form the should win this by more than 13 points and Cheetahs lost to Ulster 42-19 & Munster 51-18 they beat Zebre in their last match they have conceded 132 points so far in the tournament.

Leinster are top of group b on 15 points with three wins from three matches beating Dragons 39-16, Cardiff Blues 37-9 and Southern Kings 31-10 they have scored 107 points so far in their three matches. Cheetahs are 5th in group a on five points with one win and two defeats losing to Munster 51-18 & Ulster 42-19 in their last match they beat Zebre 54-39 this will be much tougher.

Pure Action is still a maiden after nine races but has been placed six times and was only beaten a nose last time out at Cork by Tennesse Waltz over 7f he has been placed twice at the course from four races and can get off the mark at the tenth time of asking.

My Good Brother has a good record at the course with five wins and three places from 23 runs and three of the wins have been over c&d he was runner up last time out at Laytown beaten ¾l by Coreczka and Colin Keane is on board again.

Granny Biddy has won her last two races and won a handicap hurdle at Listowel last week Tough But Honest by 2¼l in an 18 runner race she got a 6lb penalty for that win but the jockey takes off 7lb and looks to have a good chance of landing the hat trick.