Home form key for City, says Kevin O’Connor

Kevin O’Connor believes Cork City’s home form will be the X factor which can bring the league title to Leeside.

The defender scored a stunning free kick in City’s impressive 3-0 win over Dundalk in the President’s Cup, the curtain raiser to the new League of Ireland season.

And the former Ireland U21 international reckons making the most of home comforts can see Cork wrest the title from the four-in-a-row chasing Lilywhites.