Finn Harps vs Galway United: Full pre-match guide and statistics

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Competition: Republic of Ireland First Division
Competition: Fri 17.February
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Finn Park (7500 seats)

Brand new|Fresh|New season, fresh|new potential|opportunities: Here's what you should|need to|must know before the Finn Harps - Galway United game!

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Finn Harps form and stats

Disaster struck Finn Harps last season as they could not defend their status as a Premier Division team. With 24 defeats from 36 games, and only 4 wins, relegation could not be avoided. Harps are hopeful of bouncing straight back up, but need to improve upon their home record from last season of W3 D4 L11.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Finn Harps have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 6 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 2 and lost 1.

With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Finn Harps friendly games in pre-season: Finn Harps played three friendlies, won 0, drew 1 and lost 2. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Finn Harps scored {0 goals} and conceded 8 in these three games.

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Galway United form and stats

Let's have a look at how Galway United performed last season in the First Division: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 17 victories, 9 draws and 6 defeats. In total they scored 56 and conceded {29 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 9 - drew 4 and lost 3 with 30/14 goals scored/conceded.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Galway United playing away and similar expectations, we found 6 relevant matches. Results were 2 Galway United wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat.

It's a day of discovery for Galway United as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Galway have played five with the results W0-D4-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games Galway United has scored {5 goals} and conceded 6 times.

Head 2 Head

Head to head statistics (for the former ten meetings): Finn Harps won five games, two matches ended with a tie and Galway United got three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six.

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Total First Half Second Half
Finn Harps Galway United
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Finn Harps Last season Galway United
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 18   Played P   17 35
4 3   Won W   9 18
8 4   Drew D   5 10
24 11   Lost L   3 7
33 17   Scored S   32 61
71 28   Conceded C   16 34
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   88% 91%
83% 72%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   76% 77%
67% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   59% 60%
33% 22%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   41% 29%
6% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   12% 9%
53% 50%   BTTS BTTS   59% 51%
11% 11%   Clean Sheets C S   35% 40%
39% 39%   Failed to Score F T   18% 17%
 
4.5 4.2   Corners for (avg) C F   4.6 5.3
5.3 5.1   Corners against (avg) C A   5.3 4.3
3.1 3.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.7 1.6
7 3   Red cards R C   3 3
 
7.5 7.4   Shots (avg) S (   10.8 9.3
2.9 2.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.6 4.1
31% 36%   Goal Efficiency G E   41% 42%
 
10.2 9.1   Shots against (avg) S A   9.1 6.6
4.4 3.7   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.1 2.9

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Athlone Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Bray Wanderers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Cobh Ramblers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Finn Harps 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Galway United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Kerry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Longford Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Treaty United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Waterford United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Wexford Youths 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Shamrock Rovers 36 24 7 5 61 22 18 16 2 0 39 10 18 8 5 5 22 12 39 79
2 Derry City 36 18 12 6 53 27 18 8 7 3 28 13 18 10 5 3 25 14 26 66
3 Dundalk 36 18 12 6 53 30 18 12 5 1 35 13 18 6 7 5 18 17 23 66
4 St Patrick's 36 18 7 11 57 37 18 10 3 5 28 16 18 8 4 6 29 21 20 61
5 Sligo Rovers 36 13 10 13 47 44 18 8 5 5 24 20 18 5 5 8 23 24 3 49
6 Bohemians 36 12 10 14 45 46 18 7 5 6 25 23 18 5 5 8 20 23 -1 46
7 Shelbourne 36 10 11 15 40 49 18 5 6 7 23 25 18 5 5 8 17 24 -9 41
8 Drogheda United 36 9 11 16 34 58 18 7 6 5 20 21 18 2 5 11 14 37 -24 38
9 UCD 36 6 8 22 28 67 18 3 5 10 14 29 18 3 3 12 14 38 -39 26
10 Finn Harps 36 4 8 24 33 71 18 3 4 11 17 28 18 1 4 13 16 43 -38 20
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cork City 32 20 8 4 63 22 16 8 6 2 27 9 16 12 2 2 36 13 41 68
2 Waterford United 32 20 4 8 70 34 16 10 1 5 30 18 16 10 3 3 40 16 36 64
3 Galway United 32 17 9 6 56 29 16 8 5 3 26 15 16 9 4 3 30 14 27 60
4 Longford Town 32 14 10 8 49 41 16 7 5 4 19 15 16 7 5 4 30 26 8 52
5 Treaty United 32 11 11 10 37 43 16 7 4 5 22 25 16 4 7 5 15 18 -6 44
6 Wexford Youths 32 10 11 11 45 47 16 5 5 6 22 29 16 5 6 5 23 18 -2 41
7 Bray Wanderers 32 6 9 17 30 62 16 2 4 10 14 39 16 4 5 7 16 23 -32 27
8 Athlone Town 32 7 3 22 44 75 16 4 3 9 27 35 16 3 0 13 17 40 -31 24
9 Cobh Ramblers 32 4 5 23 37 78 16 2 2 12 17 42 16 2 3 11 20 36 -41 17

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Athlone Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Bray Wanderers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Cobh Ramblers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Finn Harps 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Galway United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Kerry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Longford Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Treaty United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Waterford United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Wexford Youths 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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The League of Ireland First Divsion, also known as the SSE Aitricity League First Division, is the second level division of football in the Republic of Ireland. It runs a summer league from February to October with ten teams. Each plays each other three times for a total of 27 fixtures to set the final league table.