This match features two sides dwelling in the lower parts of the First Division, Finn Harps at 9th place and Kerry lying 10th. A nice chance for one of the sides to boost their position.
- Finn Harps have the most dropped points from leading position (9) in First Division
- Kerry have the fewest scored goals (12) in First Division
Both contenders have had enough days rest since their previous game. Let's hope for an in-your-face game!
Finn Harps form and stats
Finn Harps's results here at Finn Park in the First Division have been very modest with 1 victory, 4 draws and 3 defeats. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Finn Harps, their manager Rogers and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
Harps enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Treaty United's place. The match ended 3-0 with McLaughlin and Flood (2) scoring. At last, a league win after five games without.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Waterford United (0-4).Finn Harps are traveling soon after this match as the First Division match at Galway United awaits in three days.
Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 14 goals have been conceded. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches. Harps has at home met teams with this table position (low), two times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.
Kerry form and stats
Kerry have only collected 3 points from their away games in the First Division, after 1-0-7 (8 played).
The attacking players of Kerry have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 199 minutes.
The manager Dennehy was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium. Kerry suffered a 0-6 loss to Wexford Youths (placed 8th). Kerry lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-6 beating and focus on this one.
A 0-2 loss hosting Bray Wanderers before that.After this away game Kerry return home for a First Division game against Waterford United. That game is only three sleeps after this.
The visitors have scored 7 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. The Kerry defense is as useful as an ashtray on a motorcycle, having conceded 27 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The most recent archived match between these participants is the Kerry - Finn Harps 1-1 played earlier this season.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Kelliher 6 goals |   R. Rainey 4 goals |  R. Flood 4 goals |
Finn Harps missing players
Kerry missing players
| Finn Harps | Kerry | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 17 | 8 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| 31 | 14 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 27 | 47 |
| 94% | 88% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 81% | 88% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 88% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 75% | 56% |
| 38% | 38% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 62% | 50% |
| 19% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 38% | 38% |
| 56% | 62% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 62% | 56% |
| 31% | 25% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 19% | 25% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 38% | 44% |
| 4 | 4.8 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 3 | 3.6 |
| 4.9 | 5.2 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 8.5 | 6.6 |
| 2.3 | 2.4 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.1 | 2.9 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6.7 | 7.1 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 6.5 | 5.4 |
| 2.8 | 2.2 | 1.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.8 | 2.2 |
| 38% | 44% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 32% | 33% |
| 11.2 | 11.8 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 16.1 | 13.7 |
| 4.8 | 5.4 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 7.6 | 6.5 |
- Finn Harps have the most dropped points from leading position (9) in First Division
- Kerry have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Kerry have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Kerry have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Kerry have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Kerry have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in First Division
- Kerry have the fewest clean sheets (0) in First Division
- Kerry have the fewest points (3) away in First Division
- Kerry have the fewest points from losing position (0) in First Division
- Kerry have the fewest scored goals (12) in First Division
- Kerry have the fewest scored goals (7) away in First Division
- Kerry have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in First Division
- Kerry have the most conceded goals (27) away in First Division
- Kerry have the most conceded goals (47) in First Division
- Kerry have the most conceded goals in the first half (21) in First Division
- Kerry have the most conceded goals in the second half (26) in First Division
- Kerry have the the worst goal difference (-20) away in First Division
- Kerry have the the worst goal difference (-35) in First Division
- Kerry have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Kerry haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Kerry is in the worst form (1-0-5)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Galway United | 16 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 37 | 45 |
| 2 | Waterford United | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 38 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 24 | 33 |
| 3 | Bray Wanderers | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 13 | -2 | 24 |
| 4 | Cobh Ramblers | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 23 |
| 5 | Athlone Town | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 28 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 1 | 20 |
| 6 | Treaty United | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 8 | -4 | 19 |
| 7 | Longford Town | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | -2 | 18 |
| 8 | Wexford Youths | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 | -6 | 18 |
| 9 | Finn Harps | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 17 | -14 | 17 |
| 10 | Kerry | 16 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 47 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 27 | -35 | 5 |
