Preview: 15 points separate the teams so far this season, Waterford United the superior team. Will Finn Harps strike back?
- Finn Harps have the most dropped points from leading position (9) in First Division
- Waterford United have the most scored goals in the first half (21) in First Division
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Harps and Waterford United.
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 2 defeats. It's trouble wherever Finn Harps are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.
Finn Harps suffered a surprising loss 0-4 against Waterford United in their previous outing, also played at home. As you see from the result above, Harps suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.
Heartbreak before that as Finn Harps lost 0-2 at Bray Wanderers's place.Harps has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. On the other hand, Finn Harps have conceded 10 goals.
Waterford United form and stats
Rock solid. That's the only way to describe the travels of Waterford United so far, with 5-0-1 (wins-draws-losses) so far. Those are First Division statistics.
Two away games in a row for Waterford United, whose manager Long could celebrate last time after the win against Finn Harps. As mentioned above, Waterford was the only team on the pitch versus Finn Harps in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.
That result followed a home victory 5-0 versus Cobh Ramblers.Take note that 9 of this team's 11 most recent league matches have ended with at least three goals.
The Waterford United manager Long has got the team scoring on the road, with 14 away goals in 6 league matches. It's not easy to score on Waterford United as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The records show that this isn''t the first time these sides meet on the pitch this campaign, as the records show this recent fixture: Waterford United - Finn Harps 7-1. Previous ten meetings involving these contenders: Harps won seven, Waterford United triumphed in three and we saw zero draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Coughlin 16 goals |   R. Rainey 4 goals | F. Da Silva 4 goals |
Finn Harps missing players
Waterford United missing players
| Finn Harps | Waterford United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | 8 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 18 | 38 |
| 31 | 14 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 14 |
| 93% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 73% |
| 47% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 86% | 67% |
| 40% | 38% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 43% | 47% |
| 20% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 27% |
| 60% | 62% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 57% | 53% |
| 27% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 43% | 33% |
| 20% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 13% |
| 4.1 | 4.5 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 5.7 | 6.8 |
| 4.7 | 4.6 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 3 | 3.7 |
| 2.3 | 2.4 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.3 | 2.5 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6.5 | 7.1 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 12.7 | 12.6 |
| 2.5 | 2.2 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 5.7 | 5.3 |
| 37% | 44% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 45% | 48% |
| 10.9 | 11.2 | 14.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 3 | 6.4 | 5.7 |
| 4.7 | 5.2 | 8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1 | 3.3 | 2.8 |
- Finn Harps have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Finn Harps have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Finn Harps have the most dropped points from leading position (9) in First Division
- Waterford United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Waterford United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Waterford United have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Waterford United have scored more than double the goals of Finn Harps.
- Waterford United have the most scored goals in the first half (21) in First Division
- Waterford United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 35 | 42 |
| 2 | Waterford United | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 24 | 29 |
| 3 | Bray Wanderers | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 13 | -2 | 23 |
| 4 | Cobh Ramblers | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 22 |
| 5 | Athlone Town | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 27 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 20 |
| 6 | Treaty United | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 8 | -1 | 19 |
| 7 | Longford Town | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | -2 | 17 |
| 8 | Wexford Youths | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -12 | 15 |
| 9 | Finn Harps | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 17 | -17 | 14 |
| 10 | Kerry | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 41 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 27 | -29 | 5 |
