Here's all you must know, and then some, before the Finn Harps - Wexford Youths fixture!
- Finn Harps have the most dropped points from leading position (9) in First Division
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Finn Harps form and stats
With 1 First Division win, 5 draws and 3 defeats from their home games, Finn Harps are certainly not brimming with confidence.
It's back home for Finn Harps, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Longford Town away with the result 3-2. Duffy, Flood and Donnell found the net in that victory. Manager Rogers felt very clever after Duffy scored the winning goal against Longford Town, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 73rd minute.
A defeat was the result before that one, 0-6 away at Galway United.The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Finn Harps here at Finn Park in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (8 from 9 games). Harps have conceded 14 from these games. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Wexford Youths form and stats
The visitors are W3-D2-L4 on the road this term. That's in the First Division.
Home advantage was not enough for Wexford Youths in their previous game as they lost hosting Galway United, 0-2. That loss was their first after three consecutive league games winning points.
Before that, Wexford Youths travelled to Treaty United and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.Wexford are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 9 games (in the league). It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 12 goals have been conceded by Wexford Youths in these games.
Head 2 Head
Finn Harps have avoided defeat in the last 6 fixtures (3-3-0) facing Wexford Youths.The previous head-to-head encounter ended Wexford Youths - Harps 0-1, played this season.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Dobbs 10 goals |   R. Flood 5 goals |  R. Rainey 4 goals |
Finn Harps missing players
Wexford Youths missing players
| Finn Harps | Wexford Youths | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 20 | 8 | 3 | Scored | S | 9 | 13 | 22 |
| 39 | 14 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 12 | 29 |
| 89% | 78% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 95% |
| 79% | 78% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 78% | 84% |
| 53% | 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 56% | 58% |
| 42% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 22% | 16% |
| 26% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 22% | 11% |
| 53% | 56% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 44% | 42% |
| 32% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 33% | 21% |
| 26% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 42% |
| 4.1 | 5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.7 | 5.5 |
| 5 | 5.2 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.1 | 5.8 |
| 2.2 | 2.1 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.7 | 2.3 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6.6 | 7.6 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.3 | 9.1 | 8.5 |
| 2.9 | 2.6 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.1 | 3.1 |
| 36% | 35% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 35% | 37% |
| 11.1 | 11 | 11.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.7 | 9.8 | 10.3 |
| 5.2 | 5.2 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.9 | 4.3 |
- Finn Harps have the most dropped points from leading position (9) in First Division
- Finn Harps have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| 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 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 53 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 45 | 52 |
| 2 | Waterford United | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 54 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 39 | 42 |
| 3 | Athlone Town | 19 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 33 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 29 |
| 4 | Cobh Ramblers | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 29 |
| 5 | Bray Wanderers | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 19 | -6 | 25 |
| 6 | Wexford Youths | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | -7 | 22 |
| 7 | Finn Harps | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 25 | -19 | 21 |
| 8 | Treaty United | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 34 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 15 | -12 | 20 |
| 9 | Longford Town | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 10 | -5 | 18 |
| 10 | Kerry | 19 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 54 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 27 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 27 | -42 | 6 |
