Finn Harps have journeyed here for an exciting game versus the home side Waterford United. Read up on the match with this in-depth First Division preview!
- Waterford United have yet to win a game at home.
- Finn Harps have the most dropped points from leading position (7) in First Division
Waterford United and Finn Harps should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Waterford United form and stats
Waterford United have played three First Division home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 2 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead.
The home club members saw a 2-2 draw versus Bray Wanderers last time out and are looking for a victory here. Opportunity lost for Waterford in the Bray Wanderers match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw.
In the game before, an away victory match versus Athlone Town with a 1-0 scoreline.Waterford United are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 7 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 5, drew 1 and lost 1.
4 goals have been conceded.
Finn Harps form and stats
Finn Harps are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the First Division, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).
Harps played 2-2 against Cobh Ramblers in their previous match. It looked so good for Finn Harps vs Cobh Ramblers, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 2-2 draw.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Longford Town at their stadium, the result 1-0.You'll want to know how Finn Harps managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found 6 similar matches resulting in 1 away win, 2 draws and 3 home wins.
Finn Harps have the goal stats of 2-3 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Waterford three wins, zero draws and Finn Harps seven victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  W. Aouachria 3 goals |   R. Rainey 3 goals | R. Coughlin 2 goals |
Waterford United missing players
Finn Harps missing players
| Waterford United | Finn Harps | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 60% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 67% |
| 40% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 20% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 67% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 20% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 6 | 6 | 12 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 2.5 | 3.5 |
| 5 | 5 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3 | 4.7 |
| 4 | 4.7 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.5 | 2.7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7.2 | 5 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 2 | 3.5 | 5.8 |
| 3.2 | 1.7 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 44% | 60% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 6.2 | 5.3 | 3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 8 | 10.8 |
| 2.8 | 2.7 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 2 | 4.7 |
- Finn Harps have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Finn Harps have the most dropped points from leading position (7) in First Division
- Finn Harps have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Waterford United have yet to win a game at home.
- 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 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 18 |
| 2 | Bray Wanderers | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 3 | Cobh Ramblers | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 4 | Athlone Town | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| 5 | Waterford United | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 6 | Wexford Youths | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 7 |
| 7 | Finn Harps | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 6 |
| 8 | Longford Town | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 3 |
| 9 | Treaty United | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -5 | 2 |
| 10 | Kerry | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | -14 | 1 |
