Delightful dogfight as daring Bohemians duels with determined Finn Harps

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Competition: Republic of Ireland Premier Division
Competition: Sat 08.May
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Dalymount Park (7955 seats)

Season ticket holders at Dalymount Park haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Bohemians languishing in the 7th position so far. The guesting Finn Harps will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • Bohemians have the most dropped points from leading position (7) in Premier Division
  • Finn Harps have the most points from losing position (6) in Premier 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.

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Bohemians form and stats

0-1-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier Division numbers at home for Bohemians, who have the fewest points (1) at home in Premier Division, so far this season. Three consecutive losses here at Dalymount Park is hard to swallow for the home team. Both players, staff and the home crowd are desperate to get something from this match.

Bohemians drew their last game, 1-1 away at Drogheda United (placed 5th). Ahead of that match, Bohemians lost 1-2 at home to Derry City.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Bohemians handle that role? We have found seven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, two draws and three defeats.

Bohemians has scored 4 league goals at home this season, in 4 matches. Bohemians are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (8 from 4 played).

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Finn Harps form and stats

2 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Finn Harps playing as the away team in the Premier Division this season.

Two travels in a row for Finn Harps, whose manager O. Horgan could celebrate last time after the Premier Division win against Derry City. A loss against Shamrock Rovers was the result prior to that, in a home game.

We have checked recent matches where Harps have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those six games were two victories, one draw and three defeats.

The visiting Harps have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 5 goals from 5 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (4 so far).

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Finn Harps - Bohemians 1-0 earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Bohemians won five games, zero matches ended with a draw and Finn Harps has five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six

Top Goalscorers

Finn HarpsA. Foley
A. Foley
5 goals
BohemiansG. Kelly
G. Kelly
3 goals
BohemiansR. Tierney
R. Tierney
2 goals

Bohemians missing players

Finn Harps missing players

Bohemians Finn Harps
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
9 4 0 Played P 2 5 9
2 0 0 Won W 1 2 4
2 1 0 Drew D 1 2 2
5 3 0 Lost L 0 1 3
8 4 0 Scored S 2 5 8
12 8 0 Conceded C 1 4 9
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 80% 89%
56% 75% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 60% 67%
44% 75% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 40% 33%
22% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
56% 75% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 60% 44%
22% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 20% 22%
22% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 40% 44%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.6 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.4 2.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.8 7.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 11 9.6 9.2
4.1 4.2 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.2 2.8
22% 24% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 31% 32%
Key stats in Premier Division this season:
  • Bohemians have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Bohemians have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Bohemians have the fewest points (1) at home in Premier Division
  • Bohemians have the most dropped points from leading position (7) in Premier Division
  • Bohemians have the most matches under the total-line (5) in Premier Division
  • Bohemians have yet to win a game at home.
  • Bohemians haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Finn Harps have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Finn Harps have the most points from losing position (6) in Premier Division

  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 9 7 2 0 16 5 5 4 1 0 10 4 4 3 1 0 6 1 11 23
2 St Patrick's 9 6 3 0 14 4 4 4 0 0 8 1 5 2 3 0 6 3 10 21
3 Sligo Rovers 9 4 4 1 11 7 5 1 3 1 4 4 4 3 1 0 7 3 4 16
4 Finn Harps 9 4 2 3 8 9 4 2 0 2 3 5 5 2 2 1 5 4 -1 14
5 Drogheda United 9 2 4 3 11 9 5 1 3 1 4 4 4 1 1 2 7 5 2 10
6 Dundalk 9 2 4 3 12 11 4 1 1 2 4 5 5 1 3 1 8 6 1 10
7 Bohemians 9 2 2 5 8 12 4 0 1 3 4 8 5 2 1 2 4 4 -4 8
8 Derry City 9 2 2 5 7 13 5 0 2 3 4 8 4 2 0 2 3 5 -6 8
9 Longford Town 9 1 3 5 7 15 5 1 2 2 4 7 4 0 1 3 3 8 -8 6
10 Waterford United 9 2 0 7 5 14 4 1 0 3 2 6 5 1 0 4 3 8 -9 6

Read more about Premier Division

The League of Ireland Premier Division, also known as the SSE Aitricity League Premier Division, is the highest level of football in the Republic of Ireland. It also has teams from Northern Ireland participating. The season runs from February to October with ten teams playing 36 matches each.