Derry City are considered as expected winners of this home fixture against Finn Harps, if the league positions are to be trusted. Or are we eyeing a possible shock?
- Derry City have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Finn Harps is in the worst form (1-0-5)
Finn Harps play their home games on grass, while this fixture is played on artifical turf. Recent data for Finn Harps when featuring on artifical turf are 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats from five matches. They have created 3 goals and conceded 8 times in these fixtures.
It's no vacation for neither Derry nor Finn Harps as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Derry City form and stats
4 victories, 3 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Derry City have to build on here at The Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium in the Premier Division. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Derry City to get some points in this home game.
Derry lost their last game at Sligo Rovers (placed 5th) after a 1-2 scoreline. The defeat against Sligo Rovers was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored four minutes into stoppage time (by Keogh).
Preceding that match was the home game against Dundalk that was lost 1-2.A decent goal production from Derry City in their home games so far, with 16 goals from 9 league matches. From these home matches, Derry City have conceded only 8 goals.
Finn Harps form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Finn Harps so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-5 (win-draw-lose). It's looking increasingly bleak for Finn Harps who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Shelbourne was the last time a defeat was avoided.
Harps failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Dundalk (placed 3rd) that ended with defeat 0-1.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Drogheda United wasn't a success with a 1-3 loss.You'll want to know how Finn Harps managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found 5 similar matches resulting in 1 away win, 2 draws and 2 home wins.
It's early days yet, but Finn Harps has scored 8 and conceded 16 goals from their travels in the league so far (8 games). Finn Harps has visited these top teams two times, and 2 of 2 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
The last head-to-head encounter ended Finn Harps - Derry City 1-2, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Derry three wins, four draws and Finn Harps three victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. McGonigle 10 goals | W. Patching 7 goals | R. Boyce 3 goals |
Derry City missing players
Finn Harps missing players
| Derry City | Finn Harps | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 31 | 16 | 10 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 13 |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 6 | 16 | 29 |
| 89% | 78% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 94% |
| 78% | 78% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 71% |
| 56% | 56% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 53% |
| 17% | 11% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 50% | 29% |
| 6% | 11% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 61% | 67% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 41% |
| 33% | 33% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 18% |
| 17% | 22% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 38% | 47% |
| 6.3 | 6.3 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.9 | 4.6 |
| 4.3 | 2.9 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 4.6 | 5 |
| 1 | 1.1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 3.1 | 2.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 12.2 | 12.9 | 15.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 7.5 | 8.1 |
| 5.6 | 6.1 | 6.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.1 | 2.8 |
| 31% | 29% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 32% | 27% |
| 6.6 | 5.2 | 5.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 9.8 | 8.5 |
| 2.6 | 2.1 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 3.9 | 3.4 |
- Derry City have scored more than double the goals of Finn Harps.
- Derry City have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Finn Harps have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Finn Harps have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Finn Harps have the fewest scored goals in the second half (8) in Premier Division
- Finn Harps have the most conceded goals in the second half (18) in Premier Division
- Finn Harps 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 | Shamrock Rovers | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 19 | 39 |
| 2 | Derry City | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 32 |
| 3 | Dundalk | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 31 |
| 4 | St Patrick's | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 28 |
| 5 | Sligo Rovers | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 24 |
| 6 | Shelbourne | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | -4 | 24 |
| 7 | Bohemians | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 22 |
| 8 | Drogheda United | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -10 | 19 |
| 9 | Finn Harps | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -16 | 10 |
| 10 | UCD | 17 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 37 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 25 | -27 | 8 |
