Can Dundalk beat Finn Harps in Oriel Park clash?

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Competition: Republic of Ireland Premier Division
Competition: Fri 26.March
Match begins: 17:45 (UTC)
Venue: Oriel Park (6000 seats)

This is the Premier Division season opener for these teams, who are finally competing for points again. Will Dundalk or Finn Harps get that important first win?

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.

0-2-6 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Finn Harps when playing away games on artifical turf, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has grass). Their goal statistics from those eight matches are 2-21 (scored/conceded).

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Dundalk form and stats

With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Dundalk friendly games in pre-season: Dundalk played one friendly, won 1, drew 0 and lost 0. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Dundalk scored 3 goals and conceded 2 in these one game.

Last season, Dundalk's league statistics were 7 wins, 5 draws and 6 losses, resulting in a 3rd position in the Premier Division. Over these 18 matches they scored 25 goals and conceded 23. Playing at home last season Dundalk managed 3-4-2 (win-draw-lost) with 10 goals and 11 conceded.

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Finn Harps form and stats

Finn Harps played two friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 2 victories, 0 draws and 0 defeats. In these two matches Finn Harps scored 4 and conceded 1 goal.

Let's have a look at how Finn Harps performed last season in the Premier Division: They landed a 8th position in the league table after playing out 5 victories, 5 draws and 8 defeats. In total they scored 15 and conceded 24 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 3 and lost 4 with 9/13 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Dundalk eight wins, two draws and Finn Harps zero victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Dundalk missing players

Finn Harps missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Dundalk Finn Harps
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
3 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 5
1 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 1
100% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 100%
Dundalk Last season Finn Harps
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
18 9   Played P   9 18
7 3   Won W   2 5
5 4   Drew D   3 5
6 2   Lost L   4 8
25 10   Scored S   9 15
23 11   Conceded C   13 24
89% 78%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 89%
78% 67%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   78% 61%
56% 44%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   33% 28%
33% 33%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   33% 28%
11% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 11%
50% 33%   BTTS BTTS   56% 39%
33% 44%   Clean Sheets C S   22% 28%
28% 44%   Failed to Score F T   33% 44%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.5 1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.6 2.7
0 0   Red cards R C   3 3
 
9.1 9.8   Shots (avg) S (   4.6 5.3
3.5 3.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.3 2.3
37% 25%   Goal Efficiency G E   43% 37%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Drogheda United 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
2 Shamrock Rovers 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
3 St Patrick's 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
4 Bohemians 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Derry City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Dundalk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Finn Harps 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Longford Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Sligo Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Waterford United 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
Last season 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 15 3 0 44 7 9 7 2 0 25 4 9 8 1 0 19 3 37 48
2 Bohemians 18 12 1 5 23 12 9 6 0 3 13 7 9 6 1 2 10 5 11 37
3 Dundalk 18 7 5 6 25 23 9 3 4 2 10 11 9 4 1 4 15 12 2 26
4 Sligo Rovers 18 8 1 9 19 23 9 6 0 3 15 11 9 2 1 6 4 12 -4 25
5 Waterford United 18 7 3 8 17 22 9 4 1 4 9 9 9 3 2 4 8 13 -5 24
6 St Patrick's 18 5 6 7 14 17 9 3 3 3 7 6 9 2 3 4 7 11 -3 21
7 Derry City 18 5 5 8 18 18 9 4 2 3 12 8 9 1 3 5 6 10 0 20
8 Finn Harps 18 5 5 8 15 24 9 3 2 4 6 11 9 2 3 4 9 13 -9 20
9 Shelbourne 18 5 4 9 13 22 9 2 3 4 7 11 9 3 1 5 6 11 -9 19
10 Cork City 18 2 5 11 10 30 9 2 2 5 6 10 9 0 3 6 4 20 -20 11

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Drogheda United 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
2 Shamrock Rovers 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
3 St Patrick's 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
4 Bohemians 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Derry City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Dundalk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Finn Harps 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Longford Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Sligo Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Waterford United 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0

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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.