Let's look at this intriguing fixture in the Premier Division. Dundalk is in the 6th position after completing two games. They receive Finn Harps who are placed 8th after one games.
This football stadium has artifical turf, which is not Finn Harps's normal surface at their own football field. When playing on artifical turf Finn Harps have performed like this: Played ten matches with the results 1 win, 2 draws and 7 defeats with the goal stats 5-24 (scored/conceded).
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Dundalk form and stats
A Premier Division draw at home so far for Dundalk. Last season their home statistics were 9 wins, 2 draws and 7 defeats from 18 matches.
An away draw last time out for Dundalk, facing Bohemians in a game that ended 2-2.
Before that, Dundalk drew at home versus Derry City.Early season league goal statistics from Dundalk's 1 home game: 2 goals, 2 conceded.
Finn Harps form and stats
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 11 victories, 11 draws and 14 defeats. In total they scored 44 and conceded 52 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 5 and lost 7 with 21/30 goals scored/conceded. One match played away so far in the Premier Division for Finn Harps and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 6 wins, 5 draws and 7 losses from 18 games.
Finn Harps have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Mark McGinley. It's been 247 minutes since they last conceded in Premier Division.
Finn Harps has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to UCD for a 0-0 draw.
That result followed a home victory 5-0 versus Longford Town.A new game in only four days for Harps, the Premier Division home match versus Bohemians. Busy days.
0 goals so far away for Finn Harps, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Dundalk five wins, four draws and Finn Harps one victory. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less. Hoban likes to play against Finn Harps and have scored 7 goals in these matches.Top Goalscorers
  P. Hoban 1 goals |
Dundalk missing players
Finn Harps missing players
| Dundalk | Finn Harps | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 5 | 7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| 6.5 | 6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3.5 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 10 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 7.5 | 8 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 27% | 25% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 10.5 | 13 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Dundalk | Last season | Finn Harps | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 13 | 9 | Won | W | 6 | 11 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 11 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Lost | L | 7 | 14 | ||
| 44 | 24 | Scored | S | 21 | 44 | ||
| 46 | 22 | Conceded | C | 30 | 52 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 94% | ||
| 72% | 72% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 78% | 78% | ||
| 47% | 56% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 58% | ||
| 19% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 8% | ||
| 64% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 61% | 61% | ||
| 22% | 22% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 17% | ||
| 14% | 11% | Failed to Score | F T | 28% | 28% | ||
| 5.6 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 4.9 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 4.7 | ||
| 2 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.6 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 6 | ||
| 10.1 | 11.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.2 | 7.7 | ||
| 4 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 2.7 | ||
| 31% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 45% | ||
| 8.9 | 8.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.2 | 7.9 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 3.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Derry City | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Shamrock Rovers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | St Patrick's | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Sligo Rovers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Shelbourne | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| 6 | Dundalk | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Bohemians | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Finn Harps | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | UCD | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 10 | Drogheda United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 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 | 36 | 24 | 6 | 6 | 59 | 28 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 32 | 13 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 15 | 31 | 78 |
| 2 | St Patrick's | 36 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 56 | 42 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 14 | 62 |
| 3 | Sligo Rovers | 36 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 43 | 32 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 11 | 57 |
| 4 | Derry City | 36 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 49 | 42 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 26 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 22 | 7 | 54 |
| 5 | Bohemians | 36 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 60 | 46 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 38 | 22 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 24 | 14 | 52 |
| 6 | Dundalk | 36 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 44 | 46 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 24 | -2 | 48 |
| 7 | Drogheda United | 36 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 45 | 43 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 17 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 26 | 2 | 44 |
| 8 | Finn Harps | 36 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 44 | 52 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 22 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 30 | -8 | 44 |
| 9 | Waterford United | 36 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 36 | 56 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 29 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 27 | -20 | 42 |
| 10 | Longford Town | 36 | 2 | 9 | 25 | 22 | 71 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 32 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 39 | -49 | 15 |
