This match features two teams living in the basement of the Premier Division, Finn Harps holding 9th place and Cork City lying 10th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Harps and Cork City.
Finn Harps form and stats
Finn Harps's struggle is real here at Finn Park with only 5 points collected from 6 Premier Division games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-2-3. With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Finn Harps. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.
The spoils were shared in Finn Harps's previous game, also at home. Visiting Cork City (placed 10th) travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline. A 1-1 draw away before that, with Shelbourne the opponent.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Harps have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found four matches with the results: Won two, drawn zero and lost two.
The lack of attacking qualities in Finn Harps means that they have only scored 2 goals in 6 league home games, less than half a goal per match. 7 goals have been conceded.
Cork City form and stats
There's been little loot from Cork City's travels as they have only collected 3 points from 7 away games in the Premier Division. Cork City, who have the fewest scored goals (7) in Premier Division, only have 0 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 3 draws. Two points from the last two away games for Cork, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
Cork City has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Finn Harps for a Premier Division game that ended a draw (1-1). The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-3 defeat against Shamrock Rovers.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Cork playing away and similar expectations, we found three relevant matches. Results were one Cork City win, two draws and zero defeats.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Cork's away games in the league this season with only 3 goals from 7 matches. The Cork manager N. Fenn has some worries about the defense as 15 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Harps - Cork City 1-1 entered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: zero - four - six (Harps wins - draws - Cork City wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. O’Sullivan 2 goals |   D. Dalling 2 goals |  R. Connolly 1 goals |
Finn Harps missing players
Cork City missing players
| Finn Harps | Cork City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 12 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 9 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 20 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 15 | 20 |
| 92% | 83% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 92% |
| 62% | 33% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 58% |
| 31% | 17% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 43% | 42% |
| 31% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 29% | 17% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 8% |
| 46% | 17% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 43% | 25% |
| 15% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 25% |
| 46% | 67% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 57% | 58% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.9 | 2.8 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 78 | 40 | 12 | Total Shots | T S | 19 | 44 | 82 |
| 32 | 13 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 19 | 33 |
| 28% | 15% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 16% | 21% |
- Cork City has the fewest points (3) away in Premier Division
- Cork City has the fewest scored goals (7) in Premier Division
- Cork City has the most conceded goals (15) away in Premier Division
- Cork City has the most conceded goals in the second half (13) in Premier Division
- Cork City has the the worst goal difference (-12) away in Premier Division
- Cork City has the the worst goal difference (-13) in Premier Division
- Cork City have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Cork City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Cork City have yet to win a game away.
- Finn Harps has the fewest points (5) at home in Premier Division
- Finn Harps has the fewest scored goals (2) at home in Premier Division
- Finn Harps has the most conceded goals in the first half (12) in Premier Division
- Finn Harps has the the worst goal difference (-5) at home in Premier Division
- Finn Harps have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
| 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 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 22 | 32 |
| 2 | Bohemians | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 27 |
| 3 | Dundalk | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 20 |
| 4 | Waterford United | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 20 |
| 5 | St Patrick's | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 16 |
| 6 | Sligo Rovers | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | -3 | 16 |
| 7 | Derry City | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 13 |
| 8 | Shelbourne | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -5 | 13 |
| 9 | Finn Harps | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -11 | 10 |
| 10 | Cork City | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | -13 | 9 |