A swift look at the Premier Division table imply an edge to Derry City when they go to Finn Harps. Yet; let's play the match before points are handed out!
- Finn Harps have the fewest scored goals in the second half (11) in Premier Division
- Derry City have the most scored goals (38) in Premier Division
Harps's stadium, Finn Park, has a grass surface. Derry City have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Derry City when playing on grass; 15 wins, 8 draws and 12 losses from 35 matches. They have scored 43 goals in these games and conceded 37.
The visiting Derry City played their last game only three days ago, a Europa Conference League match. That game, against Riga, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Derry City.
Finn Harps form and stats
Finn Harps's results here at Finn Park in the Premier Division have been very modest with 1 victory, 3 draws and 7 defeats.
Finn Harps lost their last game at Shelbourne (placed 7th) after a 1-3 scoreline.
Ahead of that match, Finn Harps lost 0-1 at home to Shamrock Rovers.The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Finn Harps here at Finn Park in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (7 from 11 games). Harps have conceded 16 in these home matches.
Derry City form and stats
Derry City's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Derry City collect 23 points from their 11 away matches in the Premier Division. 7 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 2 defeats).
Two away matches in a row for Derry City, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 against Riga in the Europa Conference League.
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The travelling fans enjoy Derry's attacking play in away games, having scored 19 goals in 11 league matches away. Derry City are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 10 times in 11 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Here's what happened when the participants faced each other previously this campaign; Derry City - Finn Harps 2-2. Head-to-head statistics (for the prior ten meetings): Harps won two games, five matches ended with a tie and Derry City got three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / fourTop Goalscorers
  J. McGonigle 10 goals | W. Patching 9 goals |  E. Boyle 3 goals |
Finn Harps missing players
Derry City missing players
| Finn Harps | Derry City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 22 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | 11 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 14 | 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 18 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 5 | 19 | 38 |
| 40 | 16 | 5 | Conceded | C | 1 | 10 | 21 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 73% | 55% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 73% | 77% |
| 59% | 36% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 55% | 55% |
| 36% | 18% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 27% | 23% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 9% |
| 45% | 36% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 55% | 64% |
| 14% | 9% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 75% | 36% | 32% |
| 45% | 55% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 9% | 14% |
| 4.4 | 4 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 6.1 | 6.2 |
| 5.2 | 5.9 | 7.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 5.6 | 4.4 |
| 2.9 | 2.7 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 0.8 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.5 | 7.9 | 4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 10.9 | 11.9 |
| 2.9 | 2.6 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 5.3 | 5.6 |
| 28% | 24% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 33% | 31% |
| 8.9 | 7.5 | 10.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 4.5 | 7.7 | 6.5 |
| 3.7 | 3.1 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.2 | 2.7 |
- Derry City have scored more than double the goals of Finn Harps.
- Derry City have the most points (23) away in Premier Division
- Derry City have the most scored goals (19) away in Premier Division
- Derry City have the most scored goals (38) in Premier Division
- Derry City have the the best goal difference (+9) away in Premier Division
- Derry City haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Finn Harps have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Finn Harps have the fewest clean sheets (1) at home in Premier Division
- Finn Harps have the fewest scored goals in the second half (11) in Premier Division
- Finn Harps have the most matches over the total-line (10) in Premier Division
- Finn Harps haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 23 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 23 | 51 |
| 2 | Dundalk | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 31 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 41 |
| 3 | Derry City | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 38 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 17 | 40 |
| 4 | St Patrick's | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 35 |
| 5 | Sligo Rovers | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 31 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 32 |
| 6 | Bohemians | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 30 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 29 |
| 7 | Shelbourne | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 12 | -7 | 28 |
| 8 | Drogheda United | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 21 | -12 | 25 |
| 9 | Finn Harps | 22 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 40 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 24 | -22 | 12 |
| 10 | UCD | 22 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 47 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 30 | -34 | 9 |
