This fixture involves two contenders dwelling in the basement of the Premier Division, Finn Harps at 10th position and Drogheda United in 8th. A nice chance for one of the sides to boost their situation.
- Finn Harps is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- Drogheda United have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Premier Division
Drogheda United could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Premier Division game only four sleeps ago.
Finn Harps form and stats
With 1 Premier Division win, 3 draws and 8 defeats from their home games, Finn Harps are certainly not brimming with confidence. When Finn Harps hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Finn Harps, UCD and Shelbourne), they have won 1 of 2 matches!
The Finn Harps club members got no joy from their last fixture, a FAI Cup duel also played here at Finn Park: A 1-3 defeat against Bohemians.
A Premier Division defeat was the result before that one, 0-3 away at Dundalk.This is expected to be a close game, with Finn Harps perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Harps as a small favourite), we find 6 games. Finn Harps has won 3 of these, drawn 2 and lost 1.
Finn Harps have scored 8 league goals here from 12 matches, not a lot. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Finn Harps defense is not exactly impregnable. 18 goals conceded from 12 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. Finn Harps has at home met teams with this table position (low), two times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.
Drogheda United form and stats
Drogheda United have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Premier Division, after 1-5-6 (12 played).
Drogheda's last game was the home draw against UCD (1-1).
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 6 similar matches played by Drogheda United in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Drogheda United, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
Few goals the story here? 9 of this club's last 11 league rounds have contained two or less goals.
Drogheda United struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 22 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Finn Harps and Drogheda United have played each other before this season: Drogheda United - Harps 3-1. Roughan (Drogheda United) and Hery (Finn Harps) were shown red cards when these teams met previously this season. Will it be as hotheaded this time? H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Finn Harps three wins, four draws and Drogheda United three victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less. The games between these sides sometimes lean towards being "violent", having seen 6 red cards from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Williams 6 goals |  R. Brennan 4 goals |  E. Boyle 3 goals |
Finn Harps missing players
Drogheda United missing players
| Finn Harps | Drogheda United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 12 | 25 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 16 | 8 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 19 | 8 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 12 | 25 |
| 45 | 18 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 22 | 38 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 75% | 58% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 92% | 76% |
| 62% | 42% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 42% | 36% |
| 33% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 28% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 12% |
| 46% | 42% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 52% |
| 12% | 8% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 8% | 20% |
| 46% | 50% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 25% | 32% |
| 4.3 | 3.8 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| 5.4 | 5.9 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 6.8 | 6.3 |
| 3 | 3 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.4 | 2.3 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7.2 | 7.4 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 5.6 | 8 |
| 2.9 | 2.5 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.2 | 3.2 |
| 27% | 27% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 44% | 32% |
| 9.1 | 7.9 | 3.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5 | 12.1 | 12.5 |
| 3.8 | 3.1 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 4.5 | 4.4 |
- Drogheda United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Drogheda United have the fewest clean sheets (1) away in Premier Division
- Drogheda United have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Premier Division
- Drogheda United 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 clean sheets (3) 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 (12) in Premier Division
- Finn Harps haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Finn Harps is in the worst form (0-1-5)
| 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 | 24 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 38 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 23 | 52 |
| 2 | Dundalk | 24 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 35 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 45 |
| 3 | Derry City | 23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 40 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 18 | 43 |
| 4 | St Patrick's | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 33 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 36 |
| 5 | Sligo Rovers | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 31 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 32 |
| 6 | Bohemians | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 31 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 32 |
| 7 | Shelbourne | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 12 | -5 | 31 |
| 8 | Drogheda United | 25 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 25 | 38 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 22 | -13 | 27 |
| 9 | UCD | 25 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 16 | 50 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 31 | -34 | 13 |
| 10 | Finn Harps | 24 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 45 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 27 | -26 | 12 |
