Finn Harps vs Drogheda United: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Republic of Ireland Premier Division
Competition: Fri 21.May
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Finn Park (7500 seats)

The season has been a rollercoaster for these teams so far, the highs and lows leading to mid-table positions so far. Let's get ready for Finn Harps - Drogheda United!

Insights:
  • Finn Harps haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Drogheda United have the most scored goals (21) in Premier Division

Finn Harps and Drogheda United should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Finn Harps form and stats

Overall Premier Division stats at home this season for Finn Harps are 2-1-2 (wins-draw-losses).

Harps drew their last game, also a home match. Dundalk (placed 6th) was the opponent, 1-1 the score. Goalkeeper M. McGinley got the top rating on the team in that game; 0.0 out of ten. McGinley .

Heartbreak before that as Harps lost 0-4 at Bohemians's place.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Harps as they are travelling to their away game against Waterford United in the Premier Division. That match is three days after this one.

Finn Harps have scored 4 league goals here from 5 matches, not a lot. Harps have conceded 6 in these home matches.

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Drogheda United form and stats

2-1-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Drogheda United, who have the most scored goals (21) in Premier Division, in their Premier Division matches away.

J. Adeyemo, D. Massey and M. Doyle scored in Drogheda's previous match, the home game against St Patrick's that ended 3-1. D. Odumosu (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 0.0. Odumosu .

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Waterford United at their stadium, the result 7-0.

A new game in only three days for Drogheda, the Premier Division home match versus Longford Town. Busy days.

Drogheda are a potent attacking force on the road with their 14 goals in 5 league games. Drogheda have conceded 5 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Drogheda United - Harps 1-1 earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Harps five wins, two 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.

Top Goalscorers

HarpsA. Foley
A. Foley
5 goals
Drogheda UnitedM. Doyle
M. Doyle
5 goals
Drogheda UnitedC. Lyons
C. Lyons
5 goals

Finn Harps missing players

Drogheda United missing players

Finn Harps Drogheda United
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
11 5 1 Played P 1 5 11
4 2 0 Won W 0 2 4
3 1 1 Drew D 0 1 4
4 2 0 Lost L 1 2 3
9 4 1 Scored S 1 14 21
14 6 1 Conceded C 2 5 10
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
73% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 82%
36% 20% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 80% 45%
9% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 40% 27%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 9%
45% 40% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 60% 64%
18% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 40% 27%
45% 40% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 9%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.5 2.2 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.7 8 5 Shots (avg) S ( 9 5 6.7
2.6 2.2 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 2.4 3
31% 36% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 117% 64%
Key stats in Premier Division this season:
  • All of Drogheda United's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Drogheda United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Drogheda United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Drogheda United have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Drogheda United have scored more than double the goals of Finn Harps.
  • Drogheda United have the most scored goals (14) away in Premier Division
  • Drogheda United have the most scored goals (21) in Premier Division
  • Drogheda United have the most scored goals in the first half (10) in Premier Division
  • Drogheda United have the the best goal difference (+9) away in Premier Division
  • Drogheda United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • 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 10 8 2 0 18 6 5 4 1 0 10 4 5 4 1 0 8 2 12 26
2 St Patrick's 11 6 3 2 16 9 5 4 0 1 9 3 6 2 3 1 7 6 7 21
3 Sligo Rovers 10 5 4 1 12 7 5 1 3 1 4 4 5 4 1 0 8 3 5 19
4 Drogheda United 11 4 4 3 21 10 6 2 3 1 7 5 5 2 1 2 14 5 11 16
5 Finn Harps 11 4 3 4 9 14 5 2 1 2 4 6 6 2 2 2 5 8 -5 15
6 Dundalk 11 2 5 4 13 13 5 1 1 3 4 6 6 1 4 1 9 7 0 11
7 Bohemians 10 3 2 5 12 12 5 1 1 3 8 8 5 2 1 2 4 4 0 11
8 Derry City 10 2 3 5 8 14 6 0 3 3 5 9 4 2 0 2 3 5 -6 9
9 Longford Town 10 1 4 5 8 16 5 1 2 2 4 7 5 0 2 3 4 9 -8 7
10 Waterford United 10 2 0 8 5 21 5 1 0 4 2 13 5 1 0 4 3 8 -16 6

Read more about Premier Division

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.