Finn Harps vs Dundalk match preview

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Competition: Republic of Ireland Premier Division
Date: Sat 08.June
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Finn Park (7500 seats)

The visiting Dundalk side should be favourites in this visit to Finn Harps, as the away team holds a 36 point advantage from their 20 league games this season.

Finn Harps and Dundalk 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.

Dundalk play their home games on artificial turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for Dundalk when playing on grass are 22 wins, 6 draws and 7 defeats from 35 matches. They have scored 67 goals and conceded 31 times in these games.

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Finn Harps form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories so far this season. Finn Harps, who have the fewest points (7) at home in Premier Division, have only managed 2 wins, 1 draw and 7 losses so far from their games here at Finn Park. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Finn Harps with their four defeats in a row. Not since the Waterford United game, 22 days ago, have they avoided a loss.

Finn Harps lost their last game at Bohemians after a 3-5 scoreline. Prior to that, an away loss at Derry City in the League Cup.

The Finn Harps fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 13 in 10 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Finn Harps defense is not exactly impregnable. 19 goals conceded from 10 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Dundalk form and stats

As the visiting team Dundalk, who have the most scored goals (37) in Premier Division, have produced an overall stat of 5-2-2 so far. In general it has been a productive period now for Dundalk as they haven't lost any of their last twelve games. A great winning streak in away games for Dundalk as they have managed to win four matches in a row as the visitors. Not since the Sligo Rovers have they travelled home without three points.

Dundalk are travelling after their nice 4-0 home win in the Premier Division against Sligo Rovers. A home win before that, celebrating 3-1 vs UCD.

The travelling fans enjoy Dundalk's attacking play in away games, having scored 14 goals in 9 away matches. It's not easy to score on Dundalk as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Dundalk - Finn Harps 3-0 played earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Finn Harps won 1 game, 1 match ended with a draw and Dundalk has 8 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 4 / 6

Top Goalscorers

P. Hoban
10 goals
M. Duffy
6 goals
D. Kelly
4 goals

Finn Harps missing players

Dundalk missing players

Finn Harps Dundalk
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs low Away Total
20 10 3 Played 3 9 20
2 2 0 Won 3 5 14
4 1 0 Drew 0 2 4
14 7 3 Lost 0 2 2
18 13 0 Scored 8 14 37
44 19 5 Conceded 1 5 11
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 89% 95%
80% 80% 33% Over 1.5 100% 78% 75%
60% 60% 33% Over 2.5 67% 33% 50%
30% 30% 0% Over 3.5 33% 11% 20%
20% 30% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
40% 50% 0% BTTS 33% 33% 40%
10% 10% 0% Clean Sheets 67% 56% 55%
55% 40% 100% Failed To Score 0% 22% 10%
 
3 3.5 1.3 Corners For (avg) 5.7 5.2 6.8
6 5.6 6 Corners Against (avg) 2 3.6 3
2.8 2.2 1.3 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.3 1.9 1.6
4 1 0 Red Cards 1 1 2
Key stats this season:
  • Dundalk have created more than twice as many corners as Finn Harps.
  • Dundalk have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Dundalk have scored more than double the goals of Finn Harps.
  • Dundalk have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Dundalk have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Finn Harps have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Finn Harps haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

Finn Harps
All Premier Division League Cup First Division Club Friendlies FAI Cup
All Home Away
17-05-19 PD Finn Harps 3 - 2 Waterford United
20-05-19 PD Finn Harps 0 - 3 Shamrock Rovers
24-05-19 PD Derry City 4 - 0 Finn Harps
27-05-19 LC Derry City 1 - 1 Finn Harps
31-05-19 PD Bohemians 5 - 3 Finn Harps
08-06-19 PD Finn Harps 19:00 Dundalk
14-06-19 PD St Patrick's 18:45 Finn Harps
28-06-19 PD Finn Harps 19:00 Sligo Rovers
01-07-19 PD Finn Harps 19:00 Cork City
05-07-19 PD UCD 18:45 Finn Harps
Dundalk
All Champions League Premier Division Europa League League Cup Club Friendlies Leinster Senior Cup FAI Cup
All Home Away
17-05-19 PD Cork City 0 - 2 Dundalk
20-05-19 PD Dundalk 2 - 1 Bohemians
24-05-19 PD Dundalk 1 - 0 St Patrick's
27-05-19 LC Dundalk 3 - 1 UCD
31-05-19 PD Dundalk 4 - 0 Sligo Rovers
08-06-19 PD Finn Harps 19:00 Dundalk
14-06-19 PD Dundalk 18:45 UCD
28-06-19 PD Shamrock Rovers 19:00 Dundalk
01-07-19 PD Dundalk 18:45 Waterford United
05-07-19 PD Derry City 18:45 Dundalk

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Dundalk 20 14 4 2 37 11 11 9 2 0 23 6 9 5 2 2 14 5 26 46
2 Shamrock Rovers 19 14 1 4 30 10 9 7 1 1 16 3 10 7 0 3 14 7 20 43
3 Bohemians 20 10 4 6 23 15 10 5 2 3 13 9 10 5 2 3 10 6 8 34
4 Derry City 19 8 6 5 28 19 9 5 1 3 15 8 10 3 5 2 13 11 9 30
5 St Patrick's 20 7 6 7 16 18 11 5 3 3 10 10 9 2 3 4 6 8 -2 27
6 Sligo Rovers 19 6 6 7 18 25 9 3 3 3 7 8 10 3 3 4 11 17 -7 24
7 Waterford United 18 6 5 7 26 26 9 4 3 2 15 10 9 2 2 5 11 16 0 23
8 Cork City 20 6 5 9 17 24 9 2 4 3 7 9 11 4 1 6 10 15 -7 23
9 UCD 19 3 1 15 13 34 10 3 1 6 11 14 9 0 0 9 2 20 -21 10
10 Finn Harps 20 2 4 14 18 44 10 2 1 7 13 19 10 0 3 7 5 25 -26 10

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