Finn Harps scrimmages with Dundalk in Premier Division face-off

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Competition: Republic of Ireland Premier Division
Competition: Fri 01.October
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Finn Park (7500 seats)

Finn Harps - Dundalk: Premier Division dungeon teams scrapping for points and greatness. Read all the relevant statistics and information before the game!

Insights:
  • Finn Harps haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Dundalk have the most dropped points from leading position (15) in Premier Division

The visiting Dundalk played their last game only four days ago, a Premier Division match.

Harps's stadium, Finn Park, has a grass surface. Dundalk 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 Dundalk when playing on grass; 21 wins, 7 draws and 16 losses from 44 matches. They have scored 79 goals in these games and conceded 54.

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Finn Harps form and stats

The total Premier Division stats playing at home this season for Finn Harps are 4-2-7 (wins-draws-losses).

Harps enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Bohemians's place. The match ended 2-1 with D. Hawkins and E. Boyle scoring. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of O. Horgan when D. Hawkins scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 79th minute.

Heartbreak before that as Harps lost 1-3 at Dundalk (after extra-time)'s place.

The Finn Harps fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 13 matches. Harps's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 17 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Dundalk form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Dundalk so far with only 14 points returning home. The records show 3-5-6 (win-draw-lose). With two straight losses from their last two away games, Dundalk are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Impressive finishing from S. Stanton and P. Hoban secured the home win 2-1 against Bohemians in their previous game.

A home win before that, celebrating 4-1 vs Sligo Rovers.

Dundalk have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 14 league away games 16 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, Dundalk have seen the ball go into their own net 20 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The sides have met each other before in this season, with the final score Dundalk - Harps 1-0 registered in the official records. Head to head data (for the previous ten meetings): Harps won one game, three matches ended with a draw and Dundalk got six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / three

Top Goalscorers

DundalkP. Hoban
P. Hoban
10 goals
HarpsA. Foley
A. Foley
8 goals
Finn HarpsT. Owolabi
T. Owolabi
6 goals

Finn Harps missing players

Dundalk missing players

Finn Harps Dundalk
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
28 13 3 Played P 4 14 28
10 4 1 Won W 1 3 9
6 2 1 Drew D 2 5 7
12 7 1 Lost L 1 6 12
31 13 3 Scored S 6 16 35
38 17 3 Conceded C 4 20 40
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 77% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 79% 79%
54% 46% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 43% 54%
18% 8% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 21% 21%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 11%
61% 62% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 64% 71%
14% 8% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 21% 14%
29% 31% 33% Failed to Score F T 25% 14% 14%
 
4.7 4.9 8.3 Corners for (avg) C F 8.2 5.4 5.9
4.8 4.4 2.3 Corners against (avg) C A 3.2 5.1 5.2
2.6 2.3 3.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.4 2.1
3 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
7.7 7.7 8.3 Shots (avg) S ( 11.2 8.6 10
2.7 2.6 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 3.5 3.9
41% 38% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 33% 32%
Key stats in Premier Division this season:
  • Dundalk have the most dropped points from leading position (15) in Premier Division
  • Dundalk 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 27 18 5 4 44 20 13 8 4 1 22 10 14 10 1 3 22 10 24 59
2 St Patrick's 28 15 5 8 46 33 14 11 0 3 25 11 14 4 5 5 21 22 13 50
3 Sligo Rovers 28 13 6 9 33 24 14 6 3 5 19 11 14 7 3 4 14 13 9 45
4 Derry City 28 11 9 8 39 34 15 4 7 4 22 19 13 7 2 4 17 15 5 42
5 Bohemians 27 11 5 11 44 35 14 7 3 4 31 17 13 4 2 7 13 18 9 38
6 Drogheda United 28 10 7 11 40 35 14 5 4 5 19 15 14 5 3 6 21 20 5 37
7 Finn Harps 28 10 6 12 31 38 13 4 2 7 13 17 15 6 4 5 18 21 -7 36
8 Dundalk 28 9 7 12 35 40 14 6 2 6 19 20 14 3 5 6 16 20 -5 34
9 Waterford United 28 10 2 16 25 46 14 5 2 7 13 23 14 5 0 9 12 23 -21 32
10 Longford Town 28 2 8 18 19 51 14 2 3 9 8 22 14 0 5 9 11 29 -32 14

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.