With their 4 point advantage in the league table, Finn Harps fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Dundalk.
- Finn Harps haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Dundalk have scored at least twice as many goals away as Finn Harps have scored home.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Dundalk have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 22-6-14 (win-draw-loss) from 42 matches.
Finn Harps form and stats
The story so far in the Premier Division for Finn Harps at their home stadium (Finn Park) is 2 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Harps, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Derry City.
As you see from the result above, Harps suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.
Finn Harps aren't scoring a lot here at Finn Park in the league, with only 3 goals from 4 games. Finn Harps have conceded 5 in these home matches.
Dundalk form and stats
The visitors are W1-D3-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Premier Division.
Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Longford Town.
Dundalk are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 8 times in 5 away games so far. 6 goals have been conceded by Dundalk in these games.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Dundalk - Harps 1-2. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - two - seven (Harps wins - draws - Dundalk wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Foley 5 goals |  K. O’Sullivan 2 goals |  C. Shields 2 goals |
Finn Harps missing players
Dundalk missing players
| Finn Harps | Dundalk | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 12 |
| 13 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 70% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 80% |
| 40% | 25% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 60% | 50% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 10% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 25% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 80% | 70% |
| 20% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 10% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.4 | 2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.1 | 8.8 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 9.6 | 11.1 |
| 2.7 | 2.2 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.2 | 4.3 |
| 30% | 33% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 38% | 28% |
- All of Dundalk's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Dundalk have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Dundalk have scored at least twice as many goals away as Finn Harps have scored home.
- Dundalk have scored in all their away matches so far.
- 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 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 26 |
| 2 | St Patrick's | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 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 | Finn Harps | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 14 |
| 5 | Drogheda United | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 13 |
| 6 | Bohemians | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 7 | Dundalk | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 10 |
| 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 |