Premier Division preview with statistics: Finn Harps welcomes Shamrock Rovers to Finn Park

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

Finn Harps have not won many points this league season. Could the gang get something when Shamrock Rovers stop by Finn Park?

Insights:
  • Finn Harps is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • Shamrock Rovers have the most scored goals (36) in Premier Division

The visiting Shamrock Rovers played their last game only four days ago, a Premier Division match. That game was also an away game, at St Patrick's. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Finn Harps form and stats

Finn Harps's struggle is real here at Finn Park with only 6 points collected from 10 Premier Division games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-3-6.

Finn Harps drew their last game, also a home match. St Patrick's (placed 4th) was the opponent, 2-2 the score. Late drama in the game against St Patrick's as Harps were trailing by a goal near the finishing line until Boyle popped out and made it level in the 90th minute.

Heartbreak before that as Finn Harps lost 0-3 at Sligo Rovers's place.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Finn Harps here at Finn Park in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (7 from 10 games). Harps have conceded 15 from these games.

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Shamrock Rovers form and stats

5 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Shamrock Rovers playing as the away team in the Premier Division this season.

Shamrock Rovers play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting St Patrick's (placed 4th).

A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Bohemians.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Hibernians in just four days.

Shamrock Rovers have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 11 league away games 15 goals have been scored. It's not easy to score on Shamrock as they have only conceded 9 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The previous head-to-head match ended Shamrock Rovers - Finn Harps 3-1, played this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Finn Harps victory, one draw and eight Shamrock Rovers wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Shamrock RoversD. Mandroiu
D. Mandroiu
7 goals
Shamrock RoversG. Burke
G. Burke
7 goals
Shamrock RoversA. Lyons
A. Lyons
6 goals

Finn Harps missing players

Shamrock Rovers missing players

Finn Harps Shamrock Rovers
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
20 10 2 Played P 3 11 22
2 1 0 Won W 2 5 15
6 3 0 Drew D 0 2 3
12 6 2 Lost L 1 4 4
17 7 1 Scored S 5 15 36
36 15 3 Conceded C 2 9 14
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 95%
75% 60% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 64% 59%
60% 40% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 55% 50%
35% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 9% 23%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
45% 40% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 45% 41%
15% 10% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 27% 45%
45% 50% 50% Failed to Score F T 33% 36% 18%
 
4.5 4.2 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 8 5.9 7
5 5.5 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 2 3.2 3.6
3 2.9 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.2 1.9
4 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
7.8 8.3 7.5 Shots (avg) S ( 14 11 12
3 2.7 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.7 4.7 5.1
28% 26% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 29% 32%
 
8.7 7.3 13 Shots against (avg) S A 3 6.6 5.5
3.5 3 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1.3 2.4 2.1
Key stats in Premier Division this season:
  • 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 most matches over the total-line (9) in Premier Division
  • Finn Harps haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Finn Harps is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • Shamrock Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Shamrock Rovers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Shamrock Rovers have scored more than double the goals of Finn Harps.
  • Shamrock Rovers have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Premier Division
  • Shamrock Rovers have the most clean sheets (10) in Premier Division
  • Shamrock Rovers have the most scored goals (36) in Premier Division
  • Shamrock Rovers have the the best goal difference (+22) in Premier Division

  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 22 15 3 4 36 14 11 10 1 0 21 5 11 5 2 4 15 9 22 48
2 Dundalk 20 10 8 2 28 14 10 8 2 0 20 6 10 2 6 2 8 8 14 38
3 Derry City 21 10 7 4 35 19 11 4 5 2 19 11 10 6 2 2 16 8 16 37
4 St Patrick's 22 9 5 8 29 21 11 5 2 4 14 12 11 4 3 4 15 9 8 32
5 Sligo Rovers 21 7 8 6 28 23 10 4 4 2 15 10 11 3 4 4 13 13 5 29
6 Bohemians 20 6 8 6 25 25 10 4 4 2 15 12 10 2 4 4 10 13 0 26
7 Shelbourne 20 7 4 9 17 24 10 3 2 5 8 15 10 4 2 4 9 9 -7 25
8 Drogheda United 20 5 7 8 22 32 10 4 3 3 11 14 10 1 4 5 11 18 -10 22
9 Finn Harps 20 2 6 12 17 36 10 1 3 6 7 15 10 1 3 6 10 21 -19 12
10 UCD 20 1 6 13 12 41 10 0 5 5 5 14 10 1 1 8 7 27 -29 9

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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.