Game statistics and preview for Premier Division: Finn Harps - Sligo Rovers at Finn Park

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

Finn Harps are looking to set aside the league table ahead of this game versus Sligo Rovers. Here's everything you should know pre-match!

Insights:
  • Finn Harps is in the worst form (1-0-5)
  • Sligo Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Finn Harps form and stats

With 2 Premier Division wins, 3 draws and 8 defeats from their home games, Finn Harps are certainly not brimming with confidence.

Finn Harps faced defeat in their previous match, away at UCD (1-2).

Ahead of that match, Harps won a home game hosting Drogheda United (3-0).

Goals, goals, goals? We don't know what will happen in this one, but we do know that 9 of the 11 latest league games with this team has had at least three goals.

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 (11 from 13 games). Finn Harps have conceded 18 in these home matches.

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Sligo Rovers form and stats

3-4-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Sligo Rovers in their Premier Division matches away.

There might be some fixture complaints from Sligo Rovers as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous game, 0-1 against St Patrick's.

Rovers are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 12 games (in the league). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Sligo Rovers have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Sligo Rovers have won at least one point in the last 4 fixtures (3-1-0) versus Harps.

The sides have faced each other previously this season, with the final score Sligo Rovers - Finn Harps 3-0 entered in the official records. The games between these sides sometimes lean towards being hot-tempered, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Sligo RoversA. Keena
A. Keena
11 goals
Sligo RoversM. Mata
M. Mata
6 goals
Finn HarpsF. Mihaljević
F. Mihaljević
5 goals

Finn Harps missing players

Sligo Rovers missing players

Finn Harps Sligo Rovers
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
26 13 3 Played P 4 12 25
3 2 0 Won W 1 3 9
6 3 2 Drew D 2 4 8
17 8 1 Lost L 1 5 8
23 11 3 Scored S 5 13 33
47 18 5 Conceded C 3 14 28
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 83% 88%
77% 62% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 67% 72%
65% 46% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 58% 56%
31% 15% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 24%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
46% 38% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 58% 60%
15% 15% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 33% 24%
42% 46% 33% Failed to Score F T 25% 25% 28%
 
4.5 3.9 3.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.4 4.7
5.3 5.8 5.7 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 5.1 4.4
3 2.9 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 2.5 2
4 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
7.8 7.6 8.7 Shots (avg) S ( 8.8 8.1 10
3.1 2.7 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.2 4.2
29% 31% 23% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 33% 32%
 
9.5 8.5 8 Shots against (avg) S A 8 10.8 9.8
4.1 3.3 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 5.2 4.6
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 matches under the total-line (5) in Premier Division
  • Finn Harps have the fewest scored goals in the second half (12) in Premier Division
  • Finn Harps have the most matches over the total-line (14) in Premier Division
  • Finn Harps haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Finn Harps is in the worst form (1-0-5)
  • Sligo Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 25 16 5 4 38 15 12 10 2 0 22 6 13 6 3 4 16 9 23 53
2 Dundalk 26 13 10 3 37 17 13 10 3 0 27 7 13 3 7 3 10 10 20 49
3 Derry City 25 12 9 4 41 23 12 4 6 2 19 11 13 8 3 2 22 12 18 45
4 St Patrick's 25 11 6 8 34 22 14 7 3 4 19 13 11 4 3 4 15 9 12 39
5 Sligo Rovers 25 9 8 8 33 28 13 6 4 3 20 14 12 3 4 5 13 14 5 35
6 Bohemians 25 8 8 9 32 32 12 4 4 4 17 16 13 4 4 5 15 16 0 32
7 Shelbourne 24 9 4 11 24 31 11 4 2 5 11 16 13 5 2 6 13 15 -7 31
8 Drogheda United 27 7 9 11 28 42 14 6 4 4 16 17 13 1 5 7 12 25 -14 30
9 UCD 26 3 7 16 18 51 13 1 5 7 8 20 13 2 2 9 10 31 -33 16
10 Finn Harps 26 3 6 17 23 47 13 2 3 8 11 18 13 1 3 9 12 29 -24 15

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.