Finn Harps hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 2 points and a 10th position in the Premier Division table. Visiting St Patrick's holds 5th place with 15 pts.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Finn Harps and St Patrick's.
Finn Harps form and stats
With 0 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats from their home games, Finn Harps, who have the most conceded goals (26) in Premier Division, are certainly not brimming with confidence. Finn Harps has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager O. Horgan and the players. Finn Harps are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Finn Park, having lost their two previous games here.In their previous game, the manager O. Horgan led his Finn Harps to a defeat in the Premier Division match away at Dundalk. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Finn Park. Preceding that match was the home game against Bohemians that was lost 0-1.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Finn Harps as they are travelling to their away game against Sligo Rovers in the Premier Division. That match is four days after this one.
Finn Harps are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 7 goals in 6 matches. Finn Harps have conceded 12 goals in these home games, a significant number.
St Patrick's form and stats
1-2-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for St Patrick's in their matches away.St Patrick's are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Premier Division against Sligo Rovers. The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-3 defeat against Derry City.
A new game in only four days for St Patrick's, the Premier Division home match versus UCD. Busy days.
The attacking power of St Patrick's when travelling is not overwhelming with 3 goals scored in 5 matches. 5 goals have been conceded by St Patrick's in these games.
Head 2 Head
Finn Harps and St Patrick's have met before this season: St Patrick's - Finn Harps 0-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 2 Finn Harps victories, 2 draws and 6 St Patrick's wins.Finn Harps missing players
St Patrick's missing players
| Finn Harps | St Patrick's | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | Played | 5 | 11 |
| 7 | 7 | Scored | 3 | 8 |
| 26 | 12 | Conceded | 5 | 10 |
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 91% |
| 67% | 67% | Over 1.5 | 60% | 45% |
| 58% | 50% | Over 2.5 | 0% | 18% |
| 25% | 33% | Over 3.5 | 0% | 9% |
| 17% | 33% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 67% | Both teams to score | 40% | 36% |
| 8% | 0% | Clean Sheet | 20% | 36% |
| 67% | 33% | Failed To Score | 40% | 36% |
| 2.8 | 3.5 | Corners For (avg) | 5.2 | 4.5 |
| 7.3 | 6.7 | Corners Against (avg) | 3 | 3.3 |
| 2.7 | 2.2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 1.4 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 1 | Red Cards (total) | 2 | 3 |
- Finn Harps hasn't played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Finn Harps has failed to keep a clean sheet in 6 home matches.
| 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 | Shamrock Rovers | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 31 |
| 2 | Bohemians | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 23 |
| 3 | Dundalk | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 21 |
| 4 | Derry City | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 20 |
| 5 | St Patrick's | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 15 |
| 6 | Waterford United | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 14 |
| 7 | Cork City | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -5 | 11 |
| 8 | Sligo Rovers | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -7 | 11 |
| 9 | UCD | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 12 | -7 | 10 |
| 10 | Finn Harps | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 14 | -19 | 2 |
