Finn Park: Finn Harps vs Waterford United Premier Division preview

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Competition: Republic of Ireland Premier Division
Competition: Fri 09.July
Match begins: 16:45 (UTC)
Venue: Finn Park (7500 seats)

Finn Harps are welcoming Waterford United for another important game after their 1-3 result against 5th-placed Drogheda United.

Insights:
  • Finn Harps haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Waterford United have the most conceded goals (39) in Premier Division

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, 2 draws and 5 defeats from their home games, Finn Harps are certainly not brimming with confidence. Finn Harps are slowly digging their own grave here at Finn Park with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in seven attempts. The last victory here came in the Waterford United match.

No payout for Finn Harps in their previous match, an away game at Drogheda United that ended in defeat 1-3.

Before that, Harps drew at home versus Longford Town.

Finn Harps have scored 7 league goals here from 9 matches, not a lot. Harps have conceded 12 in these home matches.

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Waterford United form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Waterford United so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 3-0-7 (win-draw-lose).

Waterford United lost away at Derry City (0-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.

A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting St Patrick's.

The visitors have scored 8 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Waterford United have conceded 18 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Waterford United - Harps 1-2. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: eight - one - one (Harps wins - draws - Waterford United wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

HarpsA. Foley
A. Foley
8 goals
Waterford UnitedJ. Martin
J. Martin
4 goals
Waterford UnitedS. Griffin
S. Griffin
3 goals

Finn Harps missing players

Waterford United missing players

Finn Harps Waterford United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 9 2 Played P 2 10 19
5 2 0 Won W 2 3 4
5 2 2 Drew D 0 0 1
9 5 0 Lost L 0 7 14
17 7 2 Scored S 5 8 13
29 12 2 Conceded C 2 18 39
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
79% 78% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 74%
47% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 70% 63%
16% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 10% 16%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 11%
63% 56% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 40% 42%
11% 11% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 5%
32% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 60% 53%
 
5 5.8 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.2 3.2
4.4 4.8 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 7.1 6.1
2.4 2.1 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3.7 2.8
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
8.3 8.3 5.5 Shots (avg) S ( 4.5 4.7 5.2
2.5 2.2 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.1 2.3
35% 35% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 83% 42% 33%
Key stats in Premier Division this season:
  • Finn Harps haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Waterford United have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Waterford United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Waterford United have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Waterford United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Waterford United have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Premier Division
  • Waterford United have the fewest scored goals in the second half (4) in Premier Division
  • Waterford United have the most conceded goals (18) away in Premier Division
  • Waterford United have the most conceded goals (39) in Premier Division
  • Waterford United have the most conceded goals in the first half (22) in Premier Division
  • Waterford United have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in Premier Division
  • Waterford United have the most matches over the total-line (11) in Premier Division
  • Waterford United have the the worst goal difference (-26) in Premier Division
  • Waterford United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 19 11 5 3 30 15 10 5 4 1 16 9 9 6 1 2 14 6 15 38
2 Sligo Rovers 18 10 5 3 26 13 9 4 3 2 14 6 9 6 2 1 12 7 13 35
3 St Patrick's 19 10 5 4 32 20 9 7 0 2 17 7 10 3 5 2 15 13 12 35
4 Bohemians 19 9 3 7 33 22 10 6 1 3 25 11 9 3 2 4 8 11 11 30
5 Drogheda United 19 8 5 6 33 22 10 4 3 3 15 10 9 4 2 3 18 12 11 29
6 Derry City 19 6 7 6 21 23 10 1 6 3 11 13 9 5 1 3 10 10 -2 25
7 Dundalk 19 6 6 7 24 27 9 3 2 4 10 12 10 3 4 3 14 15 -3 24
8 Finn Harps 19 5 5 9 17 29 9 2 2 5 7 12 10 3 3 4 10 17 -12 20
9 Waterford United 19 4 1 14 13 39 9 1 1 7 5 21 10 3 0 7 8 18 -26 13
10 Longford Town 18 1 6 11 13 32 9 1 2 6 6 15 9 0 4 5 7 17 -19 9

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.