Both these teams have struggled so far, but three points in this important fixture would certainly help. Get ready for Longford Town - Finn Harps!
- Longford Town have the fewest scored goals (15) in Premier Division
- Finn Harps have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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.
Longford Town form and stats
Longford Town's struggle is real here at Bishopsgate Stadium with only 6 points collected from 12 Premier Division games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-3-8. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a league-game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in 22 attempts.
Stress levels are on the rise for Longford Town's attacking players as they have now played 231 minutes without scoring in a league game. R. Manley was their last goal scorer.
Longford Town lost their last game at Shamrock Rovers (placed 1st) after a 0-1 scoreline. The defeat against Shamrock Rovers was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored five minutes into stoppage time (by L. Scales).
Ahead of that match, Longford Town lost 0-2 at home to Derry City.Longford have scored 7 league goals here from 12 matches, not a lot. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Longford Town defense is not exactly impregnable. 19 goals conceded from 12 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Finn Harps form and stats
As the visiting team in Premier Division matches, Finn Harps have produced an overall stat of 4-3-5 so far.
Two travels in a row for Finn Harps, whose manager O. Horgan could celebrate last time after the Premier Division win against Sligo Rovers.
Preceding that game was the away FAI Cup victory against Fairview Rangers with the score of 3-0.The visitors have scored 11 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Finn Harps have conceded 18 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
These competitors have played before this season: Finn Harps - Longford 1-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Longford victories, four draws and four Finn Harps wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Foley 8 goals |  D. Grimes 4 goals | R. Manley 3 goals |
Longford Town missing players
Finn Harps missing players
| Longford Town | Finn Harps | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 12 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 22 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 14 | 8 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 15 | 7 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 11 | 18 |
| 38 | 19 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 18 | 31 |
| 96% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 95% |
| 74% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 67% | 68% |
| 35% | 33% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 50% | 41% |
| 22% | 25% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 14% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 5% |
| 48% | 33% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 58% | 55% |
| 9% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 14% |
| 48% | 58% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 33% | 36% |
| 3.3 | 3.8 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.9 |
| 6.2 | 5.9 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 4.8 | 4.6 |
| 1.6 | 1.6 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 5.9 | 5.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.3 | 7.5 | 7.8 |
| 2 | 1.8 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
| 32% | 33% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 34% | 33% |
- Finn Harps have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Longford Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Longford Town have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Premier Division
- Longford Town have the fewest points (6) at home in Premier Division
- Longford Town have the fewest scored goals (15) in Premier Division
- Longford Town have the most conceded goals in the second half (22) in Premier Division
- Longford Town have the most dropped points from leading position (13) in Premier Division
- Longford Town have the most matches under the total-line (11) in Premier Division
- Longford Town have the the worst goal difference (-23) in Premier Division
- Longford Town is in the worst form (0-3-3)
| 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 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 38 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 20 | 47 |
| 2 | St Patrick's | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 40 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 16 | 44 |
| 3 | Sligo Rovers | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 38 |
| 4 | Bohemians | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 34 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 31 |
| 5 | Derry City | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 28 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 31 |
| 6 | Drogheda United | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 35 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 30 |
| 7 | Dundalk | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 15 | -5 | 27 |
| 8 | Waterford United | 23 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 18 | 40 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 19 | -22 | 25 |
| 9 | Finn Harps | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -13 | 23 |
| 10 | Longford Town | 23 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 15 | 38 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -23 | 11 |