The Premier Division league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. Longford Town and Finn Harps are placed 7th and 4th respectively.
- Longford Town have the most conceded goals in the second half (6) in Premier Division
- Finn Harps haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
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 Longford and Finn Harps.
Longford Town form and stats
Three Premier Division home games done for Longford Town, who are not happy collecting 3 points from these matches. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Longford to get some points in this home game. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Longford Town, their manager D. Doyle and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
In their previous game, the manager D. Doyle led his Longford to a defeat in the Premier Division match away at Shamrock Rovers. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Bishopsgate Stadium. Before that game, the home loss against Drogheda United with the scoreline 0-4.
The defeat against Shamrock Rovers was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored three minutes into stoppage time (by S. Gannon).
There will be little rest for Longford after this match as they are travelling to Waterford United for a Premier Division game in only four days.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Longford here at Bishopsgate Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (2 from 3 games). With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Longford Town defense is not exactly impregnable. 5 goals conceded from 3 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Finn Harps form and stats
Things could have gone better for Finn Harps in their Premier Division away matches, but 4 points from 3 games is all right.
Harps lost away at Sligo Rovers (0-1) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Waterford United.
A quick return to home after this game, as Harps are hosting St Patrick's in the Premier Division only three days away.
Harps have scored 3 goals on their travels this season, from 3 away games in the league. 3 goals have been conceded by Harps in these games.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Longford, three draws and four wins for Finn Harps. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.Top Goalscorers
  A. Foley 4 goals |  D. Grimes 2 goals | J. Gorman 1 goals |
Longford Town missing players
Finn Harps missing players
| Longford Town | Finn Harps | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 9 | 5 | 4 | Conceded | C | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 60% |
| 60% | 33% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 33% | 40% |
| 40% | 33% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 60% |
| 20% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 40% | 67% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 20% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.7 | 2.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.2 | 8.3 | 4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 8.7 | 9.2 |
| 3.4 | 3 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3 | 3.2 |
| 29% | 22% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 33% | 38% |
- Finn Harps haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Longford Town have the most conceded goals in the second half (6) in Premier Division
- Longford Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Longford Town | Last season | Finn Harps | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 20 | 9 | Played | P | 9 | 18 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 31 | 14 | Scored | S | 9 | 15 | ||
| 26 | 15 | Conceded | C | 13 | 24 | ||
| 95% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 89% | ||
| 80% | 89% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 78% | 61% | ||
| 55% | 44% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 28% | ||
| 30% | 44% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 28% | ||
| 10% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 11% | ||
| 45% | 56% | BTTS | BTTS | 56% | 39% | ||
| 35% | 22% | Clean Sheets | C S | 22% | 28% | ||
| 25% | 22% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 44% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0.5 | 0.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 2.6 | 1.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.6 | 5.3 | ||
| 0.9 | 0.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 2.3 | ||
| 169% | 350% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 37% | ||
| 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 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 2 | St Patrick's | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 3 | Sligo Rovers | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 4 | Finn Harps | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | Drogheda United | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | Bohemians | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 7 | Longford Town | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -4 | 4 |
| 8 | Waterford United | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 3 |
| 9 | Dundalk | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 2 |
| 10 | Derry City | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -7 | 1 |