Football betting preview: Shamrock Rovers expected to win when Finn Harps visit

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Competition: Republic of Ireland Premier Division
Competition: Fri 06.May
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Tallaght Stadium (5500 seats)

A good game and three points is the only event that will satisfy the Shamrock Rovers club members in this Tallaght Stadium clash with Finn Harps, seeing as they have a robust lead on the away side in the Premier Division standings.

Insights:
  • Shamrock Rovers have the fewest conceded goals (9) in Premier Division
  • Finn Harps have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

This should be an absorbing fixture with lots of spark and excitement as both participants are well recovered since they last played a game. Game on!

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Shamrock Rovers form and stats

Shamrock Rovers have been outstanding at home so far in the Premier Division with 5 wins, 1 draw and only 0 losses. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Shamrock Rovers after consecutive victories at their own ground.

Shamrock Rovers shared the glory with Sligo Rovers in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1.

In the preceding match a 3-1 victory visiting Bohemians.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Shamrock home games with this odds we find eight games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in five wins, three draws and zero defeats. Looking at the victories, three matches were won by at least two goals.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Premier Division game versus Sligo Rovers in only three days. This game is also played here at Tallaght Stadium.

A decent goal production from Shamrock Rovers in their home games so far, with 11 goals from 6 league matches. Shamrock are not conceding a lot of goals here at Tallaght Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 6 matches.

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Finn Harps form and stats

Finn Harps have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Premier Division, after 1-2-3 (6 played).

The followers enjoyed Finn Harps's previous match versus Shelbourne (placed 8th), a 1-0 win played at home.

Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting St Patrick's's place.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Harps played away with similar odds. This revealed six games. The visitors overcame the odds to win one time, two were draws and the home team won as expected three times.

Finn Harps have conceded 10 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The two combatants have met before this season: Finn Harps - Shamrock 0-3. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's eight Shamrock Rovers victories, one draw and one Finn Harps win. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Shamrock RoversA. Lyons
A. Lyons
5 goals
Shamrock RoversG. Burke
G. Burke
4 goals
ShamrockD. Mandroiu
D. Mandroiu
3 goals

Shamrock Rovers missing players

Finn Harps missing players

Shamrock Rovers Finn Harps
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
13 6 2 Played P 1 6 13
8 5 2 Won W 0 1 2
3 1 0 Drew D 0 2 4
2 0 0 Lost L 1 3 7
21 11 6 Scored S 0 6 11
9 3 1 Conceded C 3 10 21
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 92%
62% 50% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 77%
54% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 54%
23% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 23%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
46% 33% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 38%
46% 67% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 23%
15% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 50% 46%
 
7 9 10.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3 5.7 4.8
3.4 3.2 4 Corners against (avg) C A 5 3.7 4.9
1.6 1 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 3 2.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
11.9 14.2 14.5 Shots (avg) S ( 11 6.8 8
5.8 6.2 7.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.3 3.1
28% 30% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 30% 28%
 
5.6 4.5 4.5 Shots against (avg) S A 8 8.5 7.5
2.2 1.8 1.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 3.2 3
Key stats in Premier Division this season:
  • Finn Harps have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Shamrock Rovers have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Shamrock Rovers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Shamrock Rovers have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Shamrock Rovers have the fewest conceded goals (3) at home in Premier Division
  • Shamrock Rovers have the fewest conceded goals (9) in Premier Division
  • Shamrock Rovers have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Premier Division
  • Shamrock Rovers have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Shamrock Rovers have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Shamrock Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Shamrock Rovers is in the best form (5-1-0) in Premier Division

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Derry City 13 9 3 1 28 10 6 4 1 1 14 5 7 5 2 0 14 5 18 30
2 Shamrock Rovers 13 8 3 2 21 9 6 5 1 0 11 3 7 3 2 2 10 6 12 27
3 Dundalk 13 5 6 2 18 10 7 5 2 0 15 5 6 0 4 2 3 5 8 21
4 Sligo Rovers 13 5 5 3 18 13 7 2 3 2 9 8 6 3 2 1 9 5 5 20
5 St Patrick's 13 6 2 5 15 12 7 3 2 2 7 7 6 3 0 3 8 5 3 20
6 Bohemians 13 4 6 3 19 15 7 2 3 2 11 10 6 2 3 1 8 5 4 18
7 Drogheda United 13 3 4 6 16 24 6 2 2 2 7 9 7 1 2 4 9 15 -8 13
8 Shelbourne 13 3 3 7 10 19 6 0 1 5 3 14 7 3 2 2 7 5 -9 12
9 Finn Harps 13 2 4 7 11 21 7 1 2 4 5 11 6 1 2 3 6 10 -10 10
10 UCD 13 0 4 9 7 30 6 0 3 3 2 7 7 0 1 6 5 23 -23 4

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.