Premier Division match prediction and preview for Shamrock Rovers vs Finn Harps clash

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Competition: Republic of Ireland Premier Division
Date: Fri 11.October
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Tallaght Stadium (8600 seats)

A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The home fans are optimistic that the difference between 2nd and 9th place in the table will show on the pitch.

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.

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Shamrock Rovers form and stats

34 points is a decent return from 16 Premier Division games here at Tallaght Stadium for Shamrock Rovers, who have the fewest conceded goals (7) at home in Premier Division,. The data says 10 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses.

The home team returns to Tallaght Stadium after sharing the points with Sligo Rovers (placed 6th) on their last time out; the Premier Division game ended 0-0. A strong away win before that one, visiting Bohemians and winning 2-0.

Shamrock Rovers have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Tallaght Stadium with 28 goals in 16 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Shamrock Rovers have only let in 7 goals at home.

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Finn Harps form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Finn Harps so far with only 7 Premier Division points returning home. The records show 1-4-11 (win-draw-lose).

There were no winners in Finn Harps's previous match, a Premier Division home game that ended 0-0 vs UCD (placed 10th). A 0-0 draw at Cork City's stadium before that.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Finn Harps's away games in the league this season with only 7 goals from 16 matches. The Finn Harps manager O. Horgan has some worries about the defense as 35 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Finn Harps - Shamrock Rovers 0-3. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 9 Shamrock Rovers victories, 1 draw and 0 Finn Harps wins. 4 of these games ended with three goals or more, 6 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

A. Greene
11 goals / 1 assists
A. McEneff
10 goals
J. Byrne
7 goals / 1 assists

Shamrock Rovers missing players

Finn Harps missing players

Shamrock Rovers Finn Harps
Total Home Home vs low Statistics Stat Away vs top Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 4 16 33
20 10 5 Won W 0 1 6
6 4 0 Drew D 0 4 7
7 2 0 Lost L 4 11 20
55 28 16 Scored S 3 7 25
21 7 3 Conceded C 14 35 59
88% 81% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 88%
61% 56% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 62% 64%
45% 44% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 50% 48%
18% 19% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 31% 24%
9% 6% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 12% 15%
36% 25% 60% BTTS BTTS 25% 25% 30%
55% 62% 40% Clean Sheets C S 0% 19% 27%
21% 31% 0% Failed to Score F T 75% 69% 55%
 
6.5 6.6 6.6 Corners For (avg) C F 1.8 2.8 3.3
3.1 2.6 2 Corners Against (avg) C A 6.8 6.2 5.4
1.7 1.7 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.9 2.4
3 2 0 Red Cards R C 2 4 5
Key stats This season:
  • Finn Harps have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Finn Harps have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Finn Harps have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Finn Harps have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Shamrock Rovers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Shamrock Rovers have scored more than double the goals of Finn Harps.
  • Shamrock Rovers have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.

Shamrock Rovers
All Premier Division Europa League League Cup Club Friendlies Leinster Senior Cup FAI Cup Atlantic Cup
All Home Away
30-08-19 PD Shamrock Rovers 1 - 0 Bohemians
06-09-19 FAI Galway United 1 - 2 Shamrock Rovers
20-09-19 PD Shamrock Rovers 0 - 0 St Patrick's
23-09-19 PD Dundalk 3 - 2 Shamrock Rovers
27-09-19 FAI Bohemians 0 - 2 Shamrock Rovers
05-10-19 PD Sligo Rovers 0 - 0 Shamrock Rovers
11-10-19 PD Shamrock Rovers 19:00 Finn Harps
18-10-19 PD UCD 18:45 Shamrock Rovers
25-10-19 PD Shamrock Rovers 18:45 Cork City
03-11-19 FAI Shamrock Rovers 15:30 Dundalk
Finn Harps
All Premier Division League Cup First Division Club Friendlies FAI Cup
All Home Away
02-08-19 PD Finn Harps 1 - 0 Bohemians
09-08-19 FAI Shamrock Rovers 1 - 0 Finn Harps
16-08-19 PD Dundalk 5 - 0 Finn Harps
06-09-19 PD Finn Harps 1 - 2 St Patrick's
13-09-19 PD Sligo Rovers 3 - 1 Finn Harps
20-09-19 PD Cork City 0 - 0 Finn Harps
04-10-19 PD Finn Harps 0 - 0 UCD
11-10-19 PD Shamrock Rovers 19:00 Finn Harps
18-10-19 PD Finn Harps 19:00 Waterford United
25-10-19 PD Derry City 18:45 Finn Harps

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Dundalk 33 26 5 2 68 15 17 15 2 0 39 8 16 11 3 2 29 7 53 83
2 Shamrock Rovers 33 20 6 7 55 21 16 10 4 2 28 7 17 10 2 5 27 14 34 66
3 Bohemians 33 15 8 10 43 26 16 9 3 4 30 13 17 6 5 6 13 13 17 53
4 Derry City 33 13 12 8 49 30 16 8 4 4 26 12 17 5 8 4 23 18 19 51
5 St Patrick's 33 13 9 11 26 30 17 7 4 6 13 16 16 6 5 5 13 14 -4 48
6 Sligo Rovers 33 10 12 11 36 41 17 5 8 4 18 15 16 5 4 7 18 26 -5 42
7 Waterford United 33 10 7 16 40 50 16 4 4 8 20 24 17 6 3 8 20 26 -10 37
8 Cork City 33 7 10 16 25 44 16 2 7 7 12 21 17 5 3 9 13 23 -19 31
9 Finn Harps 33 6 7 20 25 59 17 5 3 9 18 24 16 1 4 11 7 35 -34 25
10 UCD 33 5 4 24 21 72 17 5 1 11 17 27 16 0 3 13 4 45 -51 19

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