It's still early in the Premier Division season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the Shamrock Rovers - Finn Harps preview!
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Shamrock Rovers form and stats
Perfect Premier Division season at home so far for Shamrock Rovers, who have the most scored goals (15) in Premier Division, 2 wins from 2 appearances.
Shamrock Rovers enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Sligo Rovers's place. The match ended 3-2 with A. Greene, A. McEneff and J. Byrne scoring. Before that game, the 3-2 home victory against Dundalk.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Shamrock Rovers at home in the league. 9 on target and 2 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Finn Harps form and stats
The Premier Division season is young and Finn Harps have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 2 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 1 defeat so far.
Finn Harps aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 238 league minutes without a goal. R. Connolly was the last player to find the net.
Finn Harps failed to get anything from their last game, a Premier Division home match vs Dundalk (placed 2nd) that ended with defeat 0-4. Prior to that match, the Finn Harps manager O. Horgan faced defeat when travelling to Cork City and losing 0-1.
As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Dundalk was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind.
The home team is given a winning chance of about 80 percent by the betting public. This does not leave much hope for the visitors, but some teams enjoy the outsider role and perform well in it. Looking at similar away games for Finn Harps we find three games. Results are zero Finn Harps wins, zero draws and three defeats.
A new game in only three days for Finn Harps, the Premier Division home match versus Shelbourne. Busy days.
Finn Harps have the goal stats of 1-2 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: nine wins for Shamrock Rovers, one draw and zero wins for Finn Harps. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.Top Goalscorers
  G. Burke 5 goals |  J. Byrne 3 goals |  A. Greene 2 goals |
Shamrock Rovers missing players
Finn Harps missing players
| Shamrock Rovers | Finn Harps | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | 9 | 6 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 60% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 60% | 100% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 60% | 100% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 60% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 5 | 5.5 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 2.5 | 3.2 |
| 2.6 | 3.5 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4 | 4.5 |
| 1 | 1.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.5 | 2.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 82 | 36 | 25 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 15 | 30 |
| 37 | 16 | 12 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 9 | 13 |
| 41% | 56% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 11% | 15% |
- Shamrock Rovers has the most scored goals (15)
- Shamrock Rovers has the most scored goals (9) at home
- Shamrock Rovers has the most scored goals in the second half (9)
- Shamrock Rovers has the the best goal difference (+11)
- Shamrock Rovers has the the best goal difference (+7) at home
- Shamrock Rovers is in the best form (5-0-0)
| Shamrock Rovers | Last season | Finn Harps | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 23 | 12 | Won | W | 1 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 13 | 22 | ||
| 62 | 32 | Scored | S | 7 | 26 | ||
| 21 | 7 | Conceded | C | 40 | 64 | ||
| 89% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 89% | ||
| 61% | 56% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 61% | 61% | ||
| 47% | 44% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 47% | ||
| 17% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 25% | ||
| 8% | 6% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 14% | ||
| 33% | 22% | BTTS | BTTS | 22% | 28% | ||
| 58% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 28% | ||
| 19% | 28% | Failed to Score | F T | 72% | 56% | ||
| 6.6 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 3.2 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.4 | 5.5 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.4 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 5 | ||
| 465 | 255 | Total Shots | T S | 146 | 251 | ||
| 182 | 101 | Shots on Target | S O | 49 | 98 | ||
| 29% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 26% | ||
| 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 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 15 |
| 2 | Dundalk | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| 3 | Bohemians | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | St Patrick's | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Shelbourne | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 6 |
| 6 | Waterford United | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 6 |
| 7 | Derry City | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | Finn Harps | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 4 |
| 9 | Cork City | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | -10 | 3 |
| 10 | Sligo Rovers | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 0 |