Football betting preview: Sligo Rovers vs Finn Harps

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Competition: Republic of Ireland Premier Division
Date: Fri 13.September
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Showgrounds (6100 seats)

With their 12 point advantage in the league table, Sligo Rovers fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Finn Harps.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Sligo Rovers form and stats

Overall Premier Division stats at home this season for Sligo Rovers are 4-7-4 (wins-draw-losses).

Sligo Rovers's last game was hosting UCD (placed 10th) and winning 4-0. Preceding that match was a Premier Division defeat to Dundalk (0-2).

Sligo Rovers has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. From these home matches, Sligo Rovers have conceded only 14 goals.

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Finn Harps form and stats

Finn Harps have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Premier Division, after 1-3-10 (14 played). Recent form does not give Finn Harps much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Sligo Rovers will be a tough nut to crack. Finn Harps seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Premier Division home defeat versus St Patrick's with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Prior to that match, the Finn Harps manager O. Horgan faced defeat when travelling to Dundalk and losing 0-5.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Finn Harps's away games in the league this season with only 6 goals from 14 matches. Finn Harps have conceded 32 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Finn Harps - Sligo Rovers 2-0. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 4 wins for Sligo Rovers, 3 draws and 3 wins for Finn Harps. Over 2,5 goals: 5 times; under 2,5 goals: 5 games.

Top Goalscorers

R. Parkes
10 goals
R. Coughlin
8 goals
N. Boyle
5 goals / 1 assists

Sligo Rovers missing players

Finn Harps missing players

Sligo Rovers Finn Harps
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
30 15 6 Played 3 14 30
8 4 2 Won 0 1 6
11 7 3 Drew 1 3 5
11 4 1 Lost 2 10 19
31 15 8 Scored 0 6 24
40 14 4 Conceded 5 32 56
83% 80% 67% Over 0.5 67% 93% 93%
77% 67% 50% Over 1.5 33% 64% 67%
43% 27% 33% Over 2.5 33% 50% 50%
13% 7% 17% Over 3.5 33% 29% 23%
10% 7% 17% Over 4.5 0% 14% 17%
50% 53% 50% BTTS 0% 21% 30%
23% 27% 50% Clean Sheets 33% 14% 23%
43% 40% 33% Failed To Score 100% 71% 53%
 
3.7 4.5 4.5 Corners For (avg) 3 2.6 3.1
6.4 6.1 6 Corners Against (avg) 7 6.6 5.6
2.2 1.5 1.2 Yellow Cards (avg) 3.3 2.9 2.4
2 2 1 Red Cards 0 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 won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Sligo Rovers have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Finn Harps have scored away.

Sligo Rovers
All Premier Division League Cup Club Friendlies FAI Cup Challenge Cup
All Home Away
16-08-19 PD St Patrick's 2 - 1 Sligo Rovers
24-08-19 FAI Sligo Rovers 6 - 2 Limerick
30-08-19 PD Cork City 2 - 4 Sligo Rovers
02-09-19 PD Sligo Rovers 0 - 2 Dundalk
07-09-19 FAI Sligo Rovers 4 - 0 UCD
13-09-19 PD Sligo Rovers 19:00 Finn Harps
20-09-19 PD UCD 18:45 Sligo Rovers
05-10-19 PD Sligo Rovers 18:45 Shamrock Rovers
11-10-19 PD Waterford United 18:45 Sligo Rovers
19-10-19 PD Sligo Rovers 18:45 Derry City
Finn Harps
All Premier Division League Cup First Division Club Friendlies FAI Cup
All Home Away
27-07-19 CF Linfield 1 - 2 Finn Harps
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 19:00 Finn Harps
20-09-19 PD Cork City 18:45 Finn Harps
04-10-19 PD Finn Harps 19:00 UCD
11-10-19 PD Shamrock Rovers 19:00 Finn Harps
18-10-19 PD Finn Harps 19:00 Waterford United

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Dundalk 30 23 5 2 63 13 15 13 2 0 35 6 15 10 3 2 28 7 50 74
2 Shamrock Rovers 30 20 4 6 53 18 15 10 3 2 28 7 15 10 1 4 25 11 35 64
3 Bohemians 30 14 7 9 41 24 14 8 3 3 28 11 16 6 4 6 13 13 17 49
4 Derry City 30 12 11 7 45 29 14 7 3 4 22 12 16 5 8 3 23 17 16 47
5 St Patrick's 30 13 7 10 26 28 15 7 3 5 13 14 15 6 4 5 13 14 -2 46
6 Sligo Rovers 30 8 11 11 31 40 15 4 7 4 15 14 15 4 4 7 16 26 -9 35
7 Waterford United 30 8 7 15 36 48 15 4 4 7 20 23 15 4 3 8 16 25 -12 31
8 Cork City 30 7 9 14 25 39 15 2 6 7 12 21 15 5 3 7 13 18 -14 30
9 Finn Harps 30 6 5 19 24 56 16 5 2 9 18 24 14 1 3 10 6 32 -32 23
10 UCD 30 5 2 23 21 70 16 5 1 10 17 25 14 0 1 13 4 45 -49 17

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