Delightful dogfight as daring Sligo Rovers duel with determined Finn Harps

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Competition: Republic of Ireland Premier Division
Competition: Mon 14.March
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: The Showgrounds (5500 seats)

Sligo Rovers receive Finn Harps for another interesting Premier Division fixture here at The Showgrounds.

Insights:
  • Sligo Rovers have the fewest conceded goals (1) in Premier Division
  • Finn Harps have the fewest scored goals (1) in Premier Division

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 Sligo Rovers and Finn Harps.

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Sligo Rovers form and stats

The first Premier Division game here at The Showgrounds resulted in a draw. Last season Sligo Rovers's home game statistics were 8 victories, 5 draws and 5 defeats from 18 games.

The Rovers goalkeeper Richard Brush is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 278 minutes without conceding a goal in the Premier Division.

It's back home for Sligo Rovers, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Drogheda United away with the result 3-0. Banks, Fitzgerald and Hamilton found the net in that victory.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Dundalk that ended 0-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Sligo Rovers handle that role? We have found eight games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, two draws and one defeat.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Rovers as they are travelling to their away game against Shamrock Rovers in the Premier Division. That match is four days after this one.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Sligo Rovers at home in the league. 0 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Finn Harps form and stats

Still no away game victory in the Premier Division for Finn Harps with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.

Home advantage was not enough for Finn Harps in their previous game as they lost hosting St Patrick's, 0-2.

A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Bohemians.

We have checked recent matches where Finn Harps have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those ten games were two victories, two draws and six defeats.

Finn Harps have another match away in just four days, a Premier Division game against Shelbourne. A difficult itinerary for them!

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Finn Harps has managed 0 goals and let in 3 from 2 matches.

Head 2 Head

Rovers-Finn Harps H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Sligo Rovers four wins, Finn Harps three wins, three draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The games between these clubs have had a tendency to be hostile, having seen 6 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Sligo RoversC. Horgan
C. Horgan
1 goals
Sligo RoversW. Fitzgerald
W. Fitzgerald
1 goals

Sligo Rovers missing players

Finn Harps missing players

Sligo Rovers Finn Harps
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
4 1 0 Played P 0 2 4
2 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
2 1 0 Drew D 0 1 2
0 0 0 Lost L 0 1 2
5 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 3 6
50% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 50% 75%
50% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 75%
50% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
25% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 25%
75% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 25%
50% 100% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 75%
 
4.5 3 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 7 5.2
4 1 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3 4
2 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.5 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.5 10 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 10 10
4 2 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3 3.8
31% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 7%
 
9.8 7 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 6 7.2
4.8 1 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 3 3.5
Key stats in Premier Division this season:
  • Finn Harps have the fewest scored goals (0) away in Premier Division
  • Finn Harps have the fewest scored goals (1) in Premier Division
  • Sligo Rovers have the fewest conceded goals (1) in Premier Division
  • Sligo Rovers have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1) in Premier Division
Sligo Rovers Last season Finn Harps
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 18   Played P   18 36
16 8   Won W   6 11
9 5   Drew D   5 11
11 5   Lost L   7 14
43 24   Scored S   21 44
32 13   Conceded C   30 52
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 94%
67% 72%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   78% 78%
31% 28%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   67% 58%
11% 6%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   33% 28%
3% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 8%
42% 44%   BTTS BTTS   61% 61%
36% 39%   Clean Sheets C S   17% 17%
25% 17%   Failed to Score F T   28% 28%
 
4.6 5.1   Corners for (avg) C F   4.6 4.9
4.4 3.6   Corners against (avg) C A   5.5 4.7
2 2.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.8 2.6
2 0   Red cards R C   3 6
 
9.2 10.2   Shots (avg) S (   7.2 7.7
3.9 3.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.6 2.7
29% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   45% 45%
 
8.8 8.6   Shots against (avg) S A   9.2 7.9
3.2 3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.6 3.6

  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 0 2 8 4 3 3 0 0 7 1 2 0 0 2 1 3 4 9
2 St Patrick's 5 3 0 2 7 3 2 1 0 1 2 2 3 2 0 1 5 1 4 9
3 Sligo Rovers 4 2 2 0 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 5 1 4 8
4 Derry City 4 2 2 0 5 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 8
5 Dundalk 5 1 4 0 8 5 2 1 1 0 5 2 3 0 3 0 3 3 3 7
6 Bohemians 4 1 2 1 4 4 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 5
7 Shelbourne 5 1 2 2 3 5 3 0 1 2 1 5 2 1 1 0 2 0 -2 5
8 Drogheda United 4 1 0 3 5 10 3 1 0 2 4 7 1 0 0 1 1 3 -5 3
9 UCD 4 0 2 2 2 7 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 7 -5 2
10 Finn Harps 4 0 2 2 1 6 2 0 1 1 1 3 2 0 1 1 0 3 -5 2
Last season 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 36 24 6 6 59 28 18 12 5 1 32 13 18 12 1 5 27 15 31 78
2 St Patrick's 36 18 8 10 56 42 18 12 2 4 30 18 18 6 6 6 26 24 14 62
3 Sligo Rovers 36 16 9 11 43 32 18 8 5 5 24 13 18 8 4 6 19 19 11 57
4 Derry City 36 14 12 10 49 42 18 6 8 4 26 20 18 8 4 6 23 22 7 54
5 Bohemians 36 14 10 12 60 46 18 9 4 5 38 22 18 5 6 7 22 24 14 52
6 Dundalk 36 13 9 14 44 46 18 9 2 7 24 22 18 4 7 7 20 24 -2 48
7 Drogheda United 36 12 8 16 45 43 18 7 4 7 22 17 18 5 4 9 23 26 2 44
8 Finn Harps 36 11 11 14 44 52 18 5 6 7 23 22 18 6 5 7 21 30 -8 44
9 Waterford United 36 12 6 18 36 56 18 6 4 8 20 29 18 6 2 10 16 27 -20 42
10 Longford Town 36 2 9 25 22 71 18 2 4 12 11 32 18 0 5 13 11 39 -49 15

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.