Betting preview: UCD vs Finn Harps should be interesting

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Competition: Republic of Ireland Premier Division
Competition: Fri 25.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: UCD Bowl (3000 seats)

Let's look at this absorbing match in the Premier Division. UCD is in the 10th place from playing one matches. They host Finn Harps who are placed 7th from zero matches.

UCD and Finn Harps should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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UCD form and stats

Last season, UCD's league results were 13 wins, 7 draws and 7 losses, ending with 3rd place in the First Division. From these 27 matches they scored 55 goals and conceded 38. Appearing as the home side in the previous season UCD managed 8-4-2 (win-draw-lost) with 30 goals and 16 conceded.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Shelbourne are coming to town in three days.

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Finn Harps form and stats

Let's have a look at how Finn Harps performed last season in the Premier Division: They landed a 8th position in the league table after playing out 11 victories, 11 draws and 14 defeats. In total they scored 44 and conceded 52 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 5 and lost 7 with 21/30 goals scored/conceded.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Harps playing away and similar expectations, we found seven relevant matches. Results were two Finn Harps wins, two draws and three defeats.

Finn Harps have another fixture away in just three days, a Premier Division fixture vs Dundalk. A back-breaking itinerary for the visiting team!

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings involving these sides: UCD won four, Finn Harps were winners in four and we saw two draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.

UCD missing players

Finn Harps missing players

UCD Finn Harps
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
3 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
11 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
3 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
1 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
15 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
8 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
UCD Last season Finn Harps
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   18 36
15 8   Won W   6 11
7 4   Drew D   5 11
8 3   Lost L   7 14
61 31   Scored S   21 44
40 18   Conceded C   30 52
90% 80%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 94%
87% 73%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   78% 78%
70% 67%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   67% 58%
43% 40%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   33% 28%
27% 33%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 8%
60% 60%   BTTS BTTS   61% 61%
33% 33%   Clean Sheets C S   17% 17%
17% 27%   Failed to Score F T   28% 28%
 
4.7 4.4   Corners for (avg) C F   4.6 4.9
4.6 4.5   Corners against (avg) C A   5.5 4.7
1.7 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.8 2.6
1 0   Red cards R C   3 6
 
9.5 10.1   Shots (avg) S (   7.2 7.7
4.6 4.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.6 2.7
45% 44%   Goal Efficiency G E   45% 45%
 
9.6 9.7   Shots against (avg) S A   9.2 7.9
3.9 3.9   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 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 St Patrick's 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
3 Derry City 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
4 Dundalk 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
5 Bohemians 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Drogheda United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Finn Harps 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Sligo Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Shelbourne 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
10 UCD 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
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 Shelbourne 27 16 9 2 49 23 14 8 6 0 27 12 13 8 3 2 22 11 26 57
2 Galway United 27 15 6 6 39 25 14 8 4 2 22 12 13 7 2 4 17 13 14 51
3 UCD 27 13 7 7 55 38 14 8 4 2 30 16 13 5 3 5 25 22 17 46
4 Treaty United 27 11 9 7 36 27 13 6 5 2 16 11 14 5 4 5 20 16 9 42
5 Bray Wanderers 27 9 10 8 36 31 13 5 4 4 16 11 14 4 6 4 20 20 5 37
6 Cork City 27 8 9 10 37 28 14 6 3 5 28 17 13 2 6 5 9 11 9 33
7 Athlone Town 27 9 6 12 32 43 13 5 1 7 17 21 14 4 5 5 15 22 -11 33
8 Cobh Ramblers 27 8 4 15 25 46 13 4 2 7 10 20 14 4 2 8 15 26 -21 28
9 Cabinteely 27 8 1 18 26 47 14 3 1 10 9 24 13 5 0 8 17 23 -21 25
10 Wexford Youths 27 6 3 18 29 56 13 4 2 7 19 26 14 2 1 11 10 30 -27 21
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.