Can Waterford United beat Finn Harps in Waterford Regional Sports Centre clash?

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Competition: Republic of Ireland Premier Division
Date: Fri 19.July
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Waterford Regional Sports Centre (5500 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the Premier Division, Waterford United holding 8th place and Finn Harps lying 10th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

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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Waterford United form and stats

4 victories, 3 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Waterford United have to build on here at Waterford Regional Sports Centre. The Waterford United manager A. Reynolds might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.

The home team returns to Waterford Regional Sports Centre after sharing the points with Sligo Rovers on their last time out; the Premier Division game ended 0-0. Preceding that match was a defeat to St Patrick's (1-2).

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Waterford United's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played two games, won 1 match, drawn 1 and lost 0.

Waterford United have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Waterford Regional Sports Centre with 17 goals in 11 matches. 14 goals have been conceded.

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Finn Harps form and stats

Finn Harps, who have the most conceded goals (49) in Premier Division, have only collected 3 points from their away games after 0-3-9 (12 played). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in 16 away games in a row.

Finn Harps play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to UCD. Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Cork City.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Finn Harps when being an outsider away as they are today, we find one match with the visitors losing 0 times, drawing 1 and winning 0 games.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Finn Harps's away games this season with only 5 goals from 12 matches. For Finn Harps, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Finn Harps - Waterford United 3-2. Waterford United-Finn Harps H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Waterford United 2 wins, Finn Harps 6 wins, 2 draws. 4 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

S. Duggan
4 goals
Z. Elbouzedi
4 goals

Waterford United missing players

Finn Harps missing players

Waterford United Finn Harps
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs low Away Total
22 11 2 Played 3 12 25
6 4 2 Won 0 0 3
6 3 0 Drew 1 3 5
10 4 0 Lost 2 9 17
28 17 3 Scored 1 5 20
33 14 0 Conceded 5 27 49
82% 91% 100% Over 0.5 100% 92% 92%
77% 82% 50% Over 1.5 67% 67% 72%
64% 64% 0% Over 2.5 33% 50% 52%
32% 27% 0% Over 3.5 0% 25% 24%
18% 9% 0% Over 4.5 0% 8% 16%
41% 45% 0% BTTS 33% 25% 32%
45% 45% 100% Clean Sheets 0% 8% 16%
32% 18% 0% Failed To Score 67% 75% 60%
 
4.7 4.9 6 Corners For (avg) 3.3 2.5 3.1
5.5 5.4 3 Corners Against (avg) 6 6.2 5.6
1.5 1.8 2 Yellow Cards (avg) 4.3 3.2 2.5
1 1 0 Red Cards 0 3 4
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.
  • Finn Harps have yet to win a game away.
  • Waterford United have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Finn Harps have scored away.

Waterford United
All Premier Division League Cup First Division Club Friendlies FAI Cup
All Home Away
27-05-19 LC Bray Wanderers 0 - 1 Waterford United
28-06-19 PD Waterford United 1 - 2 Bohemians
01-07-19 PD Dundalk 3 - 0 Waterford United
05-07-19 PD Waterford United 1 - 2 St Patrick's
13-07-19 PD Sligo Rovers 0 - 0 Waterford United
19-07-19 PD Waterford United 19:00 Finn Harps
26-07-19 PD UCD 18:45 Waterford United
29-07-19 PD Derry City 18:45 Waterford United
02-08-19 PD Shamrock Rovers 19:00 Waterford United
05-08-19 LC Derry City - Waterford United
Finn Harps
All Premier Division League Cup First Division Club Friendlies FAI Cup
All Home Away
08-06-19 PD Finn Harps 0 - 3 Dundalk
14-06-19 PD St Patrick's 1 - 0 Finn Harps
28-06-19 PD Finn Harps 2 - 0 Sligo Rovers
01-07-19 PD Finn Harps 0 - 0 Cork City
05-07-19 PD UCD 1 - 0 Finn Harps
19-07-19 PD Waterford United 19:00 Finn Harps
26-07-19 PD Finn Harps 19:00 Derry City
27-07-19 CF Linfield 14:00 Finn Harps
02-08-19 PD Finn Harps 19:00 Bohemians
11-08-19 FAI Shamrock Rovers - Finn Harps

  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 24 17 5 2 46 13 12 10 2 0 26 6 12 7 3 2 20 7 33 56
2 Shamrock Rovers 24 15 3 6 35 15 12 7 3 2 18 6 12 8 0 4 17 9 20 48
3 Bohemians 25 12 6 7 27 18 12 6 3 3 15 10 13 6 3 4 12 8 9 42
4 Derry City 24 9 10 5 36 24 11 5 3 3 17 10 13 4 7 2 19 14 12 37
5 St Patrick's 25 10 7 8 21 22 13 6 3 4 11 12 12 4 4 4 10 10 -1 37
6 Sligo Rovers 25 7 10 8 25 30 13 4 6 3 14 11 12 3 4 5 11 19 -5 31
7 Cork City 24 6 8 10 19 29 11 2 5 4 8 13 13 4 3 6 11 16 -10 26
8 Waterford United 22 6 6 10 28 33 11 4 3 4 17 14 11 2 3 6 11 19 -5 24
9 UCD 24 5 2 17 16 40 13 5 1 7 13 15 11 0 1 10 3 25 -24 17
10 Finn Harps 25 3 5 17 20 49 13 3 2 8 15 22 12 0 3 9 5 27 -29 14

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