Finn Harps vs St. Patricks Match Preview

Finn Harps is ranked at the 9th place with 11 points and comes in an awful shape after a single draw and four losses over the last five matches. They have been winless for the past six games and overall in the last ten duels, they got just a win while suffering seven defeats.

With 15 goals scored so far, they have the second-worst attack in the league averaging less than a goal per game while with 34 goals conceded they have the second-worst defensive side. In the last five matches, they conceded a total of ten goals averaging two goals per game while scoring just three. They are lucky that UC Dublin is doing even worse than them otherwise they would sit at the bottom of the table no doubt. It seems that simply they lack the quality needed to compete in the Premier Division.

St. Patricks, on the other hand, is ranked at the 4th place with 31 points and comes after two wins a draw, and two losses over the last five encounters. Surely it has not been their best run but right now they sit only three points behind Derry City which means a ticket for the Europa League qualifiers.

With 26 goals scored so far they have one of the best offensive sides in the league and in the last five matches they have scored a total of seven goals while managing to find the back of the net at least once in four encounters. Defensively they have been quite solid with 17 goals conceded which means less than a goal per game. Their key player Doyle has already netted 7 goals until now and he should play again from the start here.

In conclusion, I think St. Patricks can manage to win this match or get at least a draw. They are much better than their rivals who are really struggling this season and I just do not see how Finn Harps could win here. St. Patricks even won their previous h2h game earlier this season with a clean 2-0 result.