On May 20th, Drogheda United will host Finn Harps in a meeting of these two evenly matched Premier Division teams. In their last match, 8th placed Drogheda United, recorded a 0-1 loss against Shelbourne. Sean Boyd struck first for Shelbourne in the 51st minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Drogheda United couldn’t muster any offence and Shelbourne ran away with the shutout win. Drogheda United looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10, while 9th placed Finn Harps is fresh off their 0-1 loss against UCD. Liam Kerrigan struck first for UCD in the 83rd minute on a feed from Evan Caffrey, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Finn Harps couldn’t muster any offence and UCD ran away with the shutout win. Finn Harps looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 8 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, Finn Harps and Drogheda United battled to a 2-2 draw. Clarke scored the first goal for Drogheda United in the 5th minute, but Eric McWoods got the equalizer for Finn Harps in the 22nd minute .
Finn Harps is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Barry McNamee and Conor Tourish each only have 1 goal in their last five. Ryan Brennan has been the most prolific scorer on Drogheda United in his last five matches with 2 goals.