On Nov 6th, Finn Harps will travel to Drogheda to battle Drogheda United in a clash of these two evenly matched Premier Division teams. 8th placed Drogheda United is fresh off their 0-6 blowout loss against Shelbourne. Jack Moylan scored the first goal for Shelbourne in the 8th minute, then John Wilson added another in the 16th minute on a feed from Jack Moylan In the end, Drogheda United was frustrated by Shelbourne’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Shelbourne ended the match with the shutout victory. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10, while in their last match, Finn Harps recorded a 1-3 loss against UCD. Conor Tourish struck first for Finn Harps in the 28th minute on a feed from Regan Donelon, but Mark Dignam got the equalizer for UCD in the 30th minute Finally they completed the comback victory in the 74th minute on a goal by Tom Lonergan to cap off a wild match. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 7 of their last 10.
In their last match together, in Finn Park, Finn Harps was victorious by a score of 3 to 0. Filip Mihaljević struck first for Finn Harps in the 23rd minute on a penalty shot, then Eric McWoods added another in the 44th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Drogheda United couldn’t manage to score, and Finn Harps took the shutout win.
Conor Tourish has been the most prolific scorer on Finn Harps in the last 5 matches with two goals. Dayle Rooney and Lyons are the top scorers for Drogheda United in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats.