Without a league win in five games, Finn Harps will be desperate for a victory when they host St. Patrick's Athletic at Finn Park on Monday night. Despite their poor recent form, the Ballybofey side are only three points away from their four closes
Without a league win in five games, Finn Harps will be desperate for a victory when they host St. Patrick's Athletic at Finn Park on Monday night. Despite their poor recent form, the Ballybofey side are only three points away from their four closest rivals. Three points tonight will see them go level on points with St. Pat's, and they could remove themselves from bottom of the table should results elsewhere go their way this week. They will be without key players Paddy McCourt and Barry Molloy, who both came off in the game against Galway United on Friday night. St. Pat's are unbeaten in four league games in a frustrating run featuring three draws, most recently against Sligo Rovers last week at Richmond Park. Finn Harps took all three points the last time these sides met back in March in a league fixture. They ran out 2-1 winners in Inchicore. FORM Finn Harps L - Galway United 2-1 Finn Harps, SSE Airtricty League, 19/05/17 L - Finn Harps 0-3 Bray Wanderers, SSE Airtricty League, 12/05/17 L - Cork City 5-0 Finn Harps, SSE Airtricty League, 05/05/17 L - Bohemians 2-0 Finn Harps, SSE Airtricty League, 28/04/17 L - Finn Harps 0-2 Drogheda, SSE Airtricty League, 21/04/17 St. Patrick's Athletic D - St. Patrick's Athletic 1-1 Sligo Rovers, SSE Airtricty League, 19/05/17 W - St. Patrick's Athletic 2-0 Drogheda United, SSE Airtricty League, 12/05/17 D - Bray Wanderers 1-1 St. Patrick's Athletic, SSE Airtricty League, 05/05/17 D - Derry City 2-2 St. Patrick's Athletic, SSE Airtricty League, 28/04/17 L - St. Patrick's Athletic 0-3 Cork City, SSE Airtricty League, 21/04/17 Head-to-head St. Patrick's Athletic 1-2 Finn Harps, SSE Airtricty League, 13/03/17 Finn Harps 1-1 St. Patrick's Athletic, SSE Airtricty League, 11/10/16 St. Patrick's Athletic 4-0 Finn Harps, SSE Airtricty League, 17/03/16 Finn Harps 1-2 St. Patrick's Athletic, SSE Airtricty League, 11/04/16 Finn Harps 0-1 St. Patrick's, SSE Airtricty League, 03/10/08 Finn Harps manager Ollie Horgan: "Liam Buckley will be looking for a win at Finn Park so even with a fully fit squad it would be very difficult for us to get a result." St. Patricks Athletic manager Liam Buckley: "We need to perform well in every game. If you don't, you will either end up with a draw or being turned over. We need to make sure our application is right." "They beat us at home earlier on this season. We just need to make sure we apply ourselves as best we can." , REWIND: St. Patrick's Athletic 1-2 Finn Harps Finn Harps went back to Ballybofey with all three points in this early season encounter. St. Pat's had opened the scoring inside three minutes, but Harps battled back to claim a precious win at Richmond Park.
