📏 Form Guide

Cobh Ramblers

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Cobh Ramblers will be looking to improve on their last outing here after a 2-4 First Division loss in their previous game against Wexford.

The only name on the scoresheet from Cobh Ramblers was Jack Larkin (54'). Mark Hanratty (51', 53') was the scorer for Wexford.

Cobh Ramblers have been conceding pretty frequently lately, but they have also done enough to convert their own chances into goals. Looking at their last 6 games, Cobh Ramblers have been punished defensively in 6 of them in addition to scoring in 5 of those games.

Finn Harps

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Following on from tasting defeat last time out to Athlone in First Division action, Finn Harps will be hoping to turn things around here.

Dean Ebbe (24') scored for Athlone.

A series of effective displays from the Finn Harps defensive unit has resulted in their ‘goals against’ tally standing at 3 from their previous 6 clashes overall. Over that same time, the number of goals that they have scored themselves amounts to 6. That aside, it remains to be seen if that pattern might persist here in this game.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking over their most recent head to head meetings dating back to 28/07/2018 tells us that Cobh Ramblers have won 3 of them and Finn Harps 2, with the tally of drawn games standing at 1.

Loads of goals were seen in those games, too - 24 in all which averages out at 4 goals per match.

The previous league match featuring these sides was First Division match day 11 on 08/03/2024 when it finished Finn Harps 0-1 Cobh Ramblers.

📋 Team News: Finn Harps

Thanks to a fully injury-free group available to select from, the Finn Harps manager Dave Rogers does not have any fitness concerns to speak of coming into this match.

⚡ Prediction

We’re thinking that Finn Harps and Cobh Ramblers could well cancel each other out, with goals at a real premium.

Let’s see how it plays out, but a draw with few scoring chances is looking likely to us. With that in mind, we reckon that it will be a close game with a 0-0 score when the referee blows the final whistle.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 18:04 19/04/2024