Gameweek 3 of the League Of Ireland First Division is fast approaching and it has been contrasting starts for Treaty United and Finn Harps as the clash at the Markets Field on Friday night.
For the home side, Treaty United are very unfortunate to not be 2 wins from 2. Having been 2-0 up against Cobh Ramblers on the opening night of the season, A late collapse saw them fall to a 3-2 defeat but made amends for it by destroying Athlone Town 5-0 last Friday night.
For Finn Harps, It’s 2 defeats from 2 and not much positivity coming out of the club from some of their supporters or from League Of Ireland supporters in general. An opening day trip to Mounthawk Park in Kerry ended in a 2-0 defeat and in gameweek 2 were defeated by Dundalk by 1 goal to nil.
Last Season Results:
18/10/24: Finn Harps 1-2 Treaty United
26/07/24: Treaty United 1-0 Finn Harps
03/05/24: Finn Harps 1-0 Treaty United
29/03/24 Treaty United 0-1 Finn Harps
Treaty United will come into Friday night’s clash as the favourites and being the top goal scorers in the country with 7 goals after that 5-0 hammering of Athlone Town. Both sides have conceded 3 goals from the opening 2 games so Finn Harps will still fancy their chances of coming away from the Markets Field with something which they have managed to do previously, Tony McNamee getting his side the winner the first time Finn Harps came to Limerick last year.
What will worry Finn Harps so far is the lack of goals from their opening 2 games. Finn Harps have failed to put the ball in the net this season and 3 other First Division teams are having the same problem so far (Athlone Town, Longford Town, UCD) Longford Town and UCD have only played 1 game due to their fixtures last week being postponed.
The Bookies View
Treaty United:21/20
Draw: 21/10
Finn Harps:23/10
If your looking to have a punt on who is going to score the all important goals on Friday night, Lee Devitt seems to be the man that’s going to get them. 4 goals from 2 games including an impressive hattrick last week has him as the top goal scorer in the First Division.
Prediction:
I expect this to be a close hard fought game which is always is when these sides meet but will expect Treaty United to put together back to back victories as they look to start their push for the playoffs:
LOITalk Prediction: Treaty United 1-0 Finn Harps