Finn Harps – Longford Town

Finn Harps and Longford Town have met 4 times down the years, and the overall balance favours Longford Town, who have won 2 of those games to 1, with 1 finishing level. On paper it is a fixture with a clear favourite, yet many of the meetings have been decided by the finest of margins. Goals have rarely been in short supply. These games produce 2.8 on average, with 50% of the meetings bringing three or more, and both teams have found the net in 25% of them, which points to an open contest more often than a cagey one. Home advantage has told as well. On their own ground Finn Harps carry a record of 0-1-1 in this exact fixture, while Longford Town have managed 1-0-1 when hosting the same opponent, so where the next meeting is played could matter as much as current form. Form going into the next meeting is worth a glance. Finn Harps have won 1 of their last 5 games and are scoring 0.8 a game, while Longford Town have taken 2 wins from 5, averaging 1.4, so both arrive with recent evidence to lean on. Taken together, the split works out at roughly 25% for Finn Harps, 25% drawn and 50% for Longford Town. It is the kind of record that rewards the favourite more often than not, without ever making the outcome a certainty. Their most recent meeting came on 18.09.2026, when Finn Harps and Longford Town finished 0–1, the latest marker in a long rivalry. With no date yet set for the next one, that result is where the story currently rests.