Waterford United are quickly back in action host Finn Harps in a re-fixed match at the RSC on Tuesday night (KO 7.45pm).

The game originally fell foul of the sudden torrential downpours that fell on the city on the afternoon of July 11th, a cancellation that was unavoidable, but unfortunately meant the recall of a Harps squad that had all but reached their destination. The Donegal men make the long trip once more on Tuesday, to a ground where they have had some success in recent times. Heading northwards with a point on each of their last three trips, they also secured promotion via the play-offs on their most recent visit to the RSC, a 3-3 draw in November of 2007 following a 3-0 win at Finn Park three days earlier.

Earlier this season, United recorded an impressive 3-1 win at Ballybofey, always a tough place to go looking for a result, but Finn Harps have improved hugely since then, notching notable victories over Sporting Fingal and Ipswich Town in a recent four game unbeaten run. That run ended with defeat to Wexford Youths at the weekend, and the Blues will be hoping that they can complete a South East double over the Ulstermen. Certainly their tails will be up after a deserved, if hard-fought, defeat of Limerick at the RSC on Saturday, a vital three points to get their title challenge back on track. To that end, Stephen Henderson will have no injury concerns amongst the squad, and there are no suspensions in operation.

Suspensions:
none

Injury Update:
none

League Top Scorers:
12 -   Graham Cummins
11 -   Willie John Kiely
2 -     Gary Dunphy
         Kenny Browne
1 -     Paul McCarthy
         Joe Mulcahy
         Kevin Waters
         Kevin Murray
         Own goal

Top Scorers (All Competitive):
15 -   Willie John Kiely (2 FAI Ford Cup, 2 EA Sports Cup)
         Graham Cummins (2 FAI Ford Cup, 1 EA Sports Cup)
4 -     David Grincell (1 FAI Ford Cup, 3 MSC)
3 -     Gary Dunphy (1 MSC)
         Joe Mulcahy (1 FAI Ford Cup, 1 MSC)
2 -     Kenny Browne
         Kevin Waters (1 EA Sports Cup)
         John Kearney (1 MSC, 1 EA Sports Cup)
1 -     Paul McCarthy
         Kevin Murray
         Own goal

Form:
League: DWLWW WWWWW DWLLW WDW
All: WDWLW WWWWW WWWDW WLWLW WWLD W

Last Match:    Waterford United 2 (O’Callaghan 11 o.g., Cummins 62)  -  Limerick FC 1 (Tracey 85 pen)

Previous Meetings:
11 Apr 09      L         Finn Harps   v   Waterford United           1 – 3
23 Nov 07     PO       Waterford United   v   Finn Harps           3 – 3
20 Nov 07     PO       Finn Harps   v   Waterford United           3 – 0
09 Sep 05      L        Waterford United   v   Finn Harps           2 – 2
18 May 05      L        Finn Harps   v   Waterford United           2 – 0
25 Mar 05      L        Waterford United   v   Finn Harps           0 – 0

Results This Season:
25 Jul 09            h            Limerick FC (LOIFD)              2-1       W
19 Jul 09            a            Monaghan United (LOIFD)      0-0       D
17 Jul 09            h            Ipswich Town (Friendly)        0-3       L
11 Jul 09            h            Finn Harps (LOIFD)               p-p       postponed
05 Jul 09            a            Longford Town (LOIFD)         3-1       W
19 Jun 09           h            Athlone Town (LOIFD)           2-1       W
13 Jun 09           h            Carrigaline United (FAIFC)      6-0       W  
05 Jun 09           a            Shelbourne (LOIFD)               0-1       L
02 Jun 09           n            Rockmount (MSC)                 2-1      W
30 May 09          h            Wexford Youths (LOIFD)        1-2       L
22 May 09          a            Sporting Fingal (LOIFD)         4-1       W
19 May 09          h            Shamrock Rovers (EASC)       2-1       W
15 May 09          a            UCD (LOIFD)                       0-0       D
09 May 09          h            Kildare County (LOIFD)         2-0       W
04 May 09          a            FC Carlow (EASC)                3-1       W
02 May 09          h            Mervue United (LOIFD)         2-0       W
24 Apr 09           a            Limerick FC (LOIFD)             2-0       W
22 Apr 09           a            Clonmel Town (MSC)            2-1       W
18 Apr 09           h            Monaghan United (LOIFD)     6-0       W
11 Apr 09           a            Finn Harps (LOIFD)              3-1       W
04 Apr 09           h            Longford Town (LOIFD)        1-0        W
29 Mar 09           a            Athlone Town (LOIFD)          2-1       W
20 Mar 09           h            Shelbourne (LOIFD)             0-1        L
13 Mar 09           a            Wexford Youths (LOIFD)       1-0       W
07 Mar 09           h            Sporting Fingal (LOIFD)        1-1        D
28 Feb 09           h            Douglas Hall (MSC)              2-0       W
20 Feb 09           a            Mayfield United (Fr)             4-1       W
13 Feb 09           h            Junior League XI (Fr)           3-0       W
07 Feb 09           a            Cork City (Fr)                     1-0       W

Next 5 Matches:
01 Aug 09           a           Mervue United (LOIFD)
04 Aug 09           a           UCD (EASC)
08 Aug 09           a           Kildare County (LOIFD)
14 Aug 09           a           Crumlin United (FAIFC)
22 Aug 09           h           UCD (LOIFD)

Betting:
Waterford: 2/5
Harps: 13/2
Draw: 11/4