SSE AIRTRICITY LEAGUE PREVIEWS
BRAY WANDERERS v DUNDALK (Carlisle Grounds, 7.45)
TEAM NEWS: Bray work off the same squad as last week’s 5-0 loss to St Pat’s, with a possible return for Dan McKenna. Karolis Chvedukas, Gary Rogers and Dean Jarvis are out for Dundalk. MATCH POINT: Morale is rock-bottom at Bray after three defeats on a 0-12 scoreline. Caretaker Graham Kelly, with assistance from manager-in-waiting Martin Russell, has an impossible task. Ref: Sean Grant
Odds: Bray 20/1, Dundalk 1/7, draw 13/2 Verdict: Dundalk win
CORK CITY v ST PATRICK’S ATH (Turner’s Cross, 7.45)
TEAM NEWS: Cork are missing suspended pair Garry Buckley and Steven Beattie, with Alan Bennett a doubt. Saints have a full squad. MATCH POINT: Questions are being asked of the champions but their home form is flawless, with no goals conceded and while Pats (9 goals in their last 2 outings) have found a way to goal, Christy Fagan and Jake Keegan on form, but City too strong at home.
Ref: Robert Hennessy
Odds: Cork 4/6, Pats 4/1, draw 11/4 Verdict: Cork win
DERRY CITY v WATERFORD (Brandywell, 7.45)
TEAM NEWS: Darren Cole out for City, Nicky Low and Ronan Curtis are doubts. Waterford’s Bastien Héry and Stanley Aborah begin their suspensions. MATCH POINT: Derry’s away victory in Sligo last week made it four straight wins and Waterford will badly miss their talisman Héry here.
Ref: Neil Doyle
Odds: Derry 23/20, W’ford 12/5, draw 9/4 Verdict: Derry win
SHAMROCK RVS v BOHEMIANS (Tallaght, 8.0) LIVE EIR SPORT 2
TEAM NEWS: Trevor Clarke is out long-term for Rovers, Sean Boyd also absent but Sam Bone and Joey O’Brien are fit. It’s a real test of the Bohs squad as Dan Casey, Oscar Brennan and Philly Gannon are out while Derek Pender, Dan Byrne and John Ross Wilson are doubts but Rob Cornwall, Paddy Kavanagh and Kevin Devaney could return.
MATCH POINT: Bohs were boosted by their first clean sheet of the season last week and they have beaten Rovers already this term, but the loss of Casey, Brennan and Pender will hurt.
Ref: Robert Harvey
Odds: Rovers 4/7, Bohs 5/1, draw 14/5 Verdict: Rovers win
– Aidan Fitzmaurice