Airtricity Premier Division round 10 preview: Sligo Rovers take on Drogheda United in a top of the table showdown - Goal.com

Airtricity Premier Division round 10 preview: Sligo Rovers take on Drogheda United in a top of the table showdown

Airtricity Premier Division round 10 preview: Sligo Rovers take on Drogheda United in a top of the table showdown

4 May 2012 10:00:00

The Bit o'Red pull into Louth to face the high-flying Drogs while elsewhere Shelbourne and Monaghan United renew their rivalry back in the big time

Airtricity Premier Division: Round 10 Preview

Premier Division Section

Friday May 4	KO
Derry City - St Patrick's Athletic	1905	*all kick-off in BST*
Bray Wanderers - Bohemians	1945
Cork City - Dundalk	1945
Drogheda United - Sligo Rovers	1945
Shamrock Rovers - UCD	2000
Shelbourne - Monaghan United	2000

Derry City

vs

St Patrick's Athletic

PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Doherty Madden, McCallion, McBride, McCaffrey McEleney, Molloy, McLaughlin, Higgins McDaid, Patterson		Clarke O'Brien, Kenna, Browne, Bermingham Bolger, Forrester, Kelly, Russell Fagan,Kelly
TEAM INFO
Patrick McEleney is suspended while Stewart Greacen (knee), Kevin Deery (knee) and Mark Farren (hamstring) are set to miss out Derry City have failed win any of their last five matches ahead of tonight's televised encounter Candystripes are unbeaten in their last nine games against Pat's in all competitions		Pat's haven't won at the Brandywell since June 2008 Liam Buckley's team are still unbeaten this season and were unlucky not to beat Sligo last week after missing a late penalty in the game Saints midfielder James Chambers (knee) is likely to be on the sidelines for six to eight weeks, while Stephen O’Flynn still has a slight thigh strain

Bray Wanderers

vs

Bohemians

PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Quigley Webster, Sweeney, Massey, Knight Hanlon, Houston, Mulroy, Waters, Zambra Byrne		Sexton Byrne, Feely, Heary, McNulty Buckley, McEvoy, McMahon, Moore, Ward Corcoran
TEAM INFO
Bray Wanderers have a similar squad as recent times with the only absentees being long-term injury victims Shane O'Connor (groin) and Stephen Brennan (hamstring) Seagulls have a poor record against Bohs and have failed to beat them in their last 10 games Bray notched up only their second win of the season last time out against Monaghan United		Bohs have doubts over Owen Heary (hip) and flu-ridden goalkeeper Andy McNulty, Dave Mulcahy and Danny Joyce Dave Scully is away at a family wedding while Karl Moore returns from a shoulder injury Bohs won their second away game of the season last week as they outclassed Dundalk 2-0

Cork City

vs

Dundalk

PROBABLE LINE-UPS
McNulty Spillane, Murray, Murphy, Turner Kavanagh, Morrissey, Healy, Purcell, Murphy, Sullivan		Cherrie Danville, Moutney, McLaughlin, Osborne Waters, Thomas, McDonnell, Shanahan Rafter, O'Neill
TEAM INFO
Jamie Murphy is ruled out with an ankle injury, while Stephen Mulcahy, Kevin Murray and Neal Horgan all remain sidelined with knee injuries Cork are seeking back-to-back wins for the first time this season after defeating Shelbourne last week This is the first meeting between the sides since October 2009 when the hosts won 2-1		Dundalk are poor travellers and have only taken one away win in their last 13 matches Louth side have scored just four goals this season - the lowest in the Premier Division Sean McCaffrey's team have taken eight points from nine games to reside eighth in the table

Drogheda United

vs

Sligo Rovers

PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Sava Quigley, Prendergast, McNally, Grimes Foley, Gannon, Brennan, Brennan Mulvenna, O'Brien		Rogers Keane, Ventre, Peers, Davoren Lynch, Cawley, Dillon, Bocu, Cretaro North
TEAM INFO
Gavin Brennan has a slight worry over a groin strain while Paul Crowley will be assessed ahead of the game The Drogs are unbeaten since their opening day defeat to champions Shamrock Rovers Drogs were held to a 1-1 draw with UCD in a game in which they had chances to seal all three points		Sligo have doubts over Jason McGuinness (back), Alan Keane (knee) and Joseph Ndo (hamstring). The Bit O'Red are top after nine games with a three point cushion of chasing Shamrock Rovers and Drogheda United Rovers have won on their last three visits to Hunky Dorys park scoring three times in each victory

Shamrock Rovers

vs

UCD

PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Jansson McCormack, Gartland, Sives, Powell McCabe, Turner, Finn, Dennehy Twigg,O'Neill		McGinley Douglas, Nangle, O'Connor, Clarke Benson, Langtry, Corry, Ledwith Rusk, Morrison
TEAM INFO
Ciaran Kilduff (foot) remains out for Rovers while Ken Oman (hamstring) is also out and Killian Brennan (calf) is a doubt The Hoops dominate this fixture; winning all their league and cup matches against UCD The champions have drawn their last two games and will want to get back to winning ways		UCD continue without injured trio Ger Barron (toe), Chris Mulhall (groin) and Tomas Boyle (back) The Students are without a win in five games and could do without the visit of the Hoops UCD are 10th in the table and a long 9/1 with the bookies to defeat their Dublin rivals this evening

Shelbourne

vs

Monaghan United

PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Skinner Boyle, Paisley, Matthews, Ryan McGill, Cronin, Cassidy, Dawson, Kavanagh Hughes		Schlingerman Maher, McMahon, Reynor, Whelan Marks, Bayly, Maher, Keegan Murphy, Griffiths
TEAM INFO
Shels continue without long-term injury victims Lorcan Fitzgerald and Stephen Hurley while Kevin Dawson is available having passed a fitness test on Wednesday night Stephen Paisley returns following last week’s suspension This was a first division fixture last season and a chance for Shels to earn three points		Monaghan United keeper Chris Bennion is s suspended and so is Keith Quinn. Garreth O’Connor is injured and Paul Whelan is doubtful Roddy Collins' team won their first match of the season on their last trip to Dublin when they beat Bohemians Travelling to Tolka Park should hold no fear for the Mons who won here twice last season

James Darby's Bet of the weekend

* Cork City half time/full time @ 7/5

Cork City have come in for support over the last couple of days and are now a short-looking 4/7 to beat Dundalk. They have improved after a slow start and have saved their best performances for their home patch. Dundalk went down 2-0 at home to Bohemians last week and they could struggle down at Turner's Cross. Backing Cork City to be leading at half time and to win the match is a 7/5 shot and represents a solid position on the match which is expected to go in favour of the home side.

James Darby is the founder of JD football betting and has been Goal.com's betting blogger since 2010. He is is a professional punter with a stock market background. You can visit his personal site here.

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