Bohemians vs St Joseph's - prediction, team news, lineups

Irish Premier Division broadside Bohemians footwear disconnected their Conference League qualification run against St Joseph's connected Thursday, welcoming Gibraltar-based nine St Joseph's to Dalymount Park for the archetypal limb of their circular 1 tie.

Bohs could marque it 4 wins connected the bounce this week, portion the Saints are looking for their archetypal triumph successful 4 games.

Match preview

Alan Reynolds's Bohemians reached the Conference League qualifiers by finishing 4th successful the Irish apical formation past term, marking their instrumentality to European enactment aft past featuring successful the qualifying rounds for the 2021-22 edition.

Last clip out, Bohs beat Drogheda United 2-0, courtesy of an ain extremity from the Drogs' Mark Doyle and a second-half sealer from Douglas James-Taylor, who could person had a brace but missed an 89th-minute penalty.

That triumph kept Bohs 2nd successful their home league, 7 points down defending champions Shamrock Rovers.

Aside from their beardown lasting successful the Premier Division, Reynolds's broadside volition gully assurance from the information that they person kept 3 consecutive cleanable sheets starring into Thursday's qualifier, aft downing St Patrick's Athletic 2-0 and Shelbourne 3-0 astatine the extremity of June.

That improved antiaircraft resilience bodes good for the hosts' chances, particularly considering they volition request to flooded their lacklustre grounds astatine Dalymount Park, wherever the Dubliners person won conscionable 2 of their past 9 outings.

Meanwhile, Javi Munoz's St Joseph's secured their spot successful the qualifiers by ending 2025-26 arsenic runners-up successful the Gibraltar Football League.

The Saints went into the last 5 matches of the home play conscionable 1 constituent shy of first-placed Lincoln Red Imps, but winning conscionable erstwhile during the closing agelong saw them decorativeness 9 points down of the eventual champions.

That demoralising extremity to the league - which included 2 draws and 2 defeats - could beryllium weighing connected the minds of Munoz's men, but they volition beryllium hoping to enactment it firmly successful the past fixed they were astir precocious held to a 3-3 stalemate by Lions Gibraltar connected April 26 - much than 2 months ago.

However, St Joseph's 4-0 aggregate nonaccomplishment against Shamrock Rovers from the 2nd circular of the Conference League qualifiers successful July 2025 volition beryllium caller successful the visitors' memory.

That being said, the Saints managed to support Rovers astatine bay successful a 0-0 gully during the distant limb successful Tallaght past year, and they volition beryllium aiming to repetition the instrumentality erstwhile again connected they instrumentality to the Irish capital.

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Team News

Bohemians should opt for centre-back pairing of Cian Byrne and Sam Todd successful beforehand of goalkeeper Paul Girard-Walters connected Thursday, with Darragh Power and Senan Mullen arsenic full-backs.

In midfield, expect to spot Dawson Devoy joined by Jordan Flores, portion Harry Vaughan successful a fig 10 role.

Colm Whelan is apt to pb the enactment erstwhile again for Bohs, supported from retired wide by Ross Tierney and Connor Parsons.

As for St Joseph's they volition beryllium hoping to support their Irish opponents astatine bay this week, relying connected Bradley Banda to present a beardown show betwixt the sticks, shielded by Javi Paul and Geovanni Barba.

At the other extremity of the pitch, number 9 Pablo Rodriguez volition beryllium hopeless to marque the astir of his uncommon chances to strike, joined successful the onslaught by Javi Forjan and Francis Ferron.

Bohemians imaginable starting lineup:

Walters; Power, Byrne, Todd, Mullen; Devoy, Flores; Tierney, Vaughan, Parsons; Whelan

St Joseph's imaginable starting lineup:

Banda; Fobi, Paul, Barba, Lauture; Juanma, De Haro, Rosa; Forjan, Rodriguez, Ferron

We say: Bohemians 2-0 St Joseph's

Bohemians volition beryllium assured heading into this archetypal leg, particularly aft keeping 3 cleanable sheets connected the bounce anterior to footwear off.

However, they indispensable stay composed and find a mode to interruption down St Joseph's, who were capable to clasp existent Irish Premier Division champions Shamrock Rovers to a goalless gully during past year's Conference League qualifiers.

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