Bohemians vs St Patrick's Athletic - prediction, team news, lineups

Anything different than a Bohemians triumph against visitors St Patrick's Athletic connected Friday astatine Dalymount Park could marque qualifying for Europe successful the League of Ireland a important challenge.

Bohemians travel into the clash successful 3rd spot with 37 points, 1 less than second-placed St Patrick's Athletic, but they are besides lone 2 points up of fourth-placed Dundalk.

Match preview

The teams that decorativeness 2nd and 3rd successful the League of Ireland volition beryllium entered into the Conference League qualifiers, but Alan Reynolds' hosts person already played 23 of their 36 top-flight games this season, 2 much than Dundalk.

Bohemians bounced backmost from consecutive defeats by winning 3-0 against Shelbourne connected Monday, and possibly the astir pleasing facet of their triumph was the information they did not look a azygous changeable connected target.

Bohs' grounds of precocious has inactive been concerning fixed they person mislaid 3 of their past 5 matches, conceding 9 goals, and their cleanable expanse was their archetypal successful 14 performances.

Matters astatine the different extremity of the transportation person been much affirmative arsenic they presently fertile arsenic the division's starring scorers (36), though their mean of 1.6 goals per crippled is the aforesaid arsenic Dundalk, and it is worse than St Patrick's Athletic's fig (1.7).

Dalymount Park has not proven to beryllium a harmless haven for Bohs, with the nine having won conscionable 1 of their 8 astir caller clashes astatine the ground, and a decision connected Friday would beryllium their 3rd consecutive nonaccomplishment astatine home.

St Patrick's Athletic near it precocious to assertion triumph implicit Sligo Rovers connected June 19, uncovering the backmost of the nett successful the 93rd and 95th minutes to triumph 2-0.

The visitors volition judge that they tin situation for the rubric considering they boast 2 games successful manus connected league-leaders Shamrock Rovers, though having to flooded a six-point shortage could inactive beryllium difficult.

Six of their past 8 goals person present been scored aft the half-time interval, and they person present kept 2 cleanable sheets successful a row, arsenic galore arsenic they had earned successful their anterior 12 fixtures.

Saints volition look to widen their unbeaten streak against Friday's hosts to 5 games, and portion a triumph would lone beryllium their 2nd triumph successful that time, they did look arsenic 3-1 victors successful April this year.

Manager Stephen Kenny volition purpose to apprehension a agelong of 4 distant games without winning, but it should beryllium noted that they lone mislaid erstwhile successful that play and settled for stalemates connected 3 occasions.

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Team News

With Bohemians yet keeping a cleanable sheet, determination is nary crushed to uncertainty the inclusion of centre-backs Patrick Hickey and Sam Todd successful beforehand of goalkeeper Paul Walters this clip around.

In the mediate of the park, expect to spot a treble pivot of Dawson Devoy and Jordan Flores down fig 10 Ross Tierney, who scored against Shelbourne.

As for the visitors, winger Simon Power has been ruled retired owed to a genu injury, meaning the astir apt duo to play connected the flanks are Kian Leavy and Aidan Keena.

The 2 are acceptable to beryllium tasked with supporting fig 9 Ryan Edmondson, who is aiming to nett his ninth league extremity of the campaign.

Midfielders Jaime Lennon and Romal Palmer are apt to beryllium positioned up of cardinal defenders Joe Redmond, Sean Hoare and Luke Turner.

Bohemians imaginable starting lineup:

Walters; Power, Hickey, Todd, Mullen; Devoy, Flores; Strods, Tierney, Vaughan; Whelan

St Patrick's Athletic imaginable starting lineup:

Rogers; Redmond, Hoare, Turner; Brown, Lennon, Palmer, Elbouzedi; Leavy, Keena; Edmondson

We say: Bohemians 1-1 St Patrick's Athletic

Although Bohemians person struggled for immoderate time, they did amended considerably erstwhile they faced Shelbourne.

St Patrick's Athletic boast a beardown grounds against their opponents, truthful portion they could brushwood difficulties connected Friday, they should person capable prime astatine some ends of the transportation to debar losing.

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