Drogheda United vs Bohemians - prediction, team news, lineups

Hoping to prolong their propulsion for European shot successful the Irish Premier Division, Bohemians volition question to look relegation-threatened Drogheda United at Sullivan & Lambe Park on Friday.

The Drogs volition beryllium hopeless to debar losing for the 3rd clip successful 4 games, portion Bohs could marque it 3 wins connected the bounce this week.

Match preview

Kevin Doherty's Drogheda person endured a hard run truthful far, and find themselves looking implicit their enarthrosis arsenic the menace of demotion looms large.

Last Friday, the Drogs were downed 2-0 by Derry City, a effect that mirrored their 2-0 decision against St Patrick's Athletic connected June 12.

That latest nonaccomplishment has near Doherty's broadside eighth successful the apical flight, wherever their tally of 22 points has them conscionable 2 supra ninth-placed Sligo Rovers, who inhabit the relegation playoff spot.

With that successful mind, Drogheda cognize that different decision could beryllium costly, but aft seeing their squad suffer 4 and gully 3 of their past 7 outings, fans volition beryllium fearing the worst.

However, the much optimistic amongst the Drogs' faithful would constituent retired that Friday's hosts are 5 games unbeaten at Sullivan & Lambe Park, drafting 3 times and winning doubly successful a agelong that goes backmost to mid-April.

Meanwhile, Alan Reynolds's Bohemians are connected the hunt for continental football, but they find their spot little than unafraid heading into this week's clash.

Bohs presently beryllium 2nd successful the Irish Premier Division with 40 points - 5 much than fourth-placed Dundalk - but the Lilywhites person played 2 games less than the superior club.

Reynolds saw his team's destiny gaffe retired of his power aft a tally of 3 defeats successful 4 matches that began with a 2-1 nonaccomplishment to Shamrock Rovers connected May 25, and supporters were acrophobic astir a imaginable gaffe down the table.

However, consecutive triumphs precede Friday's contest, including a 2-0 triumph implicit St Pat's past clip out, and Bohemians volition beryllium keen to beryllium that they person turned a country by taking each 3 points erstwhile again.

To that end, the visitors volition gully assurance from securing back-to-back cleanable sheets successful their 2 astir caller fixtures, arsenic good arsenic the information that they person travel retired connected apical connected 4 of their past 5 distant days.

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Team News

Drogheda volition beryllium lighter successful defence than perfect without centre-back Andrew Quinn, who is recovering from a musculus injury, arsenic good arsenic left-back Kieran Cruise and right wing-back Owen Lambe, who are hoping to beryllium backmost successful enactment soon aft their ain fittingness woes.

In their absence, expect to see Edwin Agbaje, Leo Burney, James Bolger and Conor Kane signifier Doherty's backline successful beforehand of goalkeeper Luke Dennison.

Elsewhere, right-sided guardant Warren Davis is sidelined this week, though Jason Bucknor, Brandon Kavanagh and Thomas Oluwa should beryllium connected manus to commencement arsenic an attacking trio down striker Mark Doyle.

As for Bohemians, they are missing versatile defender Patrick Hickey, who is suspended aft being sent disconnected against St Pat's.

Cian Byrne is apt to articulation Sam Todd at centre-half connected Friday, replacing the 27-year-old successful the XI arsenic the European hopefuls oculus different win.

Drogheda United imaginable starting lineup:

Dennison; Agbaje, Burney, Bolger, Kane; Farrell, Brennan; Bucknor, Kavanagh, Oluwa; Doyle

Bohemians imaginable starting lineup:

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

We say: Drogheda United 1-3 Bohemians

Drogheda person struggled this word and find themselves descending towards a existent relegation battle, but the hosts are unbeaten successful their past 5 location games, truthful expect to spot them enactment up a fight.

That being said, Bohemians person recovered their feet aft stumbling successful precocious May and aboriginal June, and should beryllium beardown capable to instrumentality each 3 points connected Friday.

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