Dundalk vs Drogheda United - prediction, team news, lineups

Drogheda United volition proceed their combat against relegation from the League of Ireland connected Friday, erstwhile they question to instrumentality connected Dundalk at Oriel Park.

Sitting 4th with 35 points aft 23 matchweeks, the hosts are inactive successful the contention for European football, whereas eighth-placed Dundalk are 3rd past with 22 points and are lone 2 points supra the bottommost two.

Match preview

Third spot would beryllium capable to unafraid a spot successful the Conference League qualifiers, and portion Drogheda are six points from third-placed St. Patrick's Athletic, the eight-point spread to second-placed Bohemians would beryllium reduced to conscionable 2 if they triumph some of their games successful hand.

The location broadside were past successful enactment connected July 3, erstwhile they were beaten 2-1 by Shelbourne, their 2nd consecutive decision successful the League of Ireland.

Those 2 losses ended an unbeaten streak of 5 games, a play successful which they won 4 times portion lone conceding 3 goals.

The Lilywhites person managed to find the backmost of the nett successful each of their past 10 matches, though they scored 1 oregon less goals successful six of those fixtures.

Boss Ciaran Kilduff oversaw a 3-2 decision to Waterford connected June 26 successful the club's astir caller location outing, but helium did usher the squad to triumph successful their anterior 2 clashes astatine Oriel Park.

Drogheda's concern is precarious fixed they are lone supra the relegation portion by 2 points, and they person concerningly lone claimed 3 points from the past 8 league fixtures.

They failed to triumph immoderate of those 8 games, losing 5 times and conceding astatine slightest 2 goals connected 7 occasions.

Head coach Kevin Doherty volition besides beryllium alarmed by the information his broadside person failed to find the backmost of the nett successful 3 of their past 4 contests, including erstwhile they suffered a 2-0 decision to Bohemians connected July 3 successful their astir caller game.

The Drogs person not been capable to beryllium separated from Dundalk successful their 3 astir caller meetings, with the clubs settling for 1-1 stalemates successful their 2 encounters truthful acold this season.

Another decision connected the roadworthy would be Drogheda's sixth successful a enactment distant from home, and a triumph would beryllium conscionable their 2nd successful 11 outings connected their travels.

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Team News

Dundalk cognize they volition beryllium without goalkeeper Conor Kearns owed to a genu injury, truthful expect to spot Enda Minogue proceed betwixt the posts.

The shot-stopper volition anticipation that centre-backs Robert Cornwall and Bobby Burns tin rediscover their antiaircraft solidity successful beforehand of him.

Centre-forward Arubi has scored six goals successful 18 league games, but if helium is to people for the seventh clip this season, helium volition request enactment from the likes of Ronan Teahan and Daryl Horgan.

Drogheda guardant Kieran Cruise is acceptable to miss different fewer weeks of enactment owed to a limb injury, truthful possibly Thomas Oluwa and Mark Doyle volition beryllium utilized successful onslaught up of fig 10 Brandon Kavanagh.

Midfielders Jago Godden and Ryan Brennan could beryllium utilized up of cardinal defenders Leo Burney, Conor Keeley and Edwin Agbaje.

Dundalk imaginable starting lineup:

Minogue; Wilson, Cornwall, Burns, Wilson; Buckley, Dervin; McDaid, Teahan, Horgan; Arubi

Drogheda United imaginable starting lineup:

Dennison; Agbaje, Keeley, Burney; Bucknor, Godden, Brennan, Kane; Kavanagh; Oluwa, Doyle

We say: Dundalk 2-1 Drogheda United

The performances of Dundalk of precocious person important country for improvement, but their displays person inactive been considerably amended than their opponents.

Drogheda United person besides travelled poorly this campaign, and backing them to instrumentality immoderate points connected Friday would beryllium risky.

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