Blues head to Dublin to take on league leaders
Waterford FC's Pádraig Amond, left, and Shelbourne's Sean Boyd will meet tonight in Tolka Park. They were pictured this week at Virgin Media Television in Ballymount, Dublin, as Virgin Media Television is set to broadcast a huge week of live football in Ireland, with the Europa League final and two League of Ireland games (including the Blues). Photo: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile.
The Blues travel to Tolka Park to take on Shelbourne FC this Friday in our latest SSE Airtricity Men’s Premier Division clash.
The Blues come into Friday’s game on the back of a strong four-one victory over Dundalk FC at the RSC last Friday. A Maleace Asamoah hat-trick along with a Christie Pattisson strike saw the Blues comfortably see off the former champions of Ireland.
That win against Dundalk sees the Blues lift themselves into fourth spot in the SSE Airtricity Men’s Premier Division table, after picking up maximum points from their last three games.
Keith Long’s side travel to Tolka Park on Friday looking to add to their impressive away form this year, as the Blues boast the best away record in the league so far this season with 14 points picked up from their 8 games away from home.
Waterford will be backed by hundreds of Blues supporters on Friday night, as the side go in search of their fourth win on the bounce.
Shelbourne welcome the Blues to Tolka on Friday looking to return to their early-season form. After a strong start to the season, the current league leaders have picked up just one win in their last eight league games.
The sides met on the opening night of the season at the RSC, when an early Maleace Asamoah strike was cancelled out by a Sean Boyd strike ten-minutes from time, as the sides had to share the spoils to kick off their seasons.
Barry Baggley and Connor Evans miss out on our trip to Tolka Park. Ryan Burke returned to training this week, and is in contention. Kacper Skwierczyński has also returned to training and will be part of the matchday squad tomorrow, along with defender Adam Queally.
“We want to go to Tolka Park and play well – we will need to against the league leaders. We are looking to improve performances every week in a collective effort to get better as a group. The boys have shown they are capable so it’s about building that consistency piece – week in week out.”
• We will have a report on the game up on our website shortly after the full-time whistle….
