Blues set to welcome Dundalk to the RSC
Waterford FC take on Dundalk in the SSE Airtricity Men's Premier Division this evening. Photo: Noel Browne.
Waterford FC return to league action in the SSE Airtricity Men’s Premier Division this evening when they take on bottom side Dundalk in a bid to getting back to winning ways in a run of six defeats out of their last seven games in all competitions.
With Head Coach Keith Long set to miss out as he serves his final game of a three-match suspension picked up during the cup exit to Athlone Town, the Blues will be hoping to claim a third win over of a struggling Lilywhites this season.
After a stalemate at Oriel Park in March, Waterford produced a four-goal display to see off Dundalk at the RSC in May with a strong 4-1 win before winning the most recent meeting of the side’s at Oriel back in June through goals from Connor Parsons & Dean McMenamy.
With seven games left to play this season, the Blues sit in sixth place in the league table with 40 points to their name from 29 games played. Just five points separate 3rd to 6th in the league table heading of this evening’s fixture.
Commenting ahead of this evening’s game, Ryan Burke told waterfordfc.ie that: “The Sligo game was probably one of our worst performances all season and we were obviously all hurt after that. We had a few days off, but since we’ve come back, training has been really good “There’s been a really good tempo and high intensity. We’re looking forward to the game against Dundalk. It’s going to be a really tough game and they are fighting down the bottom of the table, but they’re a very good side.
“They’ve some quality players. We’ve done some analysis on them this week so we’re expecting a tough game. The form probably goes out the window at time of the year because every match around seems to be a big one.
“I think that we’ve done really well up to this point and have exceeded expectations this season. We’re really looking forward to the end of the season and kicking on to see how far we can go.”
