Waterford FC and St. Patrick's Athletic go head to head this evening in the Airtricity League Premier Division.
The Blues have recorded victories over the Dublin side in their two previous meetings this season.
Alan Reynolds' side have suffered back to back defeats to Bohemians and league leaders Dundalk since the mid season break and will be keen to get a positive result in front of the home fans.
Waterford FC striker Dean Walsh told WLR Sport it's a vital game, "yeah it's very important, it'll be good to get back to the RSC and hopefully we can get the three points against St. Pats".
Dean says missing out on Europe at the expense of Pats will be a big motivational factor tonight.
Dean says not getting into Europe was tough to take, but that the squad have moved on.
MATCH PREVIEW: Waterford FC welcome St. Patrick’s Athletic to the RSC this Friday night. Tickets available online from https://t.co/rWfhHGK4W2 and from the RSC on Friday 12noon-4.30pm. https://t.co/CrwoYCXuQh #WaterfordFC pic.twitter.com/oQtvhAkDsA
— Waterford FC (@WaterfordFCie) July 4, 2019
Kick-off @ the RSC is at 7:45pm, and Matt Keane will have updates across the evening here on WLR.
GRIFFIN LOAN: Best of luck to Blues midfielder Shane Griffin who has joined @WexfordFC on loan until the end of the season. Shane has moved through the Blues Academy structure after joining from Villa and we wish him the best for the rest of the season with Wexford. #WaterfordFC https://t.co/k9j50NRZyr
— Waterford FC (@WaterfordFCie) July 4, 2019
Elsewhere tonight, Cork welcome Bohemians to Turner's Cross.
Leaders Dundalk make the trip to Derry City, Shamrock Rovers entertain Sligo, and the bottom two meet in Belfield with UCD playing Finn Harps.
Match Officials for this weekend's @SSEAirtricityLg matches have been confirmed 👍
Full fixture list across the Premier and First Division on Friday, July 5 with no suspensions across the two divisions 👌
➡️ https://t.co/xChRI9sSkX #LOI pic.twitter.com/rMxL9iP10F— SSE Airtricity League (@SSEAirtricityLg) July 4, 2019
