creds: Gerry Scully.
This Friday night see’s top of the table Dundalk travel down to the Carlisle grounds in Bray to take on third place Bray Wanderers.
9 points seperate the sides as we head into what will be a thrilling game in County Wicklow on Friday night.
Recent Form:
Dundalk come into this fixture after a convincing 0 – 4 win away to Kerry Fc last Friday night. Dundalk have won two, drew two and lost one out of their last five games.
For Bray, they beat Wexford Fc 1 – 0 with thanks to a goal from Cian Curtis in the 28th minute last Friday night. Bray have won two and lost 3 out of their last five games coming into this fixture.
Last Time Out:
Last time out the two teams shared the points on the 9th of May with a 2 – 2 draw in Oriel Park. Dundalk went 1 – 0 up in the 19th minute after a goal from Sean McHale however, Bray equalised just twelve minutes later after Killian Cantwell got his name on the scoresheet. The teams went in level at 1 – 1 at the break. 68 minutes into the game and Bray’s Cian Doyle recieved a red card. Twenty minutes later Bray’s Harvey Warren scores to put Bray 1 – 2 up with just two minutes left in normal time. 4 minutes later and Gbemi Arubi grab’s a last minute equaliser for the lilywhitye’s in injury time securing Dundalk a point.
Prediction:
I think that Friday night will be a very good game between two sides fighting for promtion. Hopefully Dundalk come away with the three points on a scoreline of 0 – 2.