St. Patrick's Athletic will host Bray Wanderers in one of two of the 8:00pm kick-offs this Friday night hoping to build on their recent win over Derry City. The bottom of the table is extremely tight, with St. Pat's just two points ahead of bottom
St. Patrick's Athletic will host Bray Wanderers in one of two of the 8:00pm kick-offs this Friday night hoping to build on their recent win over Derry City.
The bottom of the table is extremely tight, with St. Pat's just two points ahead of bottom dwellers Drogheda United. Liam Buckley's side recently recorded their first victory in eight games when they beat Derry City 2-1 at Richmond Park.
Bray will be disappointed in losing their last two games, both taking place at the Carlisle Grounds. They should not be too disheartened considering it was Cork City and Dundalk who got the better of them, with both those sides streets ahead of their opposition so far this campaign.
With Bray having played a game more than the two sides above them, they will be hoping to get a result in Inchicore to maintain their push for a European spot.
FORM
St. Patrick's Athletic
W - St. Patrick's Athletic 2-1 Derry City, SSE Airtricity League, 14/07/17
L - Cork City 1-0 St. Patrick's Athletic, SSE Airtricity League, 09/07/17
D - St. Patrick's Athletic 1-1 Galway United, SSE Airtricity League, 30/06/17
D - Limerick 2-2 St. Patrick's Athletic, SSE Airtricity League, 24/06/17
L - St. Patrick's Athletic 1-3 Bohemians, SSE Airtricity League, 16/06/17
Bray Wanderers
L - Bray Wanderers 0-2 Cork City, SSE Airtricity League, 16/07/17
L - Bray Wanderers 0-3 Dundalk, SSE Airtricity League, 30/06/17
W - Galway United 1-2 Bray Wanderers, SSE Airtricity League, 23/06/17
W - Bray Wanderers 3-2 Derry City, SSE Airtricity League, 16/06/17
L - Limerick 5-3 Bray Wanderers, SSE Airtricity League, 02/06/17
Head-to-head
Bray Wanderers 1-1 St. Patrick's Athletic, SSE Airtricity League, 05/05/17
St. Patrick's Athletic 0-0 Bray Wanderers, League Cup, 17/04/17
St. Patrick's Athletic 1-2 Bray Wanderers, SSE Airtricity League, 24/02/17
Bray Wanderers 2-1 St. Patrick's Athletic, SSE Airtricity League, 14/10/16
St. Patrick's Athletic 1-2 Bray Wanderers, SSE Airtricity League, 06/09/16
REWIND: Bray Wanderers 1-1 St. Patrick's Athletic, SSE Airtricity League, 05/05/17
The sides shared the spoils in this early season encounter. Ryan Brennan opened the scoring for Bray but a Kurtis Byrne screamer levelled affairs.
