Derry City will be without defender Clive Delaney and winger Gareth McGlynn who are suspended as they go for a fourth win on the spin over relegation doomed Dublin City at The Brandywell tonight.
Sean Hargan also remains out with a foot injury while youngster Ruairdhí Higgins is a doubt with a knee injury.
“I haven’t given up hope and I won’t until it is mathematically gone, because football is such a strange business,” said an upbeat Vikings' boss Roddy Collins of his side's chances of surviving in the eircom League Premier Division.
“It’s out of our hands, and we don’t need to be told that,” he added.