Bray Wanderers and Dundalk face a massive relegation encounter at the Carlisle Grounds tonight in the Airtricity Premier Division.
Dundalk have been enjoying a new lease of life under caretaker Darius Kierans with a number of draws and can move further clear of the bottom place with victory over Bray.
The inconsistent Seagulls also picked up a point last week with a draw in Dalymount, but three points tonight would be huge in the battle to avoid the play-off.
Victories have proved hard to come by for both teams, with Bray having gone six games without one and Dundalk on an eight-match winless streak.
Bray welcome back John Mulroy and Kieran Marty Waters from suspension and have no selection worries.
The addition of Waters to the squad this week is a big boost to Bray Wanderers director of football Pat Devlin and he admitted that it is an important night at the Carlisle: "We need to register a home win but it won’t be easy, Dundalk have improved. It’s a big game for us."
Liam Burns is out with a dead leg for the visitors, but John Mountney and Eoghan Osbourne are back in contention.
Kierans said: "Bray will be a difficult test. They have had some good results over the last month, drawing away to Sligo Rovers and Shamrock Rovers.
"The Carlisle Grounds is always a hard place to go and pick up three points, and in Jason Byrne they have someone who can change a game and create something out of nothing.
"It’s a match that offers us a chance to go level with Bray and we’ll be going there to win the game, but we know the task facing us."
