Competitors: Irish First Division

Market: Each groups to attain

Odds: 8/11 @ Pribet

Two sides who need to punch a play-off ticket this season, UC Dublin will host Wexford on Friday night time in what might show to be an gratifying affair.

Beginning with the hosts, shedding their Premier Division standing final season, UC Dublin have their sights firmly set on clinching a direct top-flight return. Nonetheless, regardless of securing a 2-1 victory away at Longford final weekend, William O’Connor’s males are searching for some current stability. Opening July with a 2-1 defeat by the hands of Athlone, the Blues have gained only a pair of their earlier 10 First Division appearances – a run that stems again to a 2-1 win towards Kerry on Might tenth. Likewise, regardless of being sat within the driving seat to say a play-off ticket this 12 months, UC Dublin have struggled to seek out any sort of fluidity on dwelling soil. Compelled to accept a 1-1 stalemate towards Treaty United of their final showdown on the UCD Bowl, Friday’s hosts have notched only a single win in entrance of their very own supporters because the begin of Might. It must also be highlighted, O’Connor’s facet have seen all of their earlier 4 consecutive matchups on dwelling soil end with each groups discovering the web.

As for the guests, making a direct return to shedding methods final weekend as they slumped to a 3-1 drumming away at Bray, Wexford discover themselves in an analogous place to Friday’s opponents. Whereas the Youths may nonetheless have their sights set on snatching a play-off ticket this 12 months, James Keddy’s facet have collected only a sole victory from any of their earlier 9 First Division appearances – a run that stems again to Might seventeenth. Regardless of extending on their FAI Cup journey on July twenty first because of a 3-1 win away at Wayside Celtic, the Crossabeg-based outfit have proven their very own respective defensive points. The truth is, Wexford have recorded only a single First Division clear sheet away from Ferrycarrig Park since means again on February tenth. It must also be highlighted, with Keddy’s males seeing 10 of their final 11 away fixtures end with each groups discovering the web, we predict an analogous final result on Friday night time.

Wager: Each groups to attain at UC Dublin vs Wexford 8/11 for Friday’s Irish First Division matchup @ Pribet