Cabinteely vs Galway United
Stradbrook Road- Friday, 29th March. Kick-off: 7.45pm
Galway United will look to bounce back tonight when the Tribesmen travel to Stradbrook Road to face Cabinteely. Kick-off is at 7.45pm.
Alan
Murphy's side suffered a frustrating 1-0 reversal at the hands of Drogheda
United last week at Eamonn Deacy Park.
Pat
Devlin's Cabinteely side have made a promising start to the 2019 campaign,
however they were pegged back at home by Limerick last week, losing 2-1.
United
manager Alan Murphy is anxious to get the Drogheda result out the system and he
expects a much improved performance from his players against Cabinteely.
WE NEVER
GOT GOING AGAINST DROGHEDA
"Reflecting
on the Drogheda game, things didn't go our way and we never really started.
"I
don't think we were up against a superior outfit or anything, we just didn't
get anywhere near the levels that we can operate at.
"We
move on to Cabinteely, who with the exception of last week against Limerick,
are probably the surprise package of this year for some, in terms of where they
are in the table."
PERFORMANCE
LEVELS NEED TO BE UPPED SUBSTANTIALLY
"Cabinteely
have some really good quality and they retained a lot of their squad from last
year and are building on it.
"When
you look at their home pitch, it's very difficult to go and play on it. It's going
to be a big challenge for us, but it's an interesting challenge, it's another
dimension and element of League of Ireland football that my up and coming
players are going to have to adapt to.
"Even
at this early stage, it's a big game for us. We will need to up our
performances substantially to compete."
TEAM NEWS
Conor
Layng (cruciate), Iarfhlatha Davoren (calf) and Kevin Horgan (abdominal) are
ruled out.
Colin
Kelly is unavailable due to international duty with the Irish Schools team in
Scotland.
Andrew Peters has returned to training, but a return to
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Alan Carey
Assistant: Darragh Keegan
Assistant: Christopher Campbell
Fourth official: Mark Moynihan
