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Dundalk returns to national action Sunday night, determined to win an unprecedented 11th league match when hosting the Bohemians at Oriel Park (kickoff at 7pm).

DUNDALK

The Lilywhites play their first league match just over three weeks after three Europa League qualifiers, the most recent of which was a scoreless draw against AEK Larnaca on Thursday night latest.

A draw may have been a fair result in a difficult match that was out of luck. However, Dundalk goaltender Gary Rogers was to be able to make a potentially crucial stoppage to deny Australian international striker Apostolos Giannou early in the second period. "19659020" "This was not the worst result on Thursday" website. "0-0 in Europe is a good result, we have not conceded an away goal that is important, we know that a 1-1 or a 1-0 will take us next week and this puts us in a good position.

"It was a rather egalitarian match in the night. In terms of the chances of clear cuts, none of us had so many. On the balance of the game, it was a fair result in the draw.

"There was an element of feeling a little bit in the first half of the game, we were more aggressive in the second half, that did not bother us at times, but that's how it feels is going on.We are more than able to go out there and get a result. "

The attention is turning temporarily to the domestic business while Dundalk is looking to get back in the lead with a victory against the Bohemians before flying to Cyprus for the return leg against Larnaca.

Cork City's victory at Bray on Friday allowed the Leesiders to get two points ahead of the Lilywhites, though Stephen Kenny's men played in two games, including this match against Bohs.

"We're going to talk about Bohs first." Bohs is a good team and had a good result last week, so we know it will not be easy, "added Rogers.

"We want to gain more points on the board, we want to win and win another win, and hopefully we can do it."

Dundalk still lacks Stephen O Donnell, who keeps hoping to play again this season despite a broken leg against Waterford in May – the last time Dundalk lost a match.

Sam Byrne and Stephen Folan are among the other absentees identified for Bohs' visit due to hamstring and knee injuries. Meanwhile, Sean Gannon is also unavailable due to a calf problem that kept him out of Larnaca's game.

Krisztian Adorjan is another player who will not appear in this match as speculation about the future of the Hungarian. held Novara – continued to rise during the weekend.

BOHEMIANS

The Bohemians enter this match on the back of Bray Wanderers for six unanswered at Dalymount Park last week, in the club's biggest victory since his victory over UCD at the same time. margin at the start of the 2001/02 season

"We played very well and should have scored more," said manager Keith Long following the Bray fight. "It was an excellent performance, I saw Bray last night and Cork, in some ways, worked for a 3-1 win, so we can be very happy with how we managed "

" There is still a lot to play for this season, and if we can reach the level we reached last week, we can feel confident, if we play like we did, there is two weeks against Sligo, we will make things difficult for us.

"We need to find this level of consistency, which has been our problem this year. But we will play the bottom of the division to play one of the best, if not the best. Dundalk has no real weaknesses. They are very strong and very committed to their team. "

Long is fully aware that Dundalk will be heading to Cyprus for the second leg of their Europa League match in the coming days, but Bohs' manager does not believe that the Lilywhites will leave the pedal for what will be theirs. first league match in over three weeks.

"This is not a team that looks away from the ball. Obviously, they have the second round of their European match to wait until next week, but they will focus on this game, "added Long.

" It's going to be difficult there as for all teams. We will be the underdogs but we will not go there to catch up with the numbers. We've been working hard all week and we're going to Dundalk to try and get something out of the game. "

Bohs is without suspended captain Derek Pender for this game, while Ryan Swan misses a knee injury Ryan Masterson – a new signature of Drogheda United – was not recorded in time and will therefore take his place on the sidelines.

Arbitrator: Robert Hennessy

MATCHING FACTS

A win for Dundalk would lead them to break a long-time record of 50 years in a league-winning streak – the Lilywhites are currently on a ten-game winning streak that goes back to May.

Bohemians were in fact the last opposition to win a league match at Oriel Park when they recorded a 1-0 win on October 20 last year – it's been over 280 days since there were currently has 13 matches

C This appointment represents the 327th competition between Dundalk and Bohemians since their first meeting – a 1-1 draw against the former athletics field at Dundalk in September 1926

PARIS

Dundalk 2/7; Draw 4/1; Bohemians 10/1

PREDICTION

Dundalk 2-0 Bohemians

Dundalk

Injured: Sean Gannon, Sam Byrne, Stephen Folan and Stephen O Donnell

Doubtful: None.

Suspended: None.

Bohemians

Injured: Ryan Swan.

Doubtful: Eoghan Stokes.

Suspended: Derek Pender.

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