Despite it being the fourth round of matches in the SSE Airtricity Men’s Premier Division, the stakes are high tonight for the first major Dublin derby and big games for sides struggling to put a win on the board.
All-Dublin clashes are practically a weekly fixture in a Premier Division where 40% of the clubs are from the capital city.
But the meeting of Bohemians and Shamrock Rovers is a notable event in the calendar and particularly given it is the penultimate one in the current edition of Dalymount Park.
There is also the added spice of Bohs leading the league table thanks to successive victories in Sligo and, more eye-catchingly, in Derry.
The Gypsies have shown they are an improved outfit so far…