St Patrick's Athletic v Bohemians (7.45) - The home side expects to be without either Colm Foley (hamstring) or Liam Kelly (flu) for the visit of Bohemians who desperately need to win both this game and Friday's at Shelbourne if they are to maintain their championship challenge into the final weeks of the campaign.

"We need to win both games," said Bohemians assistant manager Pete Mahon yesterday, "and to be perfectly honest about it I think that we can. We are playing well at the moment, training today was very lively and it seems that the break might just have come at the right time for us."

Kevin Hunt's return from suspension for this evening's game is a timely boost but Trevor Molloy, who also missed the game in Derry due to a two-match ban, will have to wait until Friday at Tolka before featuring in Roddy Collins' squad.

Last two seasons: 1999/00: Bohemians 0 St Patrick's 0, St Patrick's 1 Bohemians 3, Bohemians 0 St Patrick's 1; 00/01: Bohemians 2 St Patrick's 2.

Recent league form: St Patrick's: DWWDW; Bohemians: DWDLW.

Leading scorers: St Patrick's: Kelly (10); Bohemians: Crowe (20).

Betting: Home: 6/4, Draw: 6/4, Away: 2/1.

Betting courtesy of Paddy Power.