St Patrick's Athletic take on Sligo Rovers at Richmond Park with both sides desperate for a victory to kick-start their season, kick-off 7.45pm.

Damien Lynch is struggling with a calf injury and will join Gary Dempsey (broken leg), Mark Leech (broken leg), Gints Freimans (knee), Bobby Ryan (knee) and Glen Fitzpatrick (ongoing tests) on the sideline.

Central-midfielder Stuart Byrne is also ruled out for Saints as he is suspended.

Manager Jeff Kenna said: 'These are difficult times for us. Last week's defeat to Cork City was particularly disappointing as all their goals resulted from errors on our part but we believe we can turn it around.

'We've trained hard during the week for this match and we've prepared to win it.

'Sligo suffered the same fate as ourselves last weekend, a 3-0 defeat at home so both teams are gunning to bounce back and we can expect a tough match.'

For Sligo, Connor O'Grady is suspended, although boss Paul Cook has no added injury worries.

Mauro Almeida has trained this week but is still not fit enough to play and Sean Doherty remains out.

Richie Ryan has recovered from an ankle injury and should be fit to play.

Next Fixture

vs SHELBOURNE

Date: May 15th (7:45pm)
Competition: League
Venue: Richmond Park
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Team	Pld	Pts
Shamrock Rovers	16	34
St Patrick's Athletic	16	31
Bohemian FC	16	25
Dundalk	16	22
Derry City	16	19
Drogheda United	15	19
Shelbourne	15	18
Galway United	15	17
Sligo Rovers	16	16
Waterford FC	15	6