In-form Lilywhites targeting Saints scalp

THE TIE of the FAI Ford Cup third round is at Oriel Park tonight when league leaders Dundalk host St Patrick’s Athletic in an all-Premier Division clash.

Lilywhites captain Liam Burns could miss the game with an abdominal muscle tear, although JJ Melligan (hip), Shaun Kelly (groin) and Neale Fenn (rested) should all return having missed the win in Waterford. Michael Synnott (knee) is a certain absentee.

Pete Mahon’s men go into the clash on the back of two successive defeats – a narrow loss to Drogheda before Sligo Rovers put four past them on Tuesday in the last eight of the EA Sports Cup.