Harps and Youths in desperate scramble for points

With title chasers Dundalk and Cork City not in action until tomorrow, much of the attention in the SSE Airtricity League tonight switches to the bottom end of the Premier Division table with Finn Harps and Wexford Youths hoping to edge a little closer to safety respectively.

Third bottom Harps, who earned their first point in ten games from the 0-0 draw at Sligo Rovers on Tuesday, host in-form Bray Wanderers while 11th placed Youths travel to face a dejected St Patrick’s Athletic whose season was all but ended by Cork City’s FAI Cup semi-final win their last Sunday.

“The stats show that Bray actually has a better results record than Dundalk and Cork City recently,” said Harps’ manager Ollie Horgan, who plans without Kevin McHugh (who suffered a freak finger injury), Ruairi Keating, Josh Mailey and the suspended Dave Scully.