Bohs expect Rovers backlash in derby duel

It might currently be a meeting of fourth and seventh in the table but League of Ireland games don’t come much bigger than the Dublin derby between Shamrock Rovers and Bohemians, an intense rivalry which resumes in Tallaght this evening (8pm, live on eir sport).

The bulk of the pressure will be on the home side who were tipped as title contenders before losing to Bohs on the opening night and come into this one on the back of a 1-2 defeat to Dundalk.

“It doesn’t make the Bohs game any bigger that we lost last week,” insists Hoops boss Stephen Bradley: “We have our targets and they don’t change whether we win, lose or draw. We don’t go into games feeling we ‘owe’ teams one, we just want to win the game and this will be no different.”