Longford Town v Bohemians (Flancare Park, 7.30)

Stephen Kenny will again be making a couple of changes for the visit of his team's cup final opponents, with a few of his squad getting the chance to rest niggling injuries and a couple more being presented with an opportunity to impress.

Kevin McCormack is set to make his first start in the Premier division for the injured Stephen O'Brien, while Sean Prunty is ruled out by a broken rib and suspected punctured lung. Stuart Byrne missed Sunday's defeat by Bray with a groin strain, while Alan Murphy has a similar problem, so the manager says Enda Kenny, Robbie Coyle, Robbie Farrell and Sean Riordan will start this evening.

Bohemians have a full panel as a result of the decision at the weekend to roll over suspensions, due to take effect yesterday, until next season. This allows Simon Webb and Stephen Caffrey to play.

Last two seasons: 1999/00: Did not meet; 00/01: Longford 1 Bohemians 6, Bohemians 1 Longford 0.

Recent league form: Longford: WLLWL; Bohemians: LWWWW.

Leading scorers: Longford: O'Connor and Kelly (six apiece); Bohemians: Crowe (22).

Betting: Home: 4/1, Draw: 13/5, Away: 4/7.

Referee: D Hancock (Dublin).

Shelbourne v Shamrock Rovers (Tolka Park, 7.45)

The leaders will again be without the injured Declan Geoghegan, who is also expected to miss Sunday's visit of Cork and so he may have played his last game for the club.

Richie Baker, though, is expected to have shaken off a knock picked up in the 3-3 draw at the Brandywell over the weekend.

Rovers, meanwhile, have, in effect, chosen to have Sean Francis and Tommy Dunne serve their suspensions now rather than next season, and so both will miss tonight's game.

Pascal Vaudequin is still injured, but with Billy Woods required at left back, Pat Deans will probably slot in on the right side of the defence, with either Shane Robinson or Jason Colwell coming back into midfield. Up front, Tony Cousins will return to partner Tony Grant in the absence of leading-scorer Francis.

Last two seasons: 1999/00: Rovers 1 Shelbourne 1, Shelbourne 3 Rovers 0, Rovers 2 Shelbourne 1; 00/01: Shelbourne 2 Rovers 2, Rovers 1 Shelbourne 3.

Recent league form: Shelbourne: WLWDD; Rovers: LDDLL.

Leading scorers: Shelbourne: Foran (11); Rovers: Francis (13).

Betting: Home: 4/6, Draw: 13/5, Away: 4/7.

Referee: J McDermott (Dublin).

Betting courtesy of Paddy Power