Tomorrow night sees Kerry at home for the third straight Friday night in a row with the Munster Derby clash against Treaty United, ending a busy couple of weeks in succession for Mounthawk Park.
It’s a run of games that has seen Kerry earn just one of a possible six points on home soil, so Colin Healy and his players will be hoping to make that 4 of 9 come 9:30 pm tomorrow. 3 home Fridays in a row leaves the Kingdom with 3 away weekends on the bounce, with a tie against league leaders sandwiched in between on the May Day bank holiday.
Kerry come into this one in 9th place, just a point ahead of the visitors, who sit bottom on 6 points from 9 games. So points for either side will be highly sought after to keep in touch with those ahead and the vital play-off places.
It’s always an even contest between the sides, and in 13 meetings, 6 have ended all square, more than either side has wins in the contest. If the meeting earlier in the season was anything to go by, the 2-2 draw in the Markets Field had it all.
Head-to-head
Kerry FC Wins – 2 Draws – 6 Treaty Utd Wins – 5
Did You Know?
Now, in the last 6 meetings between the sides, 4 of these ended in draws. Overall, the fixture has led to 6 draws in 13 League of Ireland meetings. The last three meetings have ended in draws in both Mounthawk Park (1) and the Markets Field (2).
Injury Update
Colin Healy has a few injury concerns to tend to ahead of the game tomorrow evening. Kieran Cooney has a hamstring issue, which has him sidelined. Matt Connor’s groin injury is being assessed and is closer to a return. Harry Halwax is also nearing a return following his injury away to Cork last Monday. Niall Brookwell and Vince Borden return from suspension and are available for selection.
‘What they said’
Colin Healy – “We want to win every game, look, it’s always been tight between ourselves and Treaty. Up there, we conceded late and dropped points. We know it will be a tough game on Friday night. It will all come down to what we do on the night. If we can go and perform, I think we can go and get the 3 points.”