SSE Airtricity First Division
Treaty United -v- Waterford FC
Monday, 28th August 2023
Kick-Off: 7.45pm
Referee: Kevin O’Sullivan
Waterford FC will look to make it back-to-back wins this weekend with a trip to face Treaty United on Monday evening.
It’s seven league games unbeaten for the Blues ahead of Monday’s trip to Markets Field.
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Cameron Cresswell scored the winning goal in Friday night’s win over Bray Wanderers in the Carlisle Grounds – converting a second-half penalty.
Despite being down to 10 men for over an hour, the Blues defended resolutely to make it seven unbeaten in the league.
The Blues have beaten Treaty United twice this season, the most recent meeting finishing 7-0, while Keith Long’s side were 4-1 visitors on the last visit to Market’s Field in April.
Opponents Treaty United are in good form with two wins from their last two matches; beating Kerry FC and Finn Harps.
Treaty sit 7th in the league table, just five points outside the play-off sports. The Blues remain second.
From The Dugout: Speaking ahead of Monday’s match, head coach Keith Long said:
“Friday was a very hard-fought win and an excellent clean sheet after playing with ten-men for over an hour. We needed to show we have resilience and character and had to bounce back after the Cup defeat and we did that.
“While we’re missing a few players to injury at the moment, we’re starting to get some players back like Darragh Power, Shane Griffin, Dean McMenamy which is a positive.
“The weekend has been about recovery and planning for Treaty. It’s a tough spell playing our third game in eight days but we’re hoping we can back up Friday’s performance with another good performance in Markets Field.”
Team News: Harry Nevin, Barry Baggley and Ronan Coughlas miss out through injury. Cameron Cresswell is suspended, while Roland Idowu returns from suspension.