Both sides carry walking wounded into this untimely fixture after weekend league games and neither will be at full strength.

Colm Tresson and Ciaran O'Brien are manager Pat Devlin's main absentees with Jason Byrne, who played with an injury in Sunday's 0-0 draw at Monaghan, also out.

UCD suffered their first injury worries of the season in the first-half of Friday's 0-0 draw at Shelbourne. Midfielder Ciaran Kavanagh injured a foot while right-back Tony McDonnell should not be risked tonight either, after a blow to the face had him slightly concussed.

Ken Kilmurray and Eamonn McLoughlin should start with Robert Dunne, Robert McAuley and Glen Fitzpatrick likely to be involved as well.