"It's important to bounce back and the only way to get the Longford defeat out of our system is to beat Bohs," said Cork City manager Liam Murphy.

"We had no excuses in Longford, but the four goals we gave away were down to sloppy defending. We just didn't give ourselves a chance and we can't afford to play like that again."

With Neal Horgan and Tony Tynan away with the Irish Universities team at the World Student games in Beijing and Alan Carey, remarkably, still on holidays, Murphy reshuffles his defence.

Stephen Napier may switch from right-back to left-back with Declan Daly coming back into the team.

Pat Morley is likely to start up front with James Mulligan in place of Noel Hartigan.

"I was amazed at the size of Cork's defeat to Longford, they must have had an off day," said Bohemians boss Pete Mahon who is expecting a backlash.

"When I played you were guaranteed two things in Cork, a cup of tea and a hiding. We'll settle for the cup of tea," added Mahon who fields an unchanged team.

Last season: Bohemians 1 Cork City 1, Cork City 0 Bohemians 0, Bohemians 0 Cork City 1.

Referee: J O'Neill (Waterford).

Betting: Home: 7/4, Draw: 11/5, Away: 5/4.

Marcelo Salas yesterday completed his protracted move from Lazio to Juventus as the Turin side moved to strengthen their under-fire strike force.

Negotiations have lasted three months, but Juve announced they had signed the Chilean with Darko Kovacevic leaving for Lazio in part exchange.

The total value of the deal is reportedly 42billion lira ($14.6million).

Salas has signed a five-year contract with the Bianconeri where he will fight it out with Alessandro del Piero and David Trezeguet for a place in the first team.

The Chilean is expected to receive $50,000 a week under the terms of his new deal.