National League Previews: Having "more than lived with" Drogheda in a match they came within seconds of winning, Gary Rogers wants Dublin City to carry on surprising people.

Mark Rooney's stunning strike from long range put Dublin 2-1 up right on 90 minutes at United Park on Monday night before, incredibly, Rogers's former club hit back immediately to level through captain Declan O'Brien.

"Before the game, I suppose we would have been happy with a draw, but not to have won it left us absolutely sick," said goalkeeper Rogers ahead of the visit of Longford Town to Dalymount Park tonight.

"The positive thing from it was that we probably deserved three points on the night. I'm sure we surprised people at how well we played," added Rogers, particularly in light of their previous two games against Cork and Derry which they lost by an aggregate of seven goals and had three players sent off.

Manager Dermot Keely may have to draft a couple of his under-21s onto the bench as midfielders Paul Shiels and David McGill are suspended while captain Stuart Malcolm (ankle), fellow defender Robbie Hedderman (thigh) and striker Robbie Collins (knee) are out injured. Topscorer David Freeman is again a doubt due to blistered feet.

Fresh from their 1-0 win over Bray Wanderers on Tuesday, Longford welcome back skipper Alan Murphy from suspension, though they remain without midfielder Davy Byrne (thigh).

Bohemians are likely to be unchanged for their trip to the RSC to face a Waterford which remains without injured striker Thomas Hawkins.

Cork make an enforced change to their midfield for the visit of UCD as George O'Callaghan, sent off against Bohemians, is suspended. Billy Woods is likely to move into midfield with Danny Murphy resuming at left back.

College may be unchanged with Conor Kenna, impressive again at right back in Monday's win over Waterford, likely to keep Alan Mahon on the bench.