Cork City will look to bounce back from Friday’s 4-1 defeat to Derry City, as they travel to Ballbofey to face Finn Harps tomorrow night (8pm).
City’s last away game was a 1-1 draw against Sligo Rovers, while the home side enjoyed a 2-0 home win over Sligo Rovers on Friday night. The sides have met twice this season, with City winning 4-3 thriller at Finn Park in March, before the sides drew 1-1 at Turner’s Cross at the end of April.
Speaking to the media after training at Bishopstown earlier today, first team Head Coach John Cotter said: “We had another chat this morning; they did their recovery yesterday and we trained this morning. These players have been brilliant; most of them have been here for a number of years, and I know their characters and their personalities, and I know they will respond in the right way tomorrow. That is exactly what you would be looking for; in times like these, you need people to respond and show what guts and character we know they have.”
“Finn Park is one of the hardest places you can go to. They are a proper league of Ireland club and Ollie Horgan and Paul Hegarty have done an incredible job with them. We have been up there a number of times over the last few years and we have nearly always come away with one nils. This year was a high scoring affair, but it was a game that was in the balance right to the end. We are under no illusions that it will be a tough game. You have to work and have the right attitude to compete with Harps; I have no doubt we will do that and, hopefully, we will come away with the three points.”
Cian Bargary, Cian Murphy, Shane Griffin and Pierce Phillips all miss out through injury, while Dáire O’Connor misses out through suspension.
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