Big match-ups at the top: LOI all you need to know

UCD v Bohemians, UCD Bowl, 5pm

The predictions about UCD so far this season are all coming true. The Students start the day at the foot of the table, and they're struggling to score goals.

Star forward Colm Whelan is lacking in confidence, having spurned a glorious chance to give the Students the lead at Richmond Park on Monday. He just needs one to go in and it should come back to the Kilkenny man, with his inclusion in the Ireland U21 squad during the week a boost.

Having failed to pick up a win in their last three games, ending two of those games with 10 men, Bohs will see this as a chance to give their campaign a shot in the arm.

Team news

Manager talk

Drogheda United v Dundalk, Head In The Game Park, 7.45pm

Drogheda have conceded more goals than any other club in the league, and they head into this evening's Louth derby with more defeats - four - than any other side either.

Dundalk, meanwhile, are one of three clubs yet to lose so far in 2022, but Stephen O'Donnell will know that if they're to launch a title bid they need to start converting draws, of which they've managed five, to wins.

Team news

Drogheda:

Dundalk: Steven Bradley returns after shaking off the quad injury that saw him miss the 0-0 draw with Shamrock Rovers while Darragh Leahy returned to full training this week after missing the opening six league games with an ankle injury that he sustained against Drogheda in the Malone Cup.

Manager talk:

Stephen O'Donnell (Dundalk): "I watched Drogheda'S game with Sligo last week and they found themselves 3-0 down without doing too much to be 3-0 down. They had a couple of half-chances at nil-all and they have been competitive in every game, even if some of the score lines haven't reflected that.

"They are a good team with