Stephen Bradley wary of Horgan's 'honest' Harps

Shamrock Rovers will aim to extend their lead at the top of the SSE Airtricity League table when they welcome Finn Harps to Tallaght Stadium on Sunday evening. (7pm kick-off)

Dundalk failed in their task to go level with the Hoops on Friday night after they fell to a 3-2 defeat to UCD at the UCD Bowl.

Now, Stephen Bradley's side have the chance to extend their three-point advantage to six, despite playing two fewer games than the Lilywhites.

Finn Harps meanwhile will be looking to climb off the foot of the table after the Students' win put them one point ahead of Harps.

Rovers drew their midweek UEFA Europa Conference League tie with Djurgardens nil-all but will be hoping to bounce back on the domestic front with a win after losing to Bohemians in their last league outing.

"It's a really big games for both clubs. We’ve got to make sure that we’re at our levels that we were on Thursday if we want to go and take maximum points," said Bradley.

"Finn Harps will have the attacking strength that they always bring to any ground. We know Ollie (Horgan) will have them really organised.

"They're extremely honest, hard-working players and once you have that you have a chance in any game. So we’ve got to respect that and the fact that they have some quality players, like (Eric) McWoods and (Barry) McNamee, and we have to be ready for that."

Harps suffered a 2-1 defeat last time out away to St Patrick's Athletic and had Liam McGing sent off late on.

"We played well at times last week and feel we could have taken something from the game," said Harps boss Horgan.

"A couple of minutes of madness saw us concede two goals and it was always going to be an uphill battle from there, but in fairness to the lads they got us back into the game and kept