Two League of Ireland Premier Division teams in the bottom half of the table do battle on Thursday night as Waterford United play host to Drogheda United . While the hosts are seeking to claim back-to-back home wins for the first time since March, the visitors are still searching for their first away victory of the season. Since securing promotion from the second tier last season, Waterford have picked up 22 points from their first 16 games in this season's top flight and began the month of May with three successive victories over Sligo Rovers, Shamrock Rovers and Dundalk.
However, their winning streak was brought to an end last Friday as they were beaten 1-0 away against league leaders Shelbourne, with Sean Boyd scoring the game's only goal midday through the second half. Keith Long 's side have subsequently slipped to sixth in the Premier Division after both Galway United and Bohemians claims maximum points last time out to leapfrog them in the table. Waterford will be keen to return to winning ways on Thursday as they bid to increase the seven-point gap that separates them from the bottom two.
The Hornets Yellow will be confident of success as they have won each of their last three meetings with Drogheda, including a 4-1 away victory in their most recent encounter in February. Drogheda's poor form also bodes well for the visitors as the Drogs have come out on top in only three of their first 16 league games of the season, accumulating just four points from their last 15 av.
