Airtricity Premier Division: Barry and Jarvis set to return for Derry City's clash with Sligo

Aaron Barry and Dean Jarvis (pictured) will undergo late fitness tests ahead of Derry City’s Airtricity Premier Division clash with lowly Sligo Rovers at Brandywell tonight (kick-off 7.45pm).

Both returned to training this week and could feature as City look extend their unbeaten run to 10 games in all competitions.

Kenny Shiels’ side will go into the clash as red hot favourites to take all three points.

Rovers are only two points off bottom spot and a much-changed City side recorded a comfortable 2-0 victory over them in a recent EA Sports Cup tie.

However, Derry boss Kenny Shiels is not under-estimating Rovers.as his side aim for a sixth consecutive home win. He said: “It’s going to be a really hard game..

“I’ve seen that happen so many times where you play back to back against teams and it’s really hard.

“But we’ll work at it. As a team we must be confident and energetic but we also must be realistic and not get up on a high horse.

“We have to keep our feet on the ground and understand that teams are out to get us now.

Last week’s win over Bohemians was notable for the fatigue shown by the City players at the end of their third game in six days, and Shiels has adjusted training this week to ensure that his team is fresh for tomorrow’s game.

“We’ve reduced the training this week,” he revealed.

“The players know the principle of our game and how we intend to play.

“We have to be a little bit tidier than last week.

“We hadn’t beaten Bohemians in ten games or so and we’re talking about how disappointed we were in how we played.

“That’s a measure of how we have changed in terms of results so I want to make sure that we get our game right and have the right dynamic within the playing squad.

“We have to keep reproducing.

“How long we can do that for only time will tell.

“We look to improve on our last performance, which is what football is about.

“We want to get back to playing the way we can.

“Bohemians was a great result and one which was played under quite a bit of fatigue so we must get our heads fresh and our bodies fresh for this important fixture against Sligo.”