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Kennedy Amechi scored a penalty in Kerry's last outing against Athlone. Photo: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile.

All roads lead to Mounthawk Park, Tralee tonight (Friday) as Kerry FC welcome their prestigious neighbours Cork City to the home of football in the Kingdom. Kick-off is at 7.45pm.

Kerry’s eight-game unbeaten streak came to an end last week against Athlone Town. They fell to a 1-2 defeat as Kennedy Amechi’s first-half penalty wasn’t enough to earn any points for Conor McCarthy’s side; Ruben Ferreira and Carl Mujaguzi found the target to turn the tide in Athlone’s favour.

After this defeat, Kerry currently find themselves in second last place in the League of Ireland First Division. Athlone, meanwhile, remain in sixth.

As for tonight’s visitors, they arrive as league leaders with an impressive record of eight wins and four draws from twelve matches.

Cork came out on top of the reverse fixture at Turners Cross on opening night when a brace from Jack Doherty secured victory for the Leesiders. They have gone from strength to strength since then and their early season form surely makes them favourites to earn promotion and return to the Premier Division at the first time of asking.

The Cork City match is the first game of a double header weekend for Kerry as they face Longford Town away on Bank Holiday Monday. Longford are the only team in the league with a worse record than Kerry. They are yet to win a game and the Kerrymen will be hoping to extend their opponents' winless run for one more week at least.

Kick-off at Bishopsgate is at 5pm.

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