Bohemians play their first European match in five years when they host Gibraltan side St Joseph's in the first leg of their Conference League first round qualifier.
After finishing fourth in the League of Ireland Premier Division last season, Bohs start the long journey on Thursday to try and make it into the main Conference League competition in 2026/27.
With three qualifying rounds and a play-off round to navigate before they can begin to dream of joining the League Phase, the Irish side know it is a tough ask to qualify, but they should at least get off to a good at Dalymount Park this week.
Bohemians v St Joseph's Tips Summary
Best Bet - Bohemians to win to nil @ 1/2
Alternative Bet - Bohemians to win both halves @ 1/1
Bet Builder - Bohemians/Bohemians in Half-time/Full-time, Bohemians to win by 2+ goals and over 9.5 corners @ 12/5
Bohemians v St Joseph's Prediction
Best Bet: Bohemians to win to nil @ 1/2
The last time Bohs were involved in the summer European qualifiers in 2021, they lost out in the third qualifying round in this competition against PAOK but they will have their sights set on going further this year.
Last season's fourth-place finish in the league was their best performance since 2020 and they are enjoying a good 2026 campaign, with Alan Reynolds' side currently sitting second in the LOI Premier Division, seven points behind leaders Shamrock Rovers.
They are overwhelming favourites to see off St Joseph's at home in the first leg and maintain an excellent run of form that has seen the Dublin side win their last three games to nil.
A 3-0 success at Shelbourne was followed up by a 2-0 home win over St Patrick's before Friday's 2-0 victory at Drogheda so the Irish side should be full of confidence for Thursday's tie.
St Joseph's are preparing for their third successive Conference League qualifying campaign but are not expected to do much better than in their recent attempts after losing to Irish opposition in the past couple of years.
The Gibraltan outfit lost to Shelbourne at this stage in 2024, and were knocked out in the second qualifying round last summer by Shamrock Rovers after edging out Cliftonville over two legs in the first round.
St Joseph's finished second domestically last season, nine points behind Lincoln Red Imps, but have not had any competitive games since the end of April and are therefore approaching this first Euro outing cold.
In contrast, Bohs are over halfway through their league season and have impressed enough in recent games to suggest they should have too much at home for Javi Munoz's side with another win without conceding predicted.
Alternative Bet: Bohemians to win both halves @ 1/1
A dominant home win seems likely in the first leg of this first round qualifier with Bohs expected to be on top early on and from there the hosts should be able to control things nicely at Dalymount Park.
In their last three wins, the Irish side have won both halves and a repeat of that against what looks like weak European opposition should be doable.
Bohemians v St Joseph's Bet Builder Tip
Bohemians/Bohemians in Half-time/Full-time
Bohemians to win by 2+ goals
Over 9.5 corners
Pays 12/5
Reynolds' side will obviously want to take a healthy first-leg lead with them for the return leg in Gibraltar next week and the Bet Builder for Thursday's game is based around what should be a dominant win for Bohs.
Combining a home win by at least two goals with Bohs being in front at half-time and full-time forms the first two legs, while adding in over 9.5 corners boosts the selection further.
There have been exactly 10 corners in Bohemians' last two games so we should expect a similar tally in this Euro qualifier.
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Key Match Stats
Bohemians have won their last three matches to nil
Bohs have won seven of their last 10 games
The Irish side's best performance in Europe came in 2021 when they reached the third qualifying round of the Europa League
Bohs have been League of Ireland champions 11 times, most recently in 2009
St Joseph's have never got past the second qualifying round in any European competition
St Joseph's have been crowned Gibraltar champions just once, in 1996
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