Finn Harps host Dundalk at Finn Park tonight – and we’ll have live updates throughout the game here:
FULL-TIME Harps 0 Dundalk 2
87 – Coll shoots at Rogers. 0-2
66 – Gallagher caught well off his line but Duffy’s shot creeps wide. 0-2
61 – Stewart is put off at the vital moment after being sent clear by Jamie McGrath 0-2
54 – McMillan with his and Dundalk’s second. Close-range finish. 0-2
54 – GOAL FOR DUNDALK. 0-2
52 – Dane Massey’s free finds McMillan, who heads off the crossbar. 0-1
The second half is underway here
HALF-TIME: Finn Harps 0 Dundalk 1
34 – David McMillan puts the champions in front with a fine close-range finish after beating Kilian Cantwell in the air and getting on the end of Niclas Vemmelund’s cross. 0-1
34 – GOAL for Dundalk.
25 – Sean Hoare is yellow carded for Dundalk.
25 – Dane Massey’s cross is headed down by Brian Gartland and his the base of the post. Magnificent challenge by Ciaran Coll hooks the ball off the goal-line. 0-0
24 – Gareth Harkin is yellow carded.
22 – With Caolan McAleer lurking, Sean Houston’s cross goes out for a corner, but Dundalk clear it. 0-0
20 – Chris Shields’ shot flies off Cantwell and goes out for a corner, which comes to nothing. 0-0
12 – Dundalk on top so far. Thomas Stewart has a shot blocked by the returned McNulty. 0-0
2 – Michael Duffy fires at Ciaran Gallagher with the evening’s first shot on goal. 0-0
We’re underway in Ballybodey!
Minute’s silence observed for former Harps underage player Seamus Peoples, whose funeral took place today in Letterkenny.
Not a great crowd at Finn Park so far for this one. Decent attendance, but well off what we’d expected.
Damien McNulty returns for Harps tonight after a hamstring injury, but injury rules Ciaran O’Connor and Danny Morrissey out of contention.
Former Kildrum Tigers youngster Michael Duffy – back after a spell in Scotland with Celtic – is in the Dundalk side tonight.
Finn Harps: Ciaran Gallagher; Damien McNulty, Kilian Cantwell, Ciaran Coll, Gareth Harkin; Barry Molloy, Ethan Boyle; Caolan McAleer, Paddy McCourt, Jonny Bonner; Sean Houston.
Dundalk: Gary Rogers; Niclas Vemmelund, Sean Hoare, Brian Gartland, Dane Massey; Jamie McGrath, Conor Clifford, Chris Shields, Michael Duffy; Thomas Stewart, David McMillan.
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