All over in Tallaght as Rovers move five clear and keep their winning run alive

Greene should have made it 2-0 but his shot flew wide.

Five minutes of stoppage time to end this tie

A late Rovers change sees Carl Lennox on for Dylan Watts

Farrugia adds a card to his goal tally for the day

Rovers go the bench with Ronan Finn on for Graham Burke

Byrne tries his luck from range but it goes wide

Third sub for UCD as Harry O'Connor replaces Alex Nolan

Burke comes close again as he tries to dink a shot over Moore but it goes wide, UCD still in the tie

Sean Brennan thinks he's playing rugby as he fouls Byrne, that's a card

Second UCD change as Michael Gallagher comes in for Alex Dunne

John Haist comes in for UCD with Donal Higgins taken off, he had been booked earlier in the tie

Change for Rovers as Aaron Greene replaces Gary O'Neill

Mannus does well to save from Dylan Duffy the first UCD effort of the night he's had to deal with

Moore does well in goal to save from both Watts and Gaffney

Cleary comes close but heads over the bar from corner

Burke pounces on a poor UCD attempted clearance and shoots at goal great save by Moore to deny him

Gaffney comes close again to scoring but the shot goes wide of the mark

Half time Sub as we kick off the second half Kian Moore replaces Lorcan Healy, after his head injury towards the end of the opening half.

Half Time in Tallaght, Rovers have dominated and deservedly lead 1-0 Farrugia with the only goal

Watts strikes from range and Healy who has been kept busy this half saves well

One minute of added time to end the half

Higgins has another attempt at goal but again goes wide

Play is stopped as Lorcan Healy receives treatment after Gaffney's shot cannons off his face

Duffy has a shot for UCD but it is well deflected out for a corner

Burke with a snapshot off his left foot from range, it has Healy diving to save, would have been a wonderous second goal for the Hoops

First card of the night goes to Donal Higgins

Gaffney seems to be a go too man for Rovers, down the left hand side he is tormenting UCD

Burke strikes from range and his shot flashes past Healys goal, all Rovers thus far

Gaffney had a chance a minute before but he turns provider for Farrugia to tap home at the back post to break the deadlock

Burke connects with a Kavanagh cross but it goes wide

Another chance for Rovers as Gaffney gets a header off close to goal but it goes wide, poor effort by his standards

Byrne strikes from outside the area, but it skies over the bar and lands in the stand behind

Rovers kick us off as Gary O'Neill stands over the ball

Andy Myler has made three changes with Donal Higgins and Alex Nolan coming into the team for Mark Dignam and Thomas Lonergan. Lorcan Healy returns in goal in place of Kian Moore.

Rovers line up is strong certainly not a game they are using to rest up, Gaffney up front with Byrne and Burke, Farrugia and Kavanagh as the wing backs and the usual culprits at centre half

Important night in Tallaght for Shamrock Rovers, a win needed to keep Derry adrift in the title race, my name is Diarmuid Kearney and I will update on all the action from Tallaght this evening