Full time 4-0 Derry City.

Two minutes of additional time.

No chances as of late. Derry in cruise control. Ciaran Coll and Daniel Lafferty replace Patching and Boyce. Ronan Coughlan is forced off with what looks to be a hamstring injury for the hosts and he is replaced by Ben McCormack.

Ronan Coughlan goes into the referees book. Derry work the ball down the right hand side and cross it in but Smith can't get the right contact on the ball and it goes straight at Anang. Pat's look all over the place here. Jamie McGonigle is replaced by James Akitunde for Derry.

A sub for the visitors as Patrick McEleney and Brandon Kavanagh are replaced by Joe Thomson and Evan McLaughlin

A double change for the hosts as Burns and King are replaced by Owolabi and McClelland.

Derry add a fourth and what a goal it is. Another slack pass this time from Redmond is gathered by Smith who races towards the box and plays it to Patching who opts not to shoot, but instead sets it back to Cameron Dummigan who curls the shot in off the post from about 25 yards out. 4-0 Derry.

A better spell from the home side but, they are still failing to create any chances.

An early free-kick for Derry in a dangerous area is nearly headed in for an own goal. The resulting corner is pinned around the penalty area until it cannons off the post and finds Smith who taps it in. However, he is deemed to be offside. Another let off for the home side.

A change for the hosts at half time as Jack Scott is replaced by Ronan Coughlan. Pat's get the second half restarted.

Half-time 3-0 Derry City.

Derry add a third before half-time. Forrester again, loses the ball in midfield leaving the Pat's defence exposed. Kavanagh latches onto the ball and plays a perfect reverse ball into the feet of McGonigle who runs on and slides it into the far corner. 3-0 Derry.

Pats with their best spell of the game so far. Beginning to work it around the Derry half and create half chances. Burns and King work a short corner well but the cross is well cleared by the Derry defence. The resulting corner comes to nothing. Derry go down the other end and nearly add a third but Patching's cross is cleared by Redmond before it can reach Smith.

Jack Scott is the first to go into the referee's book for a foul.

2-0 to the visitors. Derry work the ball well into the Pat's penalty area. Patching after a few Cryuff turns, finds Smith who drives it across the face of goal and McGonigle is there to tap it in.

King is played through down the right hand side and he looks to find Doyle but the ball across is just too far ahead of the oncoming Doyle.

Pats growing into the game more but are still struggling to create any decent spell of possession in the Derry half. Breslin whips in a cross that is punched away by Maher after some good play by Forrester and Doyle but, other than that, nothing going for the home side.

Better play from the home side. Darragh Burns beautifully takes the ball down on the half turn and he plays it out wide to Doyle who looks for Breslin at the back post but the header is safely collected by Maher.

Joe Redmond has the ball pinched from him by Patching who cuts inside but doesn't connect well with his shot and it goes safely wide. A wasted chance and it should be 2-0 to the visitors.

It has been all Derry in the opening ten minutes. All the play is coming down their left hand side with goal scorer Smith finding himself in good positions. Pat's are rattled and haven't been able to string five consecutive passes together.

Another near disaster for St. Pat's. Adam O'Reilly gets caught on the ball inside his box and hits it off his own team-mates back. The ball falls to McGonigle but he is flagged for offside as he puts the ball into the net. Dubious to say the least but the home side haven't started at all.

Derry take the lead through Matty Smith. Pat's try play it out from the back but, Forrester misplaces his pass and the league leaders latch onto the ball and Brandon Kavanagh slips it to Smith, who controls it then stabs it past Anang. 1-0 Derry.

The away side get the game underway shooting from right to left in the first half.

Good evening and welcome to St. Patrick's Athletic vs Derry City at Richmond Park. Two changes for the home side following their victory against Finn Harps last Friday. James Abankwah and Ben McCormack drop out for captain Ian Bermingham and Jack Scott. No changes for the league leaders following their great win against UCD last week.