FULL TIME: Deflections were the name of this game. Both Saint Patricks Athletic and Dundalk were fortunate to score goals thanks to efforts that required assistance to get past their respective goalkeepers as Eoin Doyle and Daniel Kelly each scored goals on each side of the half to tie the game at 1-1 in Richmond Park, despite the fact that both teams will believe they should have won it outright.

The Dundalk manager Stephen O'Donnell is off!

Bradley bobs and weaves in the area and his shot takes a massive deflection but it's well saved.

Four added minutes here, this place is a melting pot right now.

Joe Adams and Mark Hanratty on for Benson and Leahy

WHAT A CHANCE: Dundalk with some excellent build-up play saw the ball sent in by Leahy sees Kelly with a free header at the back and he knocks it wide!

Tunde with a shot and it forces a great save from Cherrie, from the corner the ball cannons off the crossbar from a header from Redmond, all saints at the moment.

Forrester falls in the area but the referee is not having it and gives a yellow card - Stephen O'Donnell also get a yellow

Sloggett gets into the book.

GOAL! Dundalk is level, Adam O'Reilly plays a blind pass back to Hoban and Hoban feeds Kelly, his shot took a wicked deflection and it sneaks in.

POST: Tunde with the breakaway run and he finds himself one on one with Cherrie and the Dundalk keeper gets the lightest of touches to deflect it onto the bar.

Tunde Owolabi comes on for Billy King

Wow! A big call here as Andy Boyle and Serge Atakayi tangle in the area as Atakayi gets the better of him for pace and both players go down but the referee plays on.

Atakayi is booked for a foul on Daniel Kelly

John Martin and Paul Doyle come on for Keith Ward and Sam Bone.

Forrester hits a well-placed strike that Cherrie is equal to, an excellent save from the Dundalk keeper.

Serge Atakayi comes on for Ben McCormack.

Stephen Bradley is on and he will replace Lewis Macari.

Hoban gets a yellow card has he lost possession and his tackle on the edge of the area was a little rough.

Daniel Kelly broke down the left and it looked as if he was about to cross only for the player to run out of the pitch, it's a goal kick. Stephen Bradley looks set to come on.

The first yellow card of the game goes to Adam O'Reilly for a challenge on Sam Bone.

And we are back underway at Richmond Park, Dundalk kick us off and have the first corner of the period.

HALF TIME: Dundalk despite ample posession and chances show defensive frailties conceding early and have struggled to get back into it. Big half for both sides in the second half as a frustrated Stephen O'Donnell enters the dressing room.

A cross from Eoin Doyle falls to Chris Forrester in the area but his effort go away as he couldn't get the right connection on it.

You can never forget how good Chris Forrester is, his excellent break and skill to feed the ball to Mark Doyle but his effort is blocked away.

Doyle spotted Cherrie off his line and hits a long-range effort over the keeper but it sails over the bar. Much to the relief of the Dundalk custodian.

Both Benson and Ward go down in the area under challenges, Benson seemed to be upset and was calling to the referee but nothing given. It would have been harsh.

CHANCE: We are 30 minutes in and Dundalk has responded well to the concession of the goal but as Dundalk push forward they leave space at the back, Darragh Leahy has just had to hook a ball clear that if it landed at the feet of Eoin Doyle it would have been 2-0.

CHANCE: Keith Ward steals the ball from Redmond on the edge of the area but he was off balance for the snap shot and it goes wide.

CHANCE: Hoban and Macari link up to set up Robbie Benson who lets one fly from the edge of the area that is just tipped over the bar.

CHANCE: The Saints come marching in! Eoin Doyle picks up the ball in the midfield and lets one fly from distance but it just curls wide. That could have been two!

GOAL! St Patricks Athletic take the lead as a breaking run down the right is met by Eoin Doyle whose effort takes the cruellest of deflections off Andy Boyle and it goes into the top of the net. Poor defending it must be said from Dundalk.

CHANCE: Joe Redmond was at the back post from a header but the attempt was weak and it is straight at the hands of Dundalk's Peter Cherrie who steps in for Nathan Sheppard who is absent tonight.

TEAM NEWS: Dundalk make 4 changes for the side which lost to Drogheda last week with Peter Cherrie in goal and Bone, Hoban and Ward coming in for Doyle, Adams and McMillan

TEAM NEWS: St Pat’s have made just one change from the side which beat Drogheda Utd 3-0 in their last outing a fortnight ago with new signing on loan from Bolton Wanderers Harry Brockbank in for Jack Scott, who has returned to parent club Wolves

Two chances in quick succession and Benson and Macri tee up opportunities for both Daniel Kelly and Patrick Hoban but they cannot test Anang in the St. Patricks Athletic goal. A good opening so far.

We are underway at Richmond Park, Pats kick us off and both sides are playing in their away jerseys