Chris Forrester is also sent off.

Ryan Graydon is sent off following multiple clashes with Forrester following his first yellow.

Ryan Graydon is booked

Joe Thomson is booked.

Brian Maher is booked for time wasting

Five minutes of additional time announced.

Owolabi wins a corner but the set piece by passes everyone and is eventually sent out for a goal kick.

Joe Redmond is booked for a foul on Kavanagh.

The Saints struggling to create any real chances in the last few minutes.

Daniel Lafferty replaces Will Patching for Derry.

A 2 v 1 in Derry's favour is brilliantly defended by O'Reilly who throws himself in front of Kavanagh's effort to deflect it out for a corner.

Eoin Doyle is replaced by Owolabi.

Pat's almost respond instantly as Chris Forrester has an effort from outside the area that cannons off the post.

King replaces Brockbank for Pat's.

1-0 to the away side and it is the substitute Cian Kavanagh with what must be his first touch of the game. The ball is played up to him before he collects and fires the ball outside the penalty area into Roger's far corner. What a goal.

Jamie McGonigle and Adou Diallo are replaced by Joe Thomson and Cian Kavanagh.

Patching releases McGonigle down the right but Redmond does well to mop up any danger. Diallo has a wild effort that goes safely high and wide. Forrester goes down inside the Derry penalty area but his appeals are waved away.

Adam O'Reilly is booked for a foul.

Better from the Saints who record multiple corners however they struggle to really test Maher but a much start to the second half. A terrific ball into the box is glanced just wide by Eoin Doyle.

Mark Doyle replaces Atakayi for the Saints.

A cross from Patching to the back post is missed by Brockbank but luckily for him it evades Duffy. Atakayi is unleashed down the left before he cuts inside and is brought down for a free in a very dangerous area for the Saints. Forrester sets up and his effort is pushed over the bar by Maher. Forrester again takes but Derry clear. Ctter is booked for a foul on McGonigle.

O'Reilly does well to break from midfield before releasing Atakayi but he is flagged for offside. Derry with their first free-kick of the second half is brilliantly delivered by Duffy onto the feet of Connolly who seems to take his eye off it at the vital moment and shoots wide.

The second half gets underway. Ryan Graydon replaces Patrick McEleney for the visitors. The captain seemed to pick up a knock right on the stroke of half time.

Half-time St. Pat's 0-0 Derry City.

Patching has an effort that whistles just over the bar. Derry ending the half just how they started on top. Duffy takes a free from the right that is well headed clear. Pat's just need to get in at half-time and regroup because it hasn't worked with Doyle up front. He hasn't been able to retain any balls up to him.

Derry win another corner but Patching's delivery is cleared again. Derry again get in down the left and the ball is cut back to McEleney but he can't retain the ball and Derry lose possession for a brief period. Sam Curtis carries the ball the length of the hand side before crossing the ball, however there is no one in the box for the Saints to attack it.

Derry just looking to knock the ball around the midfield and retain possession. Dummigan pinches the ball inside the Saints half before slipping Duffy through down the left who seems to lose his balance and shoot high and wide. Cotter does well down the right to find a delivery but Maher collects with ease.

The heavens have opened in the last few minutes in Inchicore. The game has slowed down in the last few minutes.

Cameron Dummigan is booked for a tackle on O'Reilly.

Jamie Lennon is next to go down following a tackle from Diallo. It is a fiery affair with both sides putting in strong tackles. Lennon looks for Cotter with a diagonal pass but it is just overhit for the on-loan Rovers man.

Jamie Lennon is booked for a foul on Patching just outside the box. Patching strikes low under the wall that is well pushed away by Rogers. The following corner comes to nothing.

The Saints win their first corner of the game, and following a pinball inside the six-yard box, Maher denies Curtis from point blank range before a goal-line scramble ends in Maher going down with an injury and the referee blowing for a free out.

Another free-kick for Derry on the right hand side is delivered by Duffy but, Grivosti does well to head out for a corner. Duffy takes the set piece that is cleared by Redmond initially but Derry recycle before Pat's clear again. It is the Saints turn to win a free down their left side. Forrester delivers to the back post before Derry clear. The home side beginning to settle.

Derry to look slip Duffy in again but this time it is better defending from Cotter who shields it out for a goal kick. The hosts haven't got started yet as it is the away side who have settled the much better knocking it about well. A free-kick 30-yards out for Derry is struck into the wall by Patching. Duffy again, has an effort that stings the hands of Danny Rodgers but the keeper collects.

A massive chance for the visitors inside the first two minutes. A lovely ball inside Barry Cotter from Coll finds Duffy who races goalward, but his ball across the face of goal is just overhit for McGonigle and it goes out for a goal-kick. A warning for the hosts but a good start from Derry.

The home side get us underway shooting from right to left. A lovely evening for a big game.