FULL-TIME: Derry City 1-0 St Patrick's Athletic

Malone is booked

Six added minutes

McJannett is also booked

Couglan and Lafferty see red

A scuffle on the pitch as a Derry player is on the ground

Gartside has a moment to forget as he drops a cross but is lucky enough to recover

McClelland finds space and lets fly but Gartside saves well

Lafferty booked for throwing the ball away

A wonderful cross from McGonigle finds Junior who finishes well with a header

GOAL for Derry

Desmond hits one from distance but it is off target

McGonigle strikes wide of the Pat's goal with the angle against him

Lee Desmond is down receiving attention

Junior wins a header but it's a comfortable save for Jaros

King strikes on the volley but it goes just over

A shot from Darragh Burns stings the palms of Gartside

Forrester plays a great ball into King but the winger is offside

Derry get the second period underway

The players are back on the pitch ahead of the second half

HALF-TIME: Derry City 0-0 St Patrick\'s Athletic

Chris Forrester has a shot that rattles the cross bar

Two minutes added time

Ronan Boyce is booked

Great build up play from Pat's

Gartside makes a wonderful one on one save against Smith

Play resumes

Play is stopped as Ciaran Coll receives attention

Pat's go down the other end with Billy King who strikes off target

A Joe Thompson strike is well blocked

Junior looked to have a chance to go at Abankwah but he blazes a strike over the bar

Smith receives the first booking of the game

Sam Bone lets fly from outside the area but fluffs his shot wide

McLaughlin goes through but cannot capitalise on his chance

It has been a great first 20 minutes with the game being played at a high tempo

A Smith effort from outside the box is well blocked

Jaros makes a wonderful save from a McGonigle overhead kick

Danny Lafferty gets on the end of a loose ball and his strike is off target

Darragh Burns puts Forrester in behind the back four but the toe poke is well save by Gartside

Matty Smith goes close with a glancing header that comes back off the post

The cross is cleared away for a throw in

Corner to Pat's

The game is underway

Just under ten minutes to go until kick-off

Desmond starts with Benson returning to the bench. McCormack misses out through suspension while Mountney and Barrett are out through injury

The Pat's team news is in

Thomson, Coll and Evan McLaughlin start while Akintunde misses out through suspension

The Derry City team news is in

The visitors are second in the league and their previous match ended in a 1-0 victory over Drogheda United

The hosts are currently fourth in the league and come into this one following a 2-1 loss to Shamrock Rovers

The Ryan McBride Brandywell is the venue for tonight's game

Hello and welcome to Final Whistle's coverage of tonight's SSE Airtricity League Premier Division fixture between Derry City and St Patrick's Athletic