Corner for Rovers but it sails over everyone. That should be that.

Lopes fouls Elliot who does brilliantly to close down the Rovers' defence.

SEVEN ADDED MINUTES!

Foul by Kelly on the edge of the Dundalk box. The ball is cleared to the edge of the box before being skied high and wide.

Elliott, Brownlie and Malley come on.

O Kane, McCourt and Yli Kokko come off.

Towell and Razi come on.

O Neill and Kavanagh come off.

Shepperd booked for time wasting.

Burke heads wide at the back post. The pressure is there from Rovers but the end product is lacking.

A very silly foul by Kelly in a dangerous area. Dundalk will feel they should have had a free out seconds earlier due to a hand ball. The delivery is again dangerous but ends in an offside.

Free kick in a dangerous area for Rovers. The delivery is a good one but only finds Grace who is offside.

Kelly comes on.

Martin comes off for Dundalk.

Burt comes on.

Hoare comes off for Rovers.

Sloggett comes on.

Lewis comes off for Dundalk.

A ball around the corner from Kenny to Burke is strongly seen out by Boyle.

Hoare booked for a foul on Ryan O'Kane in a dangerous area.

Martin slides in to win the ball back for his team and the crowd respond with a primal roar. What an atmosphere!

WHAT A SAVE! Hoare heads the ball onto the post and spins up for Grace to head it home but Shepperd reacts brilliantly to tip it over the bar. Amazing save from the Dundalk keeper.

Burke takes off on a run and finds himself in the box where he backheels the ball to Kavanagh but the wingback can't find a man in the centre.

Unsurprisingly Dundalk have been penned back for the opening stages of this second half.

Instantly Kenny is sent through and his shot is saved by Shepperd into the path of Burke. Burke strikes only for his shot to be cleared off the line. Fast start by The Hoops

Dundalk get us started for the second half!

HALF TIME: Dundalk take a one-goal lead into the half-time break thanks to Hayden Muller's penalty box strike. Dundalk will face the remainder of the game with ten men due to Paul Doyle being sent off for two yellow cards. Second-half action is to come.

BIG CHANCE! A ball is fizzed into the box by Hoare and Kenny gets his head on it but his glancing header goes wide of the far post.

A loose touch at the back sends Kenny through. He waits for support from Burke whose tame effort is easily saved by Shepperd.

A deep cross from McCourt has Manus worried but the veteran keeper made no mistake by clutching the ball under pressure.

Dundalk have held firm since the sending-off and will be looking to get in at half-time with their lead intact.

DOYLE WALKS! A second yellow for what looks to be a professional foul means that Dundalk will play an hour of this game a man down!

Kenny is played through again but his left-footed strike only finds the left foot of the onrushing Dundalk keeper.

1-0 TO DUNDALK! A corner kick lands nicely at the feet of Muller in the box and the defender finished like a striker to make it 1-0.

HUGE CHANCES: Burke plays Kenny through and he is onside this time. He loops the ball over Shepperd. The ball hits the bar but comes back to Kenny inside the six-yard box only for the striker to head ball over the bar. Chaos.

Doyle picks up the games first yellow card for a hefty tackle in midfield.

Kavanagh does brilliant work dribbling in-field from the left before finding Watts whose long-range effort was easily saved by Shepperd.

Lopes is fouled in a dangerous position for a delivery. Watts takes the free kick but it is dealt with easily.

The first shot of the game comes from Burke but his strike is well wide of the target.

Johnny Kenny comes on in his place.

Rory Gaffney comes off for Rovers.

And the game begins with Shamrock Rovers tipping off in their black and teal kits, Dundalk of course in their usual white jerseys.

TEAM NEWS: Shamrock Rovers make four changes to the side which was knocked out of the UEFA Champions League qualifiers against Briedablik earlier this week. Pohls, Finn, Towell and Poom make way for the quartet of Manus, Watts, Greene and Grace.

TEAM NEWS: Dundalk make five changes to the side that won here against FC Brunos Magpies on Thursday evening. Hoban, Annesley, Kelly, Sloggett and Malley make way for Lewis, Martin, Muller, McCourt and Doyle.

Hello everyone and welcome to Oriel Park for this evening\'s FAI Cup action. Today it is an all Premier Division clash between Dundalk and visitors Shamrock Rovers. Conor Cantwell is on hand to report on the game ahead.