Cameron Dummigan is booked

Will Patching goes off

Mark Connolly is on

Graham Burke puts away the penalty

Shane McEleney is sent off for pulling down Graham Burke in the box.

Penalty to Rovers.

Markus Poom is off

Dylan Watts is on

Ben Doherty is booked for a foul on Neil Farrugia.

Ronan Boyce is booked

Sadou Diallo is off

Cameron Dummigan is on

Danny Mullen is off

Cian Kavanagh is on

Will Patching to Adam O'Reilly, he's so unlucky to see his effort go wide

What a header from Cameron McJannet.

Rovers a different proposition in this half

Brian Maher comes rushing out of his goals and clears the ball from the edge of the box.

Michael Duffy with the shot but Mannus saves

Graham Burke's free is straight into the wall

Adam O'Reilly fouls Trevor Clarke and it's a free for the visitors. It's in a dangerous position

Derry under a bit of pressure here. Rovers have started well

Dan Cleary just couldn't connect with the free.

Rovers have a free.

Derry break with Paul McMullan, he puts a good ball into the box but Ben Doherty can't make contact with it.

No surprise with those changes from Rovers manager Stephen Bradley

Ronan Finn is off

Neil Farrugia is on

Sean Kavanagh is off

Trevor Clarke is on

And that is that for the first half.

Come to nothing as Mannus is able to save.

Derry have a corner

Poor headed clearance falls nicely for Rory Gaffney but his effort is just wide.

Ronan Finn is booked for a foul on Will Patching

Will Patching's pass to Ben Doherty is a big heavy and it rolls out for a goal-kick

Diallo with a shot from a Will Patching delivery, it's blocked down.

It's cleared.

Another corner for Rovers.

Rory Gaffney's effort is cleared off the line.

Sean Kavanagh is booked

And it's out for another corner

Derry win a corner

The visitors enjoying more of the ball now

Rovers trying to get into the Derry box but the home defence are doing well

Rovers yet to get in their groove here.

Ronan Boyce capitalises on a slip from Lee Grace, he takes a shot but it's weak and Alan Mannus saves.

Derry with early possession.

Derry with an early free

Rovers have beaten Derry City twice this season while Derry have recorded one win over the Dublin side.

In their last league game Derry City defeated bottom side UCD 5-0 at the UCD Bowl while Rovers had a 3-0 win over their great rivals Bohemians at Tallaght Stadium.

Derry haven't won the league since the 1996-97 season while Rovers are going for four in a row - for the second time in the club's history.

Four points separate the two sides in the table. A win for Derry and we have a real title race on but a win for Rovers will leave them odds on to retain their title.

The top 2 meet at the Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium this evening. It's 2nd place Derry City versus leaders Shamrock Rovers.