Drogheda pushing for an equaliser late in stoppage time but the referee blows for a free out

JOHN MARTINNNNN has done it in injury time

5 minutes have been added

Drogheda are holding firm not allowing the home side to breack their defence

Draper makes way as Foley returns

Appeals for a drogheda penalty but Neil Doyle does not see it that way

Markey goes into the book as he stops a dundalk break

Benson goes into the referees book for a late challenge

Yli-Kokko is replaced by John Martin

Lewis goes down under pressure with calls for a penalty but the referee in unmoved

IT IS LEVEL 10 men Drogheda level through Dayle Rooney on 72 minutes

Alfie Lewis enters the field in place of O'Kane

Colin McCabe is down holding his face after a small scuffle as Hoban looks to have pushed the netminder, Referee Neil Doyle sees nothing in it however

Dundalk pushing to extend their lead once more but the Drogheda defence are holding tight

Draper causing trouble for the Dundalk defence forcing a corner off Bensons head

Hoban strikes from distance but the ball is deflected out for a corner, that goal hasn't shook Dundalks confidence despite a load away following

Freddie Draper holds off Muller and manages to put the ball in the back of the net to pull one back for the away side despite being down to 10 men

Deegan tares don Yli-Kokko and sees his second yellow and an early bath

End to end stuff in the opening exchanges of the second half but no clear cut chances for either side

Markey gets the 2nd half underway

half time

2 minutes added

Drogheda struggling to hold onto the ball and will be happy to get in at half time

Grimes is the second man into the book this evening

Tulloch gets in behind but Ahui is back to dispossess the West Brom Loanee

A lack of cohesion in the United attack as Ahui and Markey allow a promising move just fizz out end with a Dundalk throw in

Deegan sees the first card of the game as he catches Benson late

Confidence is now high for Dundalk as Ward shoots from distance

GOAL GOAL GOAL Hoban latches onto a rebound as McCabe stops Yli-Kokkos first time strike

Evan Weir makes his way off the field as he injured himself trying to stop that goal with Heeney replacing

Hoban slots in O'Kane who does really well to slip the ball past McCabe in the Drogheda net

Hoban heads down for Tulloch but his shot was closer to the corner flag than the goal

Draper slips in Markey, one on one but Sheppard is equal to his attempt

Draper beats the off side trap for the Drogs but his shot is high and wide

The home side are growing in confidence with their first big spell of possession in the game

Keith Ward puts in a dubious ball to force Dundalks first corner of the game

With just over 10 minutes on the clock, Drogheda are on top so far in this local derby with Grimes forcing a corner off the head of Hayden Muller

Drogheda applying most of the pressure in the early stages with on loan Lincoln City player Elicha Ahui forcing Benson into a cautious tackle on the end line

Early Attack for the away side as draper sees the offside flag raised

Yli-Kokko gets the game underway for Dundalk

Drogheda manager Kevin Doherty would be happy with a result over the performance this evening,

Stephen O'Donnell delighted to have Hoban back in the line up and hopes to have a few more players back for the Sligo game next Saturday

Evan weir starts for the Drogs whilst Adam Foley makes the bench

Two changes for the hosts as Ryan O'Kane and Patrick Hoban return to the Starting 11, Robbie McCourt returns to the bench

Welcome to coverage of the Louth derby as Dundalk host neighbours Drogheda United at Oriel Park