Full-time in Tallaght. Shamrock Rovers 2-0 Bohemians.

Another batch of subs brought on, Byrne and Poom off for Sean Hoare and Darragh Nugent.

Buckley and Horton go off for Dean Williams and Kris Twardek.

Goal! Gaffney follows up on a deflected ball and fires the ball home from point-blank range to make it 2-0!

Big penalty shouts as Afolabi's pulled down in the box. Burke comes on for Towell.

Attendance tonight is 7,864, a league record!

McDaid goes close as he just narrowly misses a Dylan Connoly cross at the back post.

Byrne fires a shot from the outside of the box that skims Talbot's left post.

A batch of subs to be brought into the game. Rory Gaffney replaces Kenny, Ronan Finn comes on for Clarke and Kirk comes off for James Clarke.

Afolabi goes close! He breaks through the Rovers' defence and opts for a side-footed finish that's saved by Pohls and pushed out for a corner.

Goal! Farrugia lifts the ball into the box and Kenny gets up high to attack the ball. It drwars a good save from Talbot but falls right into the path of Trevor Clakre, who rifled the ball home and sprints towards the East stand to taunt the Bohs fans!

Daniel Cleary floats a ball over the top for Kenny to trail on to, his pass an ounce too heavy and collected by Talbot.

Kenny fires a shot at Talbot's near post, the keeper deflecting the shot out for a corner kick.

It\'s been a quiet start to the second half, neither side yet to muster up a genuine chance.

Rovers get the action back underway. Declan McDaid replaces Ali Coote.

Half-time in Tallaght: Shamrock Rovers 0-0 Bohemians.

One minute of added time to be played in Tallaght.

Kirk finds a loose ball on the left side of the Rovers box and fizzes a vicious effort towards goal bound, Leon Pohls tipping the ball over the bar with his outstretched leg.

Gary O'Neill booked after bringing down Johnathan Afolabi on the break.

Bohs have begun to gradually grow into the game and it may turn out to be eerily similar to April's reverse fixture-where the home side produced plenty of chances in the opening 20 but never shut down the game, and were eventually punished.

Clarke breaks down the wing from the halfway line and produces a shot that just veers wide of Talbot's left post.

First chance of the game for Bohs, Horton producing a free-kick from outside of the box that loops over the Rovers' wall but fails to come down quick enough to hit the target.

Towell has a go from the edge of the box but just slices the ball as it goes ballooning over Talbot's crossbar.

It's been a hectic opening fifteen minutes. Towell sends a ball into the Bohs box that perfectly splits Horton and Keith Buckley, the pass just a tad too heavy for Clarke to run onto as Talbot collects.

Grant Horton booked after bringing down Trevor Clarke on the edge of the Bohs\' box.

The hosts are piling on the pressure! Jack Byrne threads a superb through ball into the Bohs box that Towell connects to, rounding Talbot and going to ground in the process. No penalty is given.

Kenny again causing problems-the Celtic loanee latches on to a ball over to the top and outmuscles Kirk. He attempts to shoot across Talbot's goal, the trajectory never sharp enough as it rills out for a goal kick.

Already a great chance for Rovers. Johhny Kenny nips the ball off Patrick Kirk at the corner flag and feeds Richie Towell into the box. Towell hits a side-footed effort that forces James Talbot to get down low and save.

And the visitors get the derby underway in Tallaght!

Bohs' starting XI is strengthened by the return of Ali Coote and Jordan Flores, who will undoubtedly add more attacking fire-power to Devine's side.

Liam Burt was thought to be deemed fit enough to potentially make an acrimonious appearance against his former club but Bradley has opted to leave him out of the match-day squad entirely.

Leon Pohls replaces Alan Mannus in net after the Rovers no.1 broke and dislocated his fingers against Derry. Sean Kavanagh, Sean Gannon and Dylan Watts all remained sidelined. James Akintunde remains Bohs' sole ommission as he recovers from a hamstring injury.

“This is another difficult venue, and we go into this game with our eyes wide open. “We want to play to the highest level we can. We certainly won’t be going there to sit back. We have got to go there and try to attack, and be better defensively than what we were when we played them at home.”

Bohs manager Declan Devine is confident Bradley won't find those same chinks in his squad's armour, and insists they've taken lessons from the defeat. "To give away a goal in the 46th minute of the first half was a big blow for us having dealt with the opening 25/30 minutes being on top, creating chances, and being positive in our approach,” the former Derry manager said. “As a new group we have to accept and realise that we are going to have setbacks. But this is another game where we really want to go and perform to our highest levels. We want to win. We have played positively away in other games in difficult venues."

Bradey aims to replicate the same tactical execution from the reverse fixture that saw Rovers weather an early Bohemians storm and hit back emphatically with goals from Neil Farrugia and Rory Gaffney. "You always want to start the game well but the game is 90+ minutes so it’s about focusing for that 90+," Bradley said. “And when we get our period of controlling the game whether that’s the first minute or the 70th minute, whatever it is we’ve got to make it count. We did that in Dalymount and that’ll be the aim again on Friday.”

Rovers come off a statement 2-0 win against Derry City on Monday, exacting vengeance on the only team they've suffered defeat to this season. Manager Stephen Bradley said he was impressed with his side's victory in The Brandywell: “We dominated the first half, and the second half was just about managing the game and containing them, and we did that really well...On a difficult pitch as well, so I thought the players were excellent."

Evening folks and welcome along to tonight's match coverage of the Dublin Derby. It's a top-of-the-table clash, Bohemians leading second-placed Shamrock Rovers by four points. Rovers beat out Bohs 2-0 at Dalymount last month in a firey clash, and hopefully we'll see a similar match of quality tonight.