FULL TIME: Ten-man Shelbourne edged Dundalk to earn a crucial point in a game that was full of incidents and simply exciting from beginning to end. It was a tale of two penalties—Robbie Benson was denied from the spot by the outstanding Conor Kearns, but Jack Moylan overcame his spot-kick challenge to give Shelbourne the lead from the spot. Rayhann Tulloch ultimately defeated Kearns and the Shelbourne defence as the game approached its conclusion with a superb curling effort that tied the contest.

ADDED TIME: Four added minutes here at Tolka Park. Will there be more late drama?

SAVE: What a stop! Tulloch gets free at the back post and a snapshot from the winger forces a great save from Kearns.

GOAL: Rayhann Tulloch! He cuts in from the left and his absolutely superb curling effort finally beats Kearns and Dundalk are level.

CHANCE: Archie Davies sends the ball to Rayhann Tulloch and he was outstretched but collides with Kearns and its a foul.

CHANCE: This is one of those nights, Dundalk teeing them up with John Martin going down, Robbie Benson hits the shot first time that cannons off the post then Rayhann Tulloch strikes wide!!

SHELS: Shelbourne have been excellent in this second half, Duff half time talk to reorganise things has really paid off.

DUNDALK TACTICS: Dundalk has moved to a 3-5-2 formation with Pat Hoban up front with John Martin.

SUB: Shelbourne changes with Kameron Ledwidge coming on for Kian Leavy.

SUB: Dundalk make a change with Patrick Hoban replacing Connor Malley

TALE OF TWO PENALTIES: Jack Moylan converts and Shelbourne take the lead.

PENALTY SHELBOURNE: Evan Caffrey is challenged in the area by Tulloch and Shels have a penalty! More Drama!

CHANCE: Jack Moylan picks up Matty Smith on the break from a Darragh Leahy mistake but Nathan Sheppard did excellently to avert the danger with a low save.

SUB: Early change for Dundalk in the second half as Ryan O'Kane comes on for Yli-Kokko

SUB: Half-Time change for Shelbourne as David Toure comes in for Andrew Quinn.

SECOND HALF: We are back underway for the second half.

HALF TIME: A penalty miss, excellent saves from both keepers, a red card and all this half needed was a goal. There has been plenty of incidents but its scoreless between Dundalk and Shelbourne.

CHANCE: An excellent pass to Jack Moylan and Nathan Sheppard raced off his line Moylan tried to lob the keeper but it is well saved by the Welsh keeper.

YELLOW: Paddy Barrett is booked for a foul on his former team mate Robbie Benson.

HOW?: How did that stay out!! A corner which was short and Tulloch sends the ball in and there is a goalmouth scramble and Kearns somehow keeps the ball out.

ADDED TIME: 4 minutes added at Tolka Park

MULLER: Hayden Muller forced to change jersey for Dundalk due to a nose bleed. Will return wearing the number 12

CHANCE: What a chance for Shelbourne as a Kian Leavy's cross is played to Matty Smith and the ball bounces off him and it loops over the crossbar!

YELLOW: Connor Malley gets a yellow card for a foul.

STATS: Passes - Shelbourne 60 vs Dundalk 180

CORNERS: Dundalk have a series of corners from Keith Ward but neither can make a breakthrough with Shelbourne holding firm.

LOW BLOCK: Dundalk has plenty of posession as they try to force a way through but Shelbourne is playing a low-contact block which means they are compact defensively.

CHANCE: What a shot from Archie Davies as he cuts into the inside and lets one fly but his effort is tipped over by Kearns.

MISSED AGAIN: Dundalk has now missed all three penalties they've won this season. It's the second penalty miss by Benson in a game for Dundalk following on from one in a 1-0 victory over Cork City at Oriel Park in March 2018.

GOAL DENIED: A fantastic free kick from Caffrey that sent in as he saw Sheppard off his line and he tipped it onto the crossbar, Paddy Barrett went for the second ball and it was spilt and he converted it to the back of the net but the goal was ruled out.

YELLOW: Damien Duff has been given a yellow card for whatever he said to the fourth official.

SAVED: What a save from the penalty spot to deny Robbie Benson, the shot was taken so well but Kearns left the hand high to block it and he saved the second ball. What a save!

RED CARD: Shane Farrell is off! It looks as if he had an altercation with Keith Ward and the referee gives a straight red

PENALTY: Rayhann Tulloch is taken down by Andrew Quinn on the byline inside the Shelbourne area and the referee points to the spot! Its a penalty for Dundalk.

CHANCE: A great switch of play from Benson to Lewis and Rayhann Tulloch gets the ball but he couldn't get the ball from under his feet and its finally cleared.

KICK OFF: Matty Smith kicks us off and we are underway at Tolka Park.

LINEOUT: The teams are out on the pitch, a big crowd in Tolka Park in front of the RTE cameras. A big game will be needed from Rayhann Tulloch.

CAPTAIN: Robbie Benson captains Dundalk tonight, it appears that he will line out at left-back.

NICE TO SEE YOU: Two ex-Dundalk players in the Shels line-up tonight. Paddy Barrett scored 9 goals in 74 appearances (56 starts) for Dundalk between 2015 and 2017. He memorably played both legs of the club’s famous win v BATE Borisov in 2016. Andrew Quinn is also playing against his old club. He made 1 senior appearance for Dundalk when featuring in the 4-0 defeat to Shamrock Rovers at Oriel Park on September 27th 2020, playing 59 minutes before being replaced by John Mountney.

REF: Tonight's referee is Damien MacGraith. Dundalk won their first game at Oriel Park refereed by MacGraith with the 2-1 win over Shelbourne here last month. It was the 13th attempt.

KENNY: Eoin Kenny is amongst the Dundalk subs tonight. His dad Stephen Kenny’s first league win as Dundalk manager came against Shelbourne in Tolka Park just over a decade ago on March 15th 2013. Dean Kelly opened the scoring for Shels on the night before John Dillon equalised from the spot. Stephen O’Donnell then put Dundalk ahead with four minutes to go after Graham Gartland had been sent-off before substitute John Mountney made sure of the 3-1 win in the 94th minute.

HEAD TO HEAD: Their last win over Dundalk at Tolka was in July 2012. It was 4-0 that night with Philip Gorman scoring two Kevin Dawson also on target and Ben McLaughlin scoring an own goal. That was the last game of Sean McCaffrey's career as Dundalk manager. It also followed the financial problems that lead to the club almost folding.

HEAD TO HEAD: Shels’ last league win over Dundalk was in Oriel Park in September 2012 when Paddy Kavanagh scored the only goal in a match in which Mark Griffin was sent-off for the hosts.

HEAD TO HEAD: It’s the 305th meeting of these sides tonight in all competitions and the 177th league game. In all competitions against Shels, Dundalk’s record reads W129, D67 and L108. In the league, it is W77, D40 and L59.

DUFF VS DUNDALK: Damien Duff has yet to get the better of O’Donnell in a league game with 2 defeats and 3 draws in their 5 meetings. O’Donnell and Stephen Bradley are the two LOI managers he has yet to win against following their win over John Russell’s Sligo Rovers in their last home match

O'DONNELL VS SHELS: Stephen O’Donnell is managing against Shelbourne for the 9th time tonight. He has 3 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats against them.

HOBAN: Out of five of the Dundalk bench this evening that has never played a league game for Dundalk. Patrick Hoban is the stand-out option on it

TEAM NEWS: Stephen O'Donnell has made three changes from the side which drew with Derry City on Sunday with Alfie Lewis, Johannes Yli-Kokko and Rayhann Tulloch in for the injured Robbie McCourt and Greg Sloggett and suspended Wasiri Williams.

Good Evening and you are very welcome to tonight's live match coverage of Shelbourne and Dundalk FC live from Tolka Park, Ciaran Callan here reporting live from FinalWhistle HQ on tonight's proceedings.