Mata buries the penalty and earns Sligo a draw. Full time here

Max Mata has the ball in his hand.

Penalty for Sligo as Barlow is taken down in the box.

A fine Eanna Clancy header from a free kick almost found the Cork net but Corcoran was equal to it. Sligo couldn't get the resulting corner on target but the referee inexplicably awarded another corner to the home side. Cork finally won the pinball and Corcoran gleefully grabbed the ball

Joe O'Brien Whitmarsh comes on to replace Matt Healy for the visitors as they try and close out the last ten minutes or so.

Can Cork avoid coughing up a late two goal lead to a "Rovers" side twice in the one week as the home crowd burst into life.

Goal for the home side as Eanna Clancy finds the net from a corner for his first senior goal.

Babatunde Owulabi has an effort that has McNicholas hustling but he has the effort, which goes just wide, covered.

Fabrice Hartmann has the best chance for Rovers as they chase a way back into the game. The German stole possession just inside the Cork half. He ran right at the goal but his effort went just wide of the far post with Corcoran scrambling across his line.

Three subs, with Babatunde Owolabi replaces the goalscorer Keating for Cork while John Russell replaces Frank Liivak & Bogdan Vastsuk and Stefan Radosavljevic & Will Fitzgerald for the home side.

Hakkinen wants to get himself a full set this evening after scoring earlier. He's picked up a booking for what appears to be a step on the toes of Luke McNicholas.

Luke McNicholas is at full stretch to stop Cork from making it a three goal lead. Keating with a half chance from long distance but the Mayo man gets down to tip the ball around the post for a corner.

And as happened so often for Bit O'Red fans, a former player comes back to find the net for Cork City as Ruairi Keating takes advantage of a ricocheted ball in defence for Sligo to turn and finish off the bottom of the near post. 2-0 to the visitors who don't look like losing this game from here.

Sligo Rovers have had all the possession in the last few minutes but just can't seem to create an opportunity to score. Kailin Barlow has made a decent impact since his introduction.

Darragh Crowley is replaced by Albin Winbo for Cork.

Sligo have a penalty shout but the referee is not interested and waves away the protest. Sligo have started this second half brightest.

Cork also have one change with Cian Bargary replacing Daniel Krezic

Greg Bolger is replaced by Kailin Barlow

The first half ends here with Cork City the happier of the two sides. 1-0 to the visitors.

The crowd are on their feet for a lovely little move by Reece Hutchinson who broke the ankles of Darragh Crowley with a simple twist of his body. Ended up being snapped up by Crowley who injured himself and got booked for his efforts. The worst trifecta possible without scoring an OG.

Sligo Rovers are growing more into this game as Greg Bolger almost makes an opportunity for himself on the edge of the box but it's knocked out for a corner which Cork manage to deal with comfortably.

Decent break from Sligo as Max Mata gets to the ball over the top before Corcoran but the Cork keeper puts him off enough. Sligo retain possession and territory and a lovely through ball from Greg Bolger finds that man, Hakkinen free in the box. He just can\'t keep his low drilled effort on target.

It's all gone a little stale here. Both sides making numerous individual errors with little to no pattern of play evident from either side as they struggle to get going. Cork will be more than happy with the situation as they continue to send long balls forward to apply some pressure on the home side.

Max Mata challenges for a ball in the Cork box, but his effort is headed to Stefan Radosavljevic who's effort is saved by the outstretched foot of Corcoran. The referee pulled it back for a high foot from Mata in the buildup but an excellent save by the Cork keeper.

Hakkinen has been threatening for the home side, at the heart of everything impressive they have done in the opening 25 minutes. His whipped cross under pressure from the City full back flies across the face of the goal but wasn't read by any of the Bit O'Red forwards lurking in the box.

Cork have enjoyed a nice spell of pressure with a number of half chances being blocked but from a dubious corner Jonas Hakkinen rises highest at the second attempt to put the ball in the home net.

Johan Brannefalk continues to appeal to the home fans with some great hustle, first a rasping volley into the midriff of Krezic before chasing a Cork player to win a crunching tackle.

Daniel Krezic found a little bit of space on the edge of the Sligo box, shifting the ball onto his right foot his effort was blocked out by Johan Brannefalk.

Fabrice Hartmann has the first real opportunity pouncing on a stray Hakkinen pass to run at the Cork defence but his effort fizzes just over the top corner of Jimmy Corcoran's goal.

And we are ready to go here on a cool night in The Showgrounds as Colin Healy's Cork City side provide the opposition for Sligo Rovers.