Full-time: Shamrock Rovers 1-0 Shelbourne.

Six minutes of added time to be played in Tallaght.

Attendance tonight in Tallaght tallied at 7,879. A league record!

Gaffney comes off for Greene, as Coyle is also replaced by Arubi.

A late challenge on Coyle sees Burke receive a second yellow and his marching orders!

Goal! Burke finds the ball at his feet from 25 yards out and drills a shot into the bottom right corner, beating the outstretched hand of Kearns!

Burke receives a yellow card.

Duff brings on a double-header sub for Shels. Griffin replaces Cabral, while Farrell comes on for Caffrey.

Watts replaces O'Neill in the middle of the park.

Another huge opportunity for Gaffney! Burt plays a delicately weighted through ball to find him and beat the Shels backline, Gaffney rounding Kearns and getting off a shot that's cleared by Barrett for a corner.

A chaotic scramble from a corner sees Gaffney strike from point blank range, his effort fired straight at Kearns. Another attack for Rovers a minute later sees Kearns spill a cross from Finn, Gaffney failing to convert the follow up as the ball goes out for a corner.

Rovers get the action back underway in Tallaght.

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

One minute of added time to be played in Tallaght.

Shels continue their forward pressure, Wood teeing up Lunney on the left-side of the box, Lunney's shot overhit as it flies into the South Stand.

Shels beginning to show their teeth now-Jarvis again doing well on the left, cutting the ball across to Cabral on the right wing, the full-back releasing a tame effort that's comfortably saved by Mannus.

A neatly worked moved by Shels up the pitch sees Wood catch the ball on the edge of the box, his cross snuffed out by Lopes.

Burt receives Rovers' 2nd card of the game for a late tackle on Jarvis.

Kavanagh carded after a pull-back on Harry Wood.

Shels sticking to what they know best so far-sticking to a solid, compact shape that doesn't give away too many chances. They haven't offered much going forward as of yet-though Jarvis looks to be getting the best out of Finn on the left flak early on.

Gaffney misses a big chance! Poom does well to find Gaffney in the box with his cross, the Tuam forward chesting the ball down and opting for a poked finish from close range that skims past the right post.

Poom wins the ball back high the pitch and lays his pass off to Burke on the D, Burke's shot lacking accuracy as it flies over the bar.

Poom swings in a free-kick from the edge of the box and finds Cleary in the air, the defender's header glancing over Kearns' crossbar.

Shels get the action underway in Tallaght!

Mark Coyle returns to the Shelbourne starting XI after seeing out a period of suspension. Jack Byrne starts on the bench for Rovers, the midfielder having endured a lengthy period on the side lines with a knee injury.

Damien Duff has attempted to shield his squad from the pressure of the fixture-though confident they're a far stronger outfit than the one that faced Rovers at the beginning of August. “I think the pressure is on Damien Duff, I think it’s on Stephen Bradley, I think it’s on their players, there’s no pressure on our guys,” Duff said speaking to club media. “It’s the same every single week, we go in and we encourage them to express themselves, they are relishing it, they are looking forward to it.” “We’re a better team than the team that played there last time, I fully believe that. Look at the quality that has come in Harry Wood, Will Jarvis, Harry Fisk, Euclides Cabral, the bigger the game, the better we play, I expect a big performance tomorrow.”

Bradley said he was confident his team should have enough to beat Shels this evening, should they hit the levels expected of them. “We know Shelbourne will be a difficult opponent, we know they’re well-organised and they work extremely hard for each other. “They have some good players in there as well so it’s going to be a difficult game. But we also know if we hit our performance levels, as I said, nine times out of ten it’ll be enough to win games.”

Last week's results saw a precarious run of events for Rovers-The Hoops dropping points in a 0-0 draw with UCD while still bolstering their league lead, title rivals Derry City defeated in Sligo. Manager Stephen Bradley maintained he was happy with his team's performance against UCD, while lamenting the lack of clinical finishing in his side: "Having watched the game back, I think a lot of the performance was really good. The one crucial part is putting the ball in the net, that we didn’t do on the night,” he said, speaking to club media. “We certainly had enough chances to do that. But as I said, a lot of the performance was really good.”

Shelbourne have proved prickly opposition for the host's tonight, all three clashes this season ending in draws. Their most recent match saw Rovers lead up to the 90th minute, before Gavin Molloy headed home at the death to salvage a 1-1 draw for Shels in Tolka Park.

Evening all and welcome to tonight's match coverage of Shamrock Roves vs Shelbourne. A big result for either side could bare huge implications for both team's season, a win solidifying Rovers' grip on the league title while a point or more will only strengthen Shelbourne's bid for European places.