League of Ireland Premier Division latest scores:
Shelbourne 0 Waterford 0
St Patrick’s Athletic 0 Galway United 0
Drogheda United 0 Shamrock Rovers 0
Dundalk 0 Derry City 1
League table as it stands:
Derry City 55 (18 GD)
Shelbourne 55 (9 GD)
Shamrock Rovers 53 (12 GD)
St Patrick’s Athletic 51 (10 GD)
Galway United 51 (5 GD)
Brighter spell by Shelbourne as Ali Coote gets a shot away but straight at the keeper. Almost 30 minutes gone.
Goal for Derry City! Colm Whelan on target at Oriel Park. That puts Derry City top of the table on goal difference as it stands on 55 points.
A cagey start in Tolka and Richmond Parks. No big chance of note for Shels or Waterford so far.
The table as it stands, with no goals yet in the first seven minutes.
The teams are heading out on the pitch at Tolka Park. Here are some of the other line-ups:
The teams at Tolka Park:
Shelbourne: Kearns, Gannon, Barrett, Ladwinge, Wilson, Coote, Coyle (capt), Caffrey, Tulloch, Boyd, Martin
Waterford: Sargeant, Power, Burke, Horton, McCormack, Baggley (capt), Amond, Leahy, Pattisson, McMenamy, Flynn
Gavin Cummiskey’s scene setter here:
Hello and welcome to live coverage of the League of Ireland Premier Division, in what is one of the most exciting title run-in in many years. Shelbourne lead the table on 54 points with three games left, two points ahead of Derry City and Shamrock Rovers. St Patrick’s Athletic and Galway United aren’t out of it either on 50 points, four points behind, and they play each other at Richmond Park. St Pat’s under Stephen Kenny are the form team in the league and have dreams of winning an unlikely title. Shamrock Rovers are the favourites though for a fifth title in a row, and will expect to beat Drogheda United, as will Derry City against basement club Dundalk. But it is Shelbourne that have the advantage, despite their dire form, after a tough run of fixtures, victory against Waterford is crucial.
“Virgin Media will provide split-screen updates from Tolka to Oriel Park as Derry’s uglier freefall, one win from nine, possibly slams into a Dundalk miracle. Or maybe Higgins’s men will hang on and take the title with the lowest ever points total of 58, by winning two of their last three ties,” writes Gavin Cummiskey.
The games tonight:
