AIRTRICITY LEAGUE PREMIER DIVISION:

Cork City 1 Shamrock Rovers 2

St. Patrick’s Athletic 0 Shamrock Rovers 0

Cork City 2 Shamrock Rovers 2 (Shamrock Rovers win 3-3 on away goals)

AIRTRICITY PREMIER DIVISION

After suffering narrow back-to-back defeats by Sligo Rovers and St Patrick’s Athletic, Limerick are hoping for an improved return at Thomond Park this evening, when they host a Shamrock Rovers side desperate for a win.

Shamrock Rovers 1 Cork City 1

Sligo Rovers maintained their five point lead at the top of the Premier Division table with a comfortable 3-0 win over Bohemians at Dalymount Park.

While the majority of leagues take a break for the duration of international blocs, there’s no such rest for Airtricity League clubs, with a full list of fixtures down for decision today and tomorrow – even if the cruel weather might still force a couple of cancellations.

Bohemians 0 Shamrock Rovers 0

Waterford United will be without a couple of mainstays for tonight’s Airtricity League Promotion/Relegation play-off first leg away to Dundalk at Oriel Park (7.45pm, live on Setanta Ireland).

Dundalk 0 St Patrick’s Athletic 3

Sean O’Connor kept St Patrick’s Athletic’s slim title hopes alive with the only goal of the game against bottom club Dundalk at Oriel Park last night.

Bray Wanderers left it late to capitalise on local girl Katie Taylor’s feel-good factor when equalising in the fourth minute of added time to pinch a point against fellow strugglers Dundalk.

Dundalk, who went out of the EA Sports Cup against Drogheda United on penalties in their quarter-final match on Monday, face Premier Division leaders Sligo Rovers at Oriel Park tonight.

Dundalk’s woeful run of Airtricity Premier League of Ireland home results continued last night, now having just one win in seven league games.

Bray Wanderers made it three leagues win in-a-row as penalties in either half from Jason Byrne proved enough to sink his former club at Oriel Park last night.

Dundalk will seek to return to winning ways after two defeats in a row.

Dundalk will host Bohemians tonight at Oriel Park looking to build on their impressive victory at the Brandywell last week.

Sligo Rovers are hoping to extend their three-point lead at the top of the Airtricity Premier Division when they play host the only other unbeaten side in the division, St Patrick’s Athletic at the Showgrounds tonight (7.05pm).

Derry City host Dundalk this evening having drawn their previous two league encounters.

Gary Twigg’s first hat-trick at home helped Shamrock Rovers return to winning ways as they strolled to an emphatic 6-0 win over Dundalk in their Airtricity Premier Division encounter at Tallaght Stadium last night.

Dundalk will look to secure their second home win in a row after suffering a 3-0 loss at Sligo Rovers last time out as they welcome Shelbourne to Oriel Park tonight (kick off: 7.45pm).

Drogheda United 0 Dundalk 0

Drogheda go into this Louth derby looking to pick up their first home league win over Dundalk since January 1998.

It won’t be what pretenders to their throne want to hear on the eve of the new season, but three-in-a-row-chasing Shamrock Rovers are as driven as ever, according to striker Gary Twigg.

FORMER Shamrock Rovers assistant manager Trevor Croly takes a 19-man squad of out of work League of Ireland players to Oslo this morning to play two hour-long games on Friday, in the second annual winter tournament organised by FIFPro, the international players’ union.

Drogheda United 0 Sligo Rovers 3

Derry City and Sligo Rovers go head to head in tonight’s Airtricity League Premier Division clash at the Brandywell, kick-off 7.45pm.

Sligo Rovers and Galway United meet in the season’s opening Airtricity League Premier Division Connacht derby at Terryland Park, kick-off 7.45pm.

UCD entertain Paul Cook’s Sligo Rovers in tonight’s Airtricity League Premier Division clash at the UCD Bowl (kick-off 7.45pm).

Shamrock Rovers will be looking to stay clear at the top of the table when they take on Sligo Rovers at Tallaght Stadium, kick-off 8pm.

Sligo Rovers 4 UCD 0

Sligo Rovers will be looking to maintain their recent run of good form when they take on Bray Wanderers at the Carlisle Grounds tonight, kick-off 7.45pm.

St Patrick’s Athletic travel to the northwest to take on Sligo Rovers in tomorrow’s Airtricity League Premier Division clash (kick-off 7.45pm).

Dundalk 1 Sligo Rovers 0

Sporting Fingal 2 Bray Wanderers 0

Drogheda United and Bray Wanderers go head to head at United Park tonight with the loser facing the daunting prospect of the two-legged play-off for Premier Division survival, kick-off 7.45pm.

Barring a catastrophe Bohemians will be crowned league champions after tonight’s game with Bray Wanderers at the Carlisle Grounds, kick-off 7.45pm.

Sporting Fingal and Bray Wanderers meet at Morton Stadium to see who will face Sligo Rovers in this season’s FAI Ford Cup final, kick-off 4.05pm.

Bray Wanderers will be desperate for three points against Dundalk tonight at the Carlisle Grounds to help with their battle to avoid automatic relegation (kick-off 7.45pm).

Sligo Rovers and Bray Wanderers meet in a Premier Division six-pointer at The Showgrounds tonight, kick-off 7.45pm.

Bray Wanderers striker John Mulroy will miss tonight's clash with Cork City at Carlisle Grounds as he is struggling with a hamstring injury.

Bray Wanderers know that only a win will do against Galway United at Terryland Park as they look to avoid relegation from the Premier Division (kick-off 7.45pm).