Derry look to bounce back to top spot

WE MIGHT be only seven games into the season but predictions that the League of Ireland title race would be a tight affair this year are already being given credence by a table in which just five points separates the top four, with plenty of other teams not too much further off the pace.

And with champions and leaders Bohemians not in action until tomorrow when they visit Sligo Rovers, the chasing pack of Derry City, Galway United and Cork City will all be looking to close the gap in tonight’s round of games (all kick offs 7.45pm).

Having surprisingly lost out to Sligo last week, second-placed Derry City travel to the Carlisle Grounds where the reward for a win would a place back at the head of the table.