City suffer in Dundalk

Dundalk 4 Cork City 0

The Leesiders had conceded just five goals in their previous nine games but were torn apart as Dundalk raced into a 3-0 lead by the 34th minute, with a brace by Patrick Hoban and another by John Mountney before Richie Towell slammed home a fourth in the 49th minute to complete a night to forget for Cork.

Playing on the controversial artificial surface, Dundalk took the game to a clearly unsettled Cork from the off forcing a succession of throw-ins that caused problems.