Dundalk and Derry in fiery stalemate

Both Dundalk and Derry City missed the chance to open up an early lead at the top of the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division table after sharing the spoils in last night’s top of the table clash at Oriel Park.

In a game of few chances, both sides finished the encounter with 10 men in a match which saw 11 yellow cards produced by referee Pádraig Sutton, including second yellows for both Chris Shields and Conor McCormack.

Both teams came into the game with four wins from five matches but it was the champions who hit the ground running when they took the lead after just four minutes. Following good work on the left by Dane Massey and Ronan Finn, David McMillan did well to create space for himself to fire left-footed to the bottom right hand corner of the net.