St Pat's brace earns three points

St. Patrick’s Athletic 2 Dundalk 0

Mark Leech scored for the second match running but ended up in hospital with a bad leg injury.

Leech headed Saints in front from Alan Cawley’s free-kick on 36 minutes before hobbling off early in the second half.

His replacement Kyle Moran hooked home the second goal on 79 minutes after Damian Lynch flicked on Cawley’s corner.

Saints then lost midfielder Gary Dempsey, who also had to be taken to hospital with a lower leg injury.