Liam Boyce bags winner as Derry City claim victory over St Patrick's Athletic
St. Patrick's Athletic, on the back of successive defeats, started the game well on top, and were dominant for the first 20 minutes without ever really worrying Brian Maher. The visitors finally began to get a foothold on the game after that and to the dismay of the home fans, took the lead with their first real attack just before the half hour.
It was a sweeping and incisive move which cut Pat's open as Michael Duffy picked the ball up in space in the centre of the pitch, and his pass out wide found the overlapping Ronan Boyce, who crossed first time into the heart of the penalty area, where Liam Boyce arrived to head in his fifth goal of the season.
St. Pat's didn't threaten a response until 10 minutes into the second half when Mason Melia outpaced Mark Connolly on his way to goal, and although Kevin Holt stopped the striker, the ball ran through for Simon Power, whose first time effort was turned away by Maher for a corner.
The home side looked the more likely of the teams as the half continued and Zachary Elbouzedi caused some consternation in the City defence, before finding ex-Derry City midfielder Brandon Kavanagh, whose snapshot from 18 yards flew just wide of Maher's goal.
That was as good as it got for St. Pat's, with Derry City defending stoutly in the closing stages to claim a second 1-0 win in the space of just four days.
St. Patrick's Athletic: Anang, Hoare, Redmond, Lennon, Elbouzedi, Baggley (Forrester 68'), Sjoberg (Keena 71'), Power, McClelland, Kavanagh (Mulraney 77'), Melia (Leavy 77').
Derry City: Maher, R Boyce (O'Reilly HT'), Connolly (Ferguson 60'), Todd, Cann, Holt, Diallo (Benson 73'), Whyte (McMullan 60'), Winchester, Duffy, L Boyce (Mullen 60').
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