Friday Night in the Airtricity League…20/09/2019

Match Series 32 in the Premier Division of the Airtricity League took place this Friday evening and produced just three goals in five contests, with three scoreless draws. Leaders Dundalk scored the only goal against Waterford in front of the live RTE 2 cameras at the RSC. Despite playing the majority of the match with ten men following the 20th minutes dismissal of Ronan Murray, Sligo Rovers defeated UCD by two goals to nil at the Bowl. Second place Shamrock Rovers and St Patrick’s Athletic played out a scoreless Tallaght Stadium draw while third place Bohemian earned a point at fourth place Derry City in another scoreless encounter at the Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium. Cork City played host to Finn Harps in another Turner’s Cross goalless stalemate. 

                            P   W  D  L   F   A   G/D   Pts
Dundalk                    31  24  5  2  64  13   51    77
Shamrock Rovers            31  20  5  6  53  18   35    65
Bohemian                   32  14  8 10  42  26   16    50
Derry City                 31  12 12  7  45  29   16    48
St Patrick’s Athletic      32  13  9 10  26  28   -2    48
Sligo Rovers               32  10 11 11  36  41   -5    41
Waterford                  32   9  7 16  38  50  -12    34
Cork City                  31   7 10 14  25  39  -14    31
Finn Harps                 32   6  6 20  25  59  -34    24
UCD                        32   5  3 24  21  72  -51    18