Derry City

DERRY City had to come from behind to secure a deserved point against a well-organised Sligo Rovers side.

Derry were inches away from levelling things on 70 minutes as Graydon's left wing centre found Ronan Boyce, but the right-back's close range header, which had Luke McNicholas beaten, skipped the top of the net. Derry thought they had taken a tenth minute lead as Jamie McGonigle had fired home his second goal of the season, but incredibly, referee Adriano Reale, had blown his whistle for an earlier incident and awarded Derry a free-kick some 25 yards from goal, much to the annoyance of the home side. Derry showed their intent in the opening couple of minutes with Ryan Graydon inches away from Ben Doherty's cross and Jamie McGonigle firing over from close range.

Derry City 1 Sligo Rovers 1 Ciaran Coll's first goal in four years wasn't enough for Derry City as they were held at home by Sligo Rovers. The Candy...

Reece Hutchinson found himself in enough space on the left wing to send a cross deep into the City area, and it was perfect for Max Mata who arrived at the back post to head past Brian Maher for his fifth goal of the season. There was real controversy just 10 minutes in when Jamie McGonigle scored what seemed to be the opening goal, only for referee Adriano Reale to pull the play back for a Derry City free kick rather than giving the striker the advantage. The official was surrounded by furious Derry City players with the home side denied what looked like a perfectly good goal.

CIARAN Coll kept Derry City's unbeaten start to the season intact as his powerful 81st minute header denied Sligo Rovers victory at the Ryan McBride ...

Graydon did brilliantly to race in behind Clancy before picking out Boyce but the defender's glancing header went narrowly over the crossbar. Stefan Radosavljevic, Lukas Browning and Eanna Clancy began on the bench. McEleney, O'Neill (B. Derry made two changes from the team held scoreless by Dundalk last weekend with Ronan Boyce replacing the injured Mark Connolly. Derry City: Maher: Boyce (C. It was a strange decision which had the Derry players up in arms and it was met by a chorus of jeers from home support.

Ruaidhri Higgins is hoping that Derry City's casualty list don't grow any longer in tonight's game with Sligo Rovers at the Brandywell.

“It’s a real blow of course given his quality and his leadership abilities, but you seen how we adapted the other night. “They have a strong squad which can pose different threats but we want to be ready for that and go and impose ourselves on them and try and win the game.” “I’ll not put a time on it because we need a wee bit more information.

CIARAN COLL salvaged a draw for Derry City on a night when Sligo Rovers should have claimed all three points at the Ryan McBride Brandywell.

From Rovers’ point of view, however, it was a wonderful team goal. And while Mata got the credit for his fifth goal of the season, a huge chunk of credit was due to Fabrice Hartmann. His first call since 2019 comes on the back of his form with the Showgrounds side - and he will have the company of his club and country teammate Nando Pijnaker on the long flight home. Their frustration was compounded by the concession of a goal in the 25th minute. The resulting free-kick came to nothing, much to the annoyance of the home contingent at the Ryan McBride Brandywell. Ben Doherty’s cross was begging to be converted, but Ryan Graydon at the back post just couldn’t get his head to the ball with the goal at his mercy.

The St Johnston man headed in the equaliser at the Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium for only his second goal in the Candystripes.

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