Sligo Rovers 2
St Patrick’s Athletic 1
Jessica Farry stories from The Showgrounds
ST PATRICK’S ATHLETIC suffered a second consecutive defeat on Monday night time because the Dubliners had been second finest to 10-man Sligo Rovers at The Showgrounds.
The Bit O’Purple went forward, regardless of being lowered to 10 early on as John Mahon was dismissed.
Chris Forrester’s equaliser might nicely be a contender for aim of the month, however a sensible end from Fabrice Hartmann in his first begin for Sligo Rovers gave his facet all three factors.
Each side got here into this fixture hurting from respective defeats final Friday; the hosts dropping 1-0 to Drogheda, whereas St Pats suffered a heavy 5-0 defeat to Dundalk.
And, after detached begins to the season for each Sligo and Pats, a win would have been excessive on the wishlist of John Russell and Tim Clancy.
Russell handed first begins to Stefan Radosavljevic, Fabrice Hartmann and John Mahon, whereas Greg Bolger returned to the beginning 11.
Saints supervisor Tim Clancy opted to shuffle his pack after Friday night time’s drubbing in opposition to Dundalk.
Jay McGrath made a primary begin since becoming a member of on mortgage from Coventry Metropolis, with Thomas Lonergan, Ben McCormack and Thijs Timmermans all coming into the workforce.
Mahon’s second debut with the Bit O’Purple, having returned from St Johnstone, lasted a mere 21 minutes.
Lonergan stole possession from the Sligo native earlier than getting previous him, with the 23-year-old then knocking down the previous UCD man exterior the field.
Referee Rob Hennessy didn’t hesitate to take out the purple card, decreasing the Bit O’Purple to 10.
Regardless of this, it was John Russell’s facet who took the lead 11 minutes later.
In what was a superb workforce aim, Hutchinson performed a one-two with Will Fitzgerald earlier than firing his shot beneath David Odumosu after good construct up involving Hartmann and Faroese worldwide Radosavljevic.
Lonergan was left questioning how he didn’t carry his facet degree on 41 minutes. Left unmarked, the 19-year-old acquired on the top of a cross from former Sligo man Eoin Doyle, however someway poked broad in acres of area with an open aim in entrance of him.
Sensible goalkeeping from Luke McNicholas simply earlier than half-time saved the hosts’ lead intact. Sam Curtis whipped in a cross that ultimately got here to Doyle, however McNicholas did sufficient to maintain it out.
Clancy introduced on reinforcements for the second half, with Chris Forrester and Jake Mulraney approaching. And people modifications made a distinction because the Saints had been again within the sport on 62 minutes courtesy of a elegant aim from Forrester.
The 30 year-old acquired on the top of Jamie Lennon’s cross earlier than curling his effort previous McNicholas from 25 yards to degree the scoring.
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Two minutes later, McNicholas acquired his hand to Forrester’s shot to drive it broad as Pats began to seek out their ft.
However, the celebrations of the sizeable away assist had been reduce quick because the hosts went forward once more three minutes later.
A shortly taken free kick from Johan Brannefalk caught the Pats defence off guard, with RB Leipzig loanee Hartmann firing previous Odumosu from a difficult angle.
Tim Clancy’s males did drive a variety of alternatives within the closing minutes, however the Bit O’Purple defence couldn’t be breached for a second time.
Sligo Rovers: Luke McNicholas, Johan Brannefalk, John Mahon, Nando Pijnaker, Reece Hutchinson, Fabrice Hartmann (Karl O’Sullivan, 80), Greg Bolger (Eanna Clancy, 57), Niall Morahan (Kailin Barlow, 68), Will Fitzgerald, Stefan Radosavljevic, Max Mata.
St Patrick’s Athletic: David Odumosu, Sam Curtis (Chris Forrester, 46), Joe Redmond, Tom Grivosti, Thijs Timmermans (Jake Mulraney, 46), Anto Breslin, Jamie Lennon, John Alan McGrath, Ben McCormack, Eoin Doyle (Conor Carty, 80), Thomas Lonergan (Mark Doyle, 59).
Referee: Rob Hennessy.
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