Derry City 0 Cork City 0
It was a case of honours even at the Brandywell, the second and third-placed teams producing a scoreless bore.
And with both clubs having been involved in action on Friday night, it was clear that fatigue played a major role as Cork failed to leapfrog Derry City in the table.
With opportunities at a premium, the home attendance of 2,000 left disappointed, but it could have been worse had Cork’s Sean Maguire or Garry Buckley taken advantage of excellent chances at the death.
The striker was set up by fellow substitute Mark O’Sullivan, who used his physical presence to good effect before Maguire put the ball over the bar and within a minute, Buckley fired a shot straight at Ger Doherty. A share of the spoils was probably a fair result with neither side doing enough to win .
For Derry, the gamble on playing captain, Ryan McBride backfired, the centre-back forced off the pitch after just 12 minutes due to a groin injury, Kenny Shiels now facing a possible injury crisis.
Having surprisingly taken just one point from six in their last two games at Turner’s Cross, John Caulfield’s men failed to create any noteworthy scoring chances during the opening 45 minutes, excepting a Mulcahy shot in the 43rd minute which was charged down.
That said, Cork goalkeeper, Mark McNulty, wasn’t seriously tested either, despite smothering the ball in the 40th minute when easily gathering Patterson’s attempted overhead kick from close range.
With the game continuing to disappoint, Derry really should have broke the deadlock with 14 minutes remaining.
A cross from the right from substitute, Josh Daniels, was met by Patterson but the striker got it all wrong with the goal at his mercy, the ball failing to hit the target.It was a case of honours even at the Brandywell, the second and third placed team failing to live up to pre-match expectations in what proved a scoreless bore.
And with both clubs having been involved in action on Friday night, it was clear that fatigue played a major role in this game as the ‘Leesiders’ failed to leapfrog Derry City and reclaim second spot in the table.
With clear-cut chances at an absolute premium throughout the 90 minutes, the home attendance of 2,000 left disappointed but it could have been so much worse had Cork’s Sean Maguire or Garry Buckley taken advantage of two excellent chances at the death.
The striker was set up by fellow substitute, Mark O’Sullivan who used his physical presence to good effort before Maguire put the ball over the bar and within a minute, Garry Buckley directed a shot straight at Ger Doherty much to the disgust of the Cork dugout.
In the end a share of the spoils was probably considered a fair result with neither side having done enough to win the game.
For Derry, the gamble on playing captain, Ryan McBride back-fired, the centre-back forced off the pitch after just 12 minutes due to a groin injury, Kenny Shiels now facing a possible injury crisis.
Having surprisingly taken just one point from six in their last two games at Turner’s Cross, John Caulfield’s men failed to create any noteworthy scoring chances during the opening 45 minutes, excepting a Mulcahy shot in the 43rd minute which was charged down by the home defence.
That said, Cork custodian, Mark McNulty, wasn’t seriously tested either, despite smothering the ball in the 40th minute when easily gathering Patterson’s attempted overhead kick from close range.
With the game continuing to disappoint, Derry really should have broke the deadlock with 14 minutes remaining. A cross from the right from substitute, Josh Daniels, was met by Patterson but the striker got it all wrong with the goal at his mercy, the ball failing to hit the target.
DERRY CITY: Doherty; McDermott, Vemmelund, McBride (McClean, 12), Jarvis; McEneff, McCormack; Boyle (Daniels, 65), McNamee, Schubert; Patterson.
CORK CITY: McNulty; Mulcahy, Browne, Bennett, O’Connor; Bolger (O’Sullivan, 82), G. Morrissey; Beattie (Sheppard, 65), Buckley, Dooley; D. Morrissey (Maguire, 52).
Referee: David McKeon (Dublin).
