Dundalk’s woes continued last night.
Their fourth defeat of the SSE Airtricity Premier Division season came at the hands of ten-man Sligo at Oriel Park.
Jordan Gibson scored the only goal of the game, with Garry Buckley shown a red card early in the second half.
Derry City and Longford Town played out a 1-1 draw at the Ryan McBride Brandywell.
The top two meet at Richmond Park this evening, with St. Pat’s entertaining leaders Shamrock Rovers.
Elsewhere, Bohemians face Finn Harps, and managerless Waterford play Drogheda United.
==
UCD sit top of the First Division this morning following a 3-2 win at home to Treaty United.
Shelbourne are second after beating previous leaders Athlone by a goal to nil.
But the big winners of the night were Cork City, who hammered Wexford 5-nil.