Raymond Foy: Missed chance to put Derry in front.
Derry City trail Dundalk 1-0 at half-time their EA Sports Cup quarter-final clash at Brandywell.
David McMillan put the visitors in front in the 28th minute when he smashed the ball into the top corner from the edge of the box after being set up by Ciaran O’Connor.
Prior to that, Raymond Foy – one of a number of changes in City’s starting line-up from Friday’s 2-0 win over Drogheda – wasted the chance to put the home side in front but shot straight at Sava in the 15th minute.
Derry City: Ciaran Gallagher, Shane McEleney, Dean Jarvis, Roddy Collins Jr, Aaron Barry, Danny Ventre, Tony McNamee, Raymond Foy, Rory Patterson, Enda Curran.
Substitutes: Gerard Doherty, Patrick McEleney, Michael Duffy, Nathan Boyle, Jon Paul McGovern, Lee Toland, Joshua Tracey.
Dundalk: Gabriel Sava, Manuel Kaguako, George Poynton, Mark Rossiter, Mark Griffin, Ruaidhri Higgins, Conor McDonald, Ciaran O’Connor, Keith Ward (John Mountey 43), David McMillan.
Substitutes: Anto Reilly, Marfide Matondo, Paul Finnegan, Peter Cherrie, Kurtis Byrne.
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