Jordan McEneff on the mark again to keep Derry top of table

Jordan McEneff scored two well-taken first half goals as Derry City maintained their leadership of the SSE Airtricity League of Ireland Premier Division table with a comfortable victory at the UCD Bowl.

Following on from their win at Tallaght Stadium on Friday night, the result was all the more pleasing for the Foylesiders on hearing that Shamrock Rovers drew a rollercoaster game at home to Cork City, stretching the gap between them and the champions, who remain second bottom, to seven points.

Two 4-0 defeats on the bounce leaves UCD languishing at the foot of the table with just one point from their four games.

Assistant manager Alan Reynolds took charge of Derry on the night as Ruaidhri Higgins attended the funeral of his older brother, who passed away in Sweden last month.

With four changes from their win in Dublin 24 on Friday, Derry were ahead from their first incisive attack of the game on 15 minutes.

McEneff proved architect and executioner as he initially sent Ryan Graydon in behind down the left with a perfectly weighted pass.

Though the winger's shot was parried away by the legs of Lorcan Healy, the loose ball ran to McEneff who showed admirable composure to cut inside a defender before confidently curling a right-foot shot to the top corner.

The Jordan McEneff strike that has given Derry City the lead v UCD