Shelbourne share points with 10-man Derry City

Derry City's ten men battled hard to secure a deserved share of the spoils in a 0-0 draw against in-form Shelbourne, at the Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium.

After Sadou Diallo's early red card, the Candystripes worked their socks off and limited Shels to long range efforts throughout the 90 minutes.

The scoreless draw also means Ruaidhrí Higgins' side haven't scored in three of their last four league outings.

The two tightest defences in the league were facing each other, and it showed in the first half as neither Brian Maher nor Conor Kearns had a single shot to save in the opening 45 minutes.

The home side were reduced to ten men on 24 minutes as Diallo was shown a straight red card by referee Rob Hennessy after a challenge on Shane Farrell, while the City midfielder seemed to lunge into the tackle, a caution would have been enough punishment.

Diallo's red card was the Brandywell side's third sending off in their last five league matches.

Minutes later, the visitors were forced into a change as William Jarvis had to be replaced by Evan Caffrey. Maher was called into action on 48 minutes as the ex-St Patrick's Athletic net-minder did well to push away Paddy Barrett's long range strike. Barrett let fly again moments later but again his well hit drive from some 30 yards was this time easily gathered by a diving Maher.

Shels missed a glorious chance just before the hour mark but Jack Moylan's close range header was well off target and Maher grabbed the loose ball.

Maher had to make big save on 63 minutes this time parrying away Shane Farrell's close range stinging drive.

The Tolka Park men thought they had broken the deadlock a minute later as Moylan bundled the ball over the line from close range, but referee Hennessy rightfully